The National Awards for Innovation and Recognition of Innovation for Local Development will be presented today at the closing day of the Innovation for Development Fair, which is being held at the Havana Convention Center.

 ARTEMISA, Cuba, Jan 17 (ACN) Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CCPCC) and president of the country, on Thursday praised the value of Artemisa's pig farmers, social advances and insisted on the defense of the Revolution as a priority.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, congratulated Leonor Borrell, who was exalted to the hall of fame of the International Basketball Federation.

The 1st Fair “Innovation for Development” opened its doors in this city in the presence of Cuban President Miguel Díaz Canel-Bermúdez, who toured the 50 stands displayed at the International Conference Center along with several top Party and Government leaders.

The Eastern Center for Ecosystems and Biodiversity (BIOECO) in this city promotes actions to strengthen and guarantee the protection of biological diversity and ecological and evolutionary processes in Cuba and the Caribbean.

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said to be grief-stricken by the accident that killed 13 officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers who heroically fought a fire that broke in an army depot in the province of Holguin.

The office of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) in the province of Matanzas recognized the great influence of the international community on U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent decision to remove Cuba from the unilateral list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism.

Cuba’s Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) officially declared the death of the 13 people who were missing after an accident on January 7 in an army depot.

In a post on X, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, thanked international leaders and institutions for their solidarity and support after Cuba was removed from the alleged state sponsors of terrorism.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Central Committee and Cuban President met on Wednesday with Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, International Relations Secretary of Zimbabwe’s African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF).

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that the US administration made recent decisions related to Cuba due to the failure of its foreign policy, which tries to cause the country’s economic and social collapse.

The president of the Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power (Cuban Parliament) Esteban Lazo met on Wednesday with members of the Canada-Cuba Friendship Parliamentary Group at Havana Capitol Building, seat of the island’s legislative body.

The II Central American Cuba Solidarity Brigade, made up of activists from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama, ended Tuesday a 10-day stay in the island by ratifying the purpose of multiplying its actions in the current year.

 On January 14, 2025, the U.S. government announced the decision to: 1) remove Cuba from the State Department's list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism; 2) make use of the presidential prerogative to prevent legal action in U.S. courts regarding lawsuits filed under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act; and 3) eliminate the list of Cuban entities banned from engaging in financial transactions with U.S. citizens and institutions, which has had fallout on third countries.

Come Sunday 19, the Cuban fiction show Gatos, Máscaras y Sombras (Cats, Masks and Shadows), written and directed by Elena Palacios, will be released on national television.