Cuba last year seized 2,438 kilograms of drugs, most of them marijuana, coming from bales by international drug trafficking operations that did not have the island as their destination, the least amount of drugs occupied in the last three years.

Firefighters from 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean attend the 5th International Comprehensive Rescue Course at the Regional Center for Training, Rescue and Firefighters (CRESB by its Spanish acronym) in Havana, led by specialists from Cuba and Russia.

MIguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, reiterated on Twitter that Cuba will remain firm and determined in the face of the aggressive escalation of the United States against the Cuban Revolution.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, began his second nation-wide tour in Santiago de Cuba, to check firsthand the current situation of each province.

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner arrived on Thursday in Havana, in a private visit, informed the Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, stressed the need that the Cuban banking system plays a bigger role in the development of the country.

Some 2,125 personal and 700 double mattresses, which will benefit 3,525 people, were donated to Cuba by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in the continuation of its support to families affected by the tornado that affected several municipalities of the Cuban capital at the end of January.

Doctor Helen Herrman (Australia), President of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), said she was honored and happy for having received the Honorary Membership from the Cuban Society of Psychiatry (SCP).

Julio García Pérez, president of the Azcuba Business Group announced that so far in the current sugar cane harvest that started last November less sugarcane has been milled than planned and the plan is 82% complete.

Omar Perez Lopez, delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture (Minag) in the Cuban eastern province of Las Tunas, reported they will have 7,194 hectares of banana planted by the end of the spring of this year, for which will be decisive the recovery of marabou-infested areas.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, presided over a working session with the Presidents of the Provincial and Municipal Assemblies of the People's Power.

The Cuban government issued an statement condemning the sabotage to the Venezuelan power system that left over 70 percent of the South American nation in the darkness in the last days.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Minister, reiterated on Twitter this Monday his strong condemnation of the intensification of U.S. aggression against Venezuela.

Army General Raúl Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, are attending the sessions of the 10th Congress of Cuban Women´s Federation underway at Havana's Conventions Center.

The work of stores that sell construction materials to subsidized people will be subject to analysis by several working commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) with a view to the next extraordinary session of the Cuban legislative body, as reported in a videoconference from the National Capitol.