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Cuban President Raúl Castro headed a meeting of the National Defence Council to access response and recovery measures after last year’s Hurricanes Gustav, Ike and Paloma

Cuban Vice President José Ramón Machado Ventura spoke of the need to increase local production of construction materials

Divers and models from France, Italy, Spain and Cuba will compete for best image of the Caribbean marine environment

Health services in Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth), in western Cuba, will benefit from the installation of a water-treating plant for dialysis treatments.

Specialists of Havana University and the National Institute of Flora and Fauna began monitoring the number of Cuban cranes, the largest specimens in the country.

The official encouraged people to work harder and better for the future of the region.
Cuban First Vice President José Ramón Machado Ventura toured the Isla de la Juventud, one of the regions hard hit by hurricanes Ike and Gustav.

More than a hundred young people from different Cuban provinces have come to the Isla de la Juventud (Island of Youth) to work on needed agricultural recovery effort

President Raúl Castro toured areas that suffered serious damage from hurricanes Gustav and Ike in the province of Pinar del Río and the Isla de la Juventud

Ten Daewoo buses were delivered to the area to revitalize the urban transportation system. These vehicles will be used to transport students in special schools, polytechnic institutes, and secondary and pre-university studies

Despite the devastating passage of Gustav, which left major damage to the housing stock and the economy, there are no reports of human lossesDespite the devastating passage of Gustav, which left major damage to the housing stock and the economy, there are no reports of human losses.

Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth), a territory in western Cuba, has reported improved health indicators over the past five years.

The Cuban municipality of the Isla de la Juventud —a small island to the south of Cuba’s main territory— has an infant mortality rate of 2.9 for every 1,000 live, underweight births. This is the lowest rate in the entire country.