[NYTr] Moa: A Cuban Example of Progress
 
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 18:59:20 -0600 (CST)

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[Moa is the center of Cuba's nickel industry which, along with
tourism, has become one of the most important new sources of income for
Cuba. In the 1990s, Canadian investment particularly helped Cuba to
modernize and develop this important mining sector. - NY Transfer] 

Radio Havana Cuba
http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/portada.htm

Moa: A Cuban Example of Progress

Holguin, January 3 (RHC-Granma)--Before the 1959 triumph of the Cuban
Revolution, Moa was a poor community lost in the island's north-eastern
mountains with some 16,000 inhabitants, located in the municipality of
Baracoa, Holguin. Today, it is the country's newest industrial city
with a population of more than 72,000.

The Ernesto Che Guevara Nickel smelter is at the center of Moa's
industrial activity, continually striving to improve its energy
efficiency as seen in the recent addition of a second modern
steam-generating furnace.

Communist Party leader for Holguin Miguel Diaz-Canel made a recent tour
of the nickel plant, and spoke about the ongoing progress of Moa
residents and local government initiatives, including several
new economic and social programs. 

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