Prensa Latina CEO Francisco Gonzalez launches photo site on the WWW
Prensa Latina: The Latin American News Agency Prensa Latina S.A. (PL) launched its photo site on the Internet, which in the view of its President, Francisco Gonzalez, will join the most important in Latin America and the world.
The posting of the site www.fotospl.com -- which commemorated the 46th anniversary of the Agency's foundation, was attended by renowned Cuban photographers.
Webmaster Juan Carlos Diaz said the site has stored 7,000 photos in barely eight months, and plans to fill its storage capacity with 60,000 pictures a year.
He added that transferring Prensa Latina"s archives to the WWW will help it store nearly 50 years of valuable pictures of the history of Cuba and many other developing countries.
Prensa Latina has signed exchange agreements with Bolivariana de Noticias (Venezuela), ITAR-TASS (Russia), Telam (Argentina) and VNA (Vietnam), as well as with several national papers and the almost 100 year old Cuban magazine, Bohemia.
Prensa Latina Launches Photo Site on the WWW
