The year 2026 began with greater challenges for the Cuban people, in a context marked by the intensification of the U.S. Cuba policy as a decades-long strategy that has directly impacted the daily lives of the population and the country's development prospects.

There are events that remain forever in a person's life, like when the star pitcher Tomás Aquino Abreu Águila (1936-2023) had the honor of pitching for Fidel Castro on February 6, 1966, during the Commander-in-Chief's second visit to the city of Santa Clara’s baseball park.

On February 4, 1962, Havana’s José Martí Revolution Square proved too small for the many Cubans who responded to the revolutionary government's call for the Second National People's General Assembly, following Cuba's expulsion from the Organization of American States (OAS) during its VIII Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on January 23 to 31, 1962.

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, began a visit to China today as a special envoy of the Cuban Party and Government.