Santiago de Cuba, March 11 (RHC-PL) -- The need for strengthened policies to protect heritage in Cuban cities and communities given the changes in the economic model of the country was highlighted in Santiago de Cuba by architect Jose A. Choy.

During a lecture attended by professors and students from the Faculty of Construction at the Universidad de Oriente (UO) and other specialists, Choy, also president of the commission for Culture, City and Architecture of the National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC), referred to the implementation of actions to update concepts and laws to handle a probable increase in foreign investments and other changes arisen from the rapprochement with the United States.