Pinar del Rio Region (Cuba)

James A. Michener Art Museum to exhibit Photographer Susan S. Bank

artknowledgenews.com     Jul 20, 2008          

DOYLESTOWN, PA - Black and white photographs depicting tobacco farmers, their families and a rural landscape in Cuba's Pinar del Rio Province are on view at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown from August 16, 2008...                

Adrift no more: A young Cuban artist leaves behind everything he knows to begin again

naples-daily-news.com     Jun 8, 2008          

Last summer, just before he turned 22 years old, Reynier Llanes realized that his artistic dreams would be limited in Cuba. The young Cuban artist overcame great obstacles to follow his dreams to the United States, and...                

Cuban Group Aims To Reach Women With STI, HIV Prevention Messages

medicalnewstoday.com     Mar 31, 2008   14 related          

A group of women in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province has been operating a peer education program to raise awareness among other women about sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, the Inter Press Service reports. Cuba's Ministry of Public Health recorded 7,739 HIV/AIDS cases in the country...                

CUBA: Women Talk to Women about HIV/AIDS Prevention

ipsnews.net     Mar 26, 2008   8 related          

PINAR DEL RÍO, Cuba, Mar 26 (IPS) - Prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, the AIDS virus, has become the centre of the lives of a small group of women in the province of Pinar del Río, in the west of Cuba. ... Coordinated by the Women’s...                

CUBA: Transvestites and Crossdressers Key Workers Against AIDS

ipsnews.net     Mar 17, 2008          

PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, Mar 17 (IPS) - Activism against AIDS is uniting a group of transvestites and crossdressers in western Cuba in a project that is going beyond peer education and making inroads into the world of culture. ... A volunteer worker at the state Provincial...                

International Symposium to Analyze Sustainable Forest Management

ahora.co.cu     Feb 28, 2008   6 related          

The Fifth International Symposium on Sustainable Management of Forest Resources will take place in the westernmost province of Pinar del Rio on April 23-26 with the participation of researches and specialists from nearly 20 countries. ... Some of the topics to be...