In the Isle of Youth, three farms have started a promising path of ecological transition, where science and innovation converge to multiply productions, protect natural resources, in line with local sustainable development plans.

Army General Raul Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, and Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, President of the National Defense Council, paid a visit on Thursday to the Western Army Command Post, as part of the activities being carried out in the second stage of the Bastion 2024 Strategic Exercise.

The Cuban Journalists Association (UPEC by its Spanish acronym) issued a statement rejecting the hostile policy of Donald Trump, the new president of the United States, who on the first day of his second term included Cuba once again in the unilateral list of states that sponsor terrorism.

Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira is paying a working visit to Cuba January 24 and 25, according to Cuba’s Foreign Ministry.

The Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) issued a statement repudiating what it considered a new act of aggression by the U.S. government against the Cuban people marked by further measures of economic warfare.
Below is the full text of the statement.

As part of a working visit to Cuba, Pelayo Castro Zuzuárregui, deputy managing director for the Americas of the European External Action Service (EEAS), met with Carlos Miguel Pereira Hernández, director general of Bilateral Affairs of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX).

In a post on X after checking the results of the Strategic Exercise Bastion 2024, Miguel Díaz-Canel, chair of the National Defense Council, praised the both this drill and the huge turnout of young Cubans at the University Student Bastion organized days before.

In assessing the performance of Havana’s Provincial Defense Council in the military exercise Bastion 2024, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, chair of the National Defense Council (CDN), insisted on the need to strengthen combat readiness and preparedness and to keep promoting the concept of war of all the people.

During her visit to the University of Matanzas in the context of the celebrations for Haiti’s 221 years of independence on January 1st, Vichy de la Fayette Thibeaud, Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of Haiti in Cuba, stated her country’s intention to strengthen cooperation links with higher education centers.

The "Southern Cross" solidarity brigade, made up of Australians and New Zealanders, ended a visit to Cuba with a statement of support for the Revolution and against the new inclusion of the island in the list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism.

The UNESCO Regional Office is bent on inscribing Havana’s Vedado neighborhood on the World Heritage List and taking actions to that end, including the organization of an open-door conference intended to highlight and share Vedado’s emblematic architectural ensemble, according to a press release sent to ACN.

The International Conference Pedagogy 2025 will take place February 10-13 at Havana’s Conventions Center, called by the Cuban Education Ministry.

In the presence of Army General Raul Castro, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Chief of the National Defense Council, opened the Bastion 2024 Strategic Military Exercise, running till Friday, January 24th.

In a post on X on the occasion of the visit of a delegation from Türkiye, President Miguel Díaz-Canel assured that Cuba will keep consolidating projects with the Eurasian nation.

Originally planned for November last year as part of the country's preparedness for defense but postponed to 2025 due to hurricanes Oscar―in the east―and Rafael―in the west―as well as to earthquakes in Eastern Cuba, the strategic exercise Bastion 2024 will start today throughout the nation until January 24.