Ciego de Avila

$1.5B spent on food imports

April 13, 2010

Cuban Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura during the sessions of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) of the provinces of Matanzas, Ciego de Avila and Sancti Spiritus on Sunday announced that the country invests more than $1.5 Billion dollars annually buying food, part of which can be substituted by national products if the areas [...]

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Corruption and drug trafficking in Cuban prison

December 6, 2009

At least a dozen guards from the Canaleta maximum security prison (which houses some of Cuba’s most notable political prisoners) in the province of Ciego de Avila remain under arrest since early November under the accusation of corruption and drug trafficking in connection to prisoners.

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