Pretoria - South Africa has many hospitals that would be without a doctor today if Cuba had not been present, Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, stated, after acknowledging the impact of the cooperation program with the Caribbean nation.

Havana, Cuba - Sources from the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) said Cuba expects to receive 4.2 million tourists in 2017, a four percent growth compared to last year.

Havana - Over 250 specialists from USA, United Kingdom, Italy and Cuba will be attending the International Workshop on Pulmonary Vascular Disease next Monday, the Publi Health Ministry reported.

Matanzas - Yesterday, January 18, José Ramón Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Party Central Committee and a vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers, reiterated here that if progress is to be made in food production, better use of the land must be achieved, noting that more resources have been made available to farmers with the expectation of higher yields.

Havana - The national parks Cienaga de Zapata (Zapata Swamp) (Cuba) and Everglades (United States) have signed a twinning agreement aimed at achieving better indicators in the environmental management of these protected areas, media reported today.

Havana - Cuba and United States governments signed today an agreement on aeronautical and maritime search and rescue aimed at strengthening cooperation in providing assistance to people at risk by events in that sphere.