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Certain time a university professor specialized in agricultural topics and with a sharp polemicist’s reputation, lectured us on what to do to harvest in dry lands.

The National Prize of the Republic of Cuba 2008, recently granted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment to the Construction Transport Enterprise of Pinar del Río TRAYCO, only entity with this title in the province along with other two in the country, endorses the option for the national environmental recognition that today occupies all of its workers.

The secret of science becomes art in the hands of a young painter of Pinar del Río province, dedicated to illustrate the research made at Soroa Orchids Garden, Cuba’s biggest.

The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) awards every year the Artist of Merit distinction. This prize means many years of excellent work both as a professional and as a person.

The will is the only certain thing in the middle of the loneliness of Guanahacabibes. They were not born here, either arrived -as many still do- after the fabulous treasures hiding in the entrails of the woods.

Cuban cyclist Pedro Pablo Perez woke up from a comma this weekend, several days after he suffered a traffic accident.

Cayo Levisa, a tourist destination in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Río, has become a major attraction for foreign vacationers.

Viñales National Park promotes in this territory of Pinar del Río the preservation and the rational use of the freshwater shrimp (Macrobrachium faustinum faustinum), due to the population decrease of this variety.

About 3 100 Pinar doctors are currently giving medical assistance in 48 nations of Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

The environment of those eastern massifs of Guaniguanico mountain range, formed by two elevation chains, gathers a big potential of endemic, resident and migratory species, visible the whole year or in dependency of weather conditions, according to their category.

The presence of the smallest and largest bats in the world characterizes the fauna of Pinar del Río province, with two of the six Biosphere Reserves of the country.

Encouraged by the end of the season, lobster fishermen in Pinar del Rio are working to increase efficiency and quality in catch and industry, following a rigorous technological discipline.

With 120 natural reservoirs, Sandino municipality, at the westernmost part of the island, is considered the largest lacustrine area of the country, damming 163 million cubic meters of fresh water.

With more than 15 million loosened tobacco poles, the campaign 2007- 2008 finalizes the details to take this phase to a happy ending next June 30, activity that in spite of being delayed for climate conditions augurs good results, thanks to the efforts of farmers and workpeople of the branch in Vueltabajo.