According to a report released by Latin American steel association Alacero, imports of steel products including long and flat products and seamless tubes to Latin America from China totaled 952,000 metric tons in the first quarter of this ...
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A Slew of IT initiatives have been earmarked at the Department of Human Services as the government seeks to increase productivity and efficiency. As part of Budget 2013, $30 million will be provided over two years to enhance call centre ...
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A Spanish specialized company will undertake the restoration of stained glass set with high artistic and historical value in the Cathedral of Cienfuegos, confirmed today the director of the Office of the Curator of the City, architect Iran ...
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Cuba has become the first country in the world to achieve a renewal in the preparation of ecological cement. The first production of ecological cement was achieved at the Siguaney factory. The project is the result of research conducted ...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died Tuesday in Caracas after an almost two-year battle with cancer and 14 years of a dominating socialist presidency that leaves the country with the world's largest oil reserves mired in uncertainty. The ...
Related Media Cuba still a waiting game for US agriculture Farming tragedy shatters family legacy Tom Clancy’s 'Rainbow Six' chillingly plausible look at radical environmentalists Exporting U.S. rice to Cuba just can’t seem to ...
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Cuba's Internet speeds increased on Tuesday, and the country appears to be routing more traffic through a previously dormant undersea fiber-optic cable, according to Internet monitoring company Renesys. Renesys noticed last week that ...
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A change in Internet traffic patterns over the past week suggests that Cuba may have turned on a fiber-optic submarine cable that links it to the global Internet via Venezuela, according to Internet routing analysis company Renesys. ...
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Canada The provincial government of Nova Scotia stated in February 2007 that it would like to move towards preventing the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the province. In April 2007, Ontario's Minister of Energy Dwight Duncan ...
Reuters reported that Cuba has closed the oldest of three nickel plants in the country, a local Communist Party leader said, a looming event that had become the talk of the mountain town of Nicaro, in eastern Holguin, where it is located. ...
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There were 123 heads of state and governments using Twitter to communicate with citizens and the rest of the world as of December 2012, a think tank said Tuesday. The number is up 78 percent on 2011, according to a study released on ...
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(i) GDP Data In 2005, XPCC realized a total output value of 33.112 billion Yuan including an output value of primary industry of 13.064 billion Yuan, that of secondary industry of 8.335 billion Yuan, that of tertiary industry of 11.713 ...
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US-based food distribution company,Nash Finch,has reported a net loss of$84.97m for Q2 2012,compared to a net profit of$10.05m for the same quarter of fiscal 2011. The company's total revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 ...
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Around 1,500 guayabera shirts, the national attire of Cuban men, will be exported to the beautiful tropical regions of the Caribbean Islands, according to the Prensa Latina news agency. The shirts are being produced in the textile ...
IRL has announced the publication of a new and fully updated edition of its popular"Profile of the Central American and Caribbean Paints Industry." This report covers the markets for paints and coatings in eight Central American ...
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