Political Bureau member Esteban Lazo, president of the National Assembly of People's Power and of the Council of State, referred to the official visit paid by Lautaro Carmona, president of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh), as highly important to strengthen relations between the two parties and countries.

The Cuba FAO office announced that it will promote seed production in Cuba through a project implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture in 8 municipalities of the country for purposes of increasing food production.

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel thanked well-wishers who sent him messages of support and solidarity on his 64th birthday, including heads of state of friendly countries and Cuban Party and Government leaders.

Political Bureau member Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power and of the Council of State, congratulated Natalia Kochanova on her recent re-election as president of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.

In posts on X, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla condemned the implementation of unilateral coercive measures against Venezuela by the U.S. government and demanded that they be immediately lifted on grounds that they harm the Venezuelan people, whereas Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of the Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, decried the U.S. sanctions and expressed his solidarity with the Venezuelan people and government.

Members of several parliamentary committees overseeing Agriculture, local People’s Power organs, Health and Sports reviewed the fulfillment of the agreement regarding the Government's report on the implementation of Act No. 148 on Food Sovereignty and Food and Nutritional Security.

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel lamented the death early Wednesday morning of the Cuban ballet dancer Ramona de Saá Bello at the age of 84 and offered his condolences to her family, friends, colleagues and disciples.

Cuba thanked Caribbean nations for their support of the island’s struggle against the US economic, commercial and financial blockade, during a meeting of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

The general secretary of the Cuban Workers’ Confederation Ulises Guilarte invited the people to demonstrate with joy and unity on May Day in all towns, work centers and plazas throughout the island.

On behalf of the members of the Cuban Parliament, its president Esteban Lazo Hernández congratulated the Syrian people on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of their country's independence.

As part of his visit to Cuba, which concludes today, Russian Prosecutor General Igor Viktorovich Krasnov will meet with Gladys María Bejerano Portela, Comptroller General of the Republic and members of her staff.

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez described his meeting with Igor Viktorovich Krasnov, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation who is visiting Cuba, as an expression of the excellent relations between the two governments and peoples.

Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, shared his views on the Cuba-US migration talks held in Washington, which he described as a regular process to review and adjust the implementation of the migratory agreements signed by both governments as a sign of their commitment to ensure safe, orderly, and regular migration between Cuba and the United States.

In a post on X, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla saluted the 21st anniversary of the mission Barrio Adentro [Into the neighborhood], a humanist brainchild of Fidel Castro Ruz and Hugo Chávez Frías which highlights the fraternal bonds between Cuba and Venezuela and made it possible to provide free health care and solidarity in all Venezuelan communities.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, participates today at the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) to examine the invasion of the Mexican Embassy to Quito by the Ecuadorian authorities.