The Cuban Ministry of Interior's (MININT) Department of Identification, Immigration and Foreigners reported that a new format for the Minor's ID Card, an identity document for Cuban citizens under 16 years of age, will soon be issued in the country.

The Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (MINSAP) reported today the decision to reduce the entry of travelers from the United States, Mexico, Panama, Bahamas, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, as of January 1, 2021, due to the increase of imported COVID-19 cases, associated mostly with Cuban citizens coming from those six nations.

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel recognized the Urban, Suburban and Family Farming Program, which marked on Sunday its 33rd anniversary with remarkable results.

The need to take full advantage of the land, and extract the maximum from it, was stressed on Sunday by José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), in an exchange with the highest authorities of the Party, the Government and the Agricultural Sector in Cuba´s easternmost province, Guantanamo.

Cuba marks today its New Year's celebrations with a call to reinforce the hygienic-sanitary measures against Covid-19 in view of the most complex epidemiological scenario since the beginning of the pandemic.

Carlos Miguel Pereira, Cuban Ambassador to China, and Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of Commerce of that Asian nation, held a meeting where both government representatives ratified their willingness to expand bilateral collaboration in various areas of common interest in the coming year.

As of January 2021, Cuba will demand international travelers arriving in the country to carry a negative PCR test conducted by a laboratory certified in the country of origin.

Modifying US policy towards Cuba is a promise of President-elect Joe Biden, but he will have limited powers against the blockade and will have to face legislation designed to last, PhD. Seida Barrera explained.

Ten brigades of Cuban doctors arrived in Panama to collaborate with the care of those infected by Covid-19, at the most critical moment of the pandemic in the country.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez acknowledged the potentialities to cooperate with Italy in sectors such as culture, heritage, agriculture and environment.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel highlighted efforts made by Cuban representatives of culture, sports, science, public health, education and labor sectors, who were awarded the day before for their work.

The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) ratified that solidarity is essential for the Cuban socialist project during a ceremony to mark its 60th anniversary.

Cuba received on Tuesday from Russia seven new locomotives manufactured by the company Sinara, with which already add 60 equipment delivered as part of an agreement signed between both countries in 2016, which provides for the delivery of 75.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla highlighted today on Twitter the work of revolutionary diplomacy, on the occasion of celebrating this Wednesday the 61st anniversary of the creation of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX by its Spanish acronym).

The Cuban ambassador to Liberia, Mercedes L. Martinez Herrera, and the United Nations resident coordinator there, Kingsley Opoku Amaning, exchanged on the internal situation of the country after the holding of senatorial elections and national referendum.