Ulises Rosales del Toro

Defense cooperation between South Africa and Cuba

January 14, 2012

South Africa and Cuba signed a memorandum Jan. 10 to put a stamp on the cooperation between the two country’s armies. Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu signed the memorandum of understanding with [Division General] Ulises Rosales del Toro, the vice-president of Cuba’s council of ministers. The two countries have already worked together in the past, but [...]

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Sugar ministry dissolved

September 30, 2011

The Council of Ministers, in a meeting held last Saturday, Sept. 24, decided to dissolve the Cuban Ministry of Sugar (MINAZ), replacing it with the Sugar Industry Business Group (Grupo Empresarial de la Agroindustria Azucarera). Orlando Celso García Ramírez, the current Sugar Minister, was appointed in May 2010, when he was then deputy minister replacing [...]

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Greater efficiency for sugar cane harvest

October 18, 2010

The Cuban Ministry of Sugar (MINAZ), headed by Div. Gen. Ulises Rosales del Toro, has called for greater efficiency and preparation for the upcoming 2011 sugar harvest that begins Dec. 1. Thirty-nine sugar mills will grind the cane into raw sugar with the mission of duplicating last year’s dismal numbers: 1.1M tons. [Granma]

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New agriculture minister appointed

June 11, 2010

Army General Raúl Castro named Gustavo Rodríguez (an agronomist) as the new Minister of Agriculture to increase agricultural production in the country, reports EFE. Tonight’s announcement was made on state-run television. Rodríguez (46) held several posts in the sugar sector and as current Vice-Minister of Agriculture. Brigade General Ulises Rosales del Toro was the Minister [...]

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$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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