Laurent Brun, member of the Confederal Bureau and Administrator of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT by its Spanish acronym ), announced a donation of 130,000 euros raised by the organization to support those affected in the eastern provinces following Hurricane Melissa.

New donations from sister organizations and nations were received today in Santiago de Cuba, with the aim of contributing to the swift recovery of the areas affected by Hurricane Melissa.

The delivery of cabbage, lettuce, beet, and carrot seeds to the municipalities of Guantanamo, Niceto Perez, and Caimanera, donated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), allowed for the immediate start of planting in Urban, Suburban, and Family Agriculture units, reported Yoanda Kindelan, director of that program in the province.

The Russian Society of Friendship with Cuba commemorated this Tuesday the 61st anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's election as president of the then Soviet-Cuban Friendship Society, an event that took place during the official visit to Moscow of a Cuban delegation headed by Commander Ernesto "Che" Guevara, as reported by the Cubaminrex website.