The installation of an automatic meteorological station (EMA by its Spanish acronym) in the coastal town of Punta Alegre, in the northwest of Ciego de Avila, will strengthen the early warning system (EWS) in the north-central region of Cuba to face extreme hydrometeorological phenomena and other effects of climate change (CC).

A meeting between the president of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, and members of the Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Dominican Republic with Cuba, showed the willingness to deepen bilateral relations, especially the links between the two legislative bodies.

To exchange and listen to the worries of the population, the eight Santa Clara candidates to the National Assembly of People's Power -among them Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic- visit, once again, communities of the provincial capital city.

On February 25, 1901, the United States Congress coldly approved an appendix to its Army Expenditure Bill, known two days later as the Platt Amendment.

Several actions to denounce the presence of foreign military bases will take place today in Guantanamo (easternmost Cuba) on the Day of Action against the enclaves of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament) and the Council of State, exchanged onn Wednesaday with members of the Dominican Republic-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group, who are on a visit to the island, according to the Parliament's Twitter.

An initial flight with travel agents and tour operators on board opened an air connection between Mexico’s Monterrey state, Havana and Jardines del Rey keys, off the northern coast of this central province.

 A temporary exhibition on Cuba's Geodiversity is open to the public at the National Museum of Natural History in Old Havana.

Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca will attend today the opening of fair of the Colombian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (ANATO), on the last day of his visit to the South American country.

The demographic dynamics, and as part of it the aging population, are issues of the present and the future, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez told health experts and scientists during a meeting to discuss actions and means in health institutions for the benefit of the elderly.

Specialized forces of the Fire Department, Forest Rangers and Agroforestry services keep trying to put out a forest fire since Saturday in Pinares de Mayari, in the province of Holguin, caused by the intense drought of the last five months.

Forest fires are said to have caused the breakdown of the 220 kV lines that brought down the power grid from central to eastern Cuba., according to Lázaro Guerra, technical director of the National Electric Union (UNE).

The Electric Union reported on social networks that the service is being restored in provinces spanning central and eastern Cuba.

The head of Cuba’s Communist Party International Relations Department, Emilio Lozada thanked Iran for its longstanding position against the over-60-year economic, commercial and financial blockade of the Caribbean island nation.

Havana, Feb 21 (ACN) The need to assess internal migration policies, enhance the people’s cultural preparation and prioritize the attention to genre differences are some of the challenges to address the island demographic development.