In the early hours of this Thursday, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Army General Raúl Castro, welcomed the President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the official delegation that accompanied him on the international tour that took him on an official visit to Russia and four Asian countries a few days ago, and included transit stops in France and the United Kingdom.

The popular consultation on the draft of a new Constitution for Cuba concludes this Thursday, after 14 weeks of meetings in neighborhoods and work and study centers, a process in which thousands of foreign residents also participated.

Happy to have fully accomplished their internationalist mission in Brazil, but also concerned about the fate that awaits that people with the newly elected president, the first 196 Cuban aid workers arrived in Cuba after learning of the decision of the Island to end its medical collaboration there.

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Councils of State and Ministers held a cordial meeting with Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn at the seat of the British Parliament.

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health issued an statement on the withdrawal of the medical brigade working in Brazil as part of the Program More Doctors for Brazil.
Cuban News Agency now reproduces the statement:

Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, held a meeting with Philip Hammond, second figure of the British government and Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the transit stop in London.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, held a meeting with members of the Cuba Initiative, an entity that promotes economic cooperation, trade and investment between Cuba and the United Kingdom.

Cuban nurse and deputy director of nursing of the Cuban Hospital of Dukhan, Qatar, Javier Hernandez Gonzalez, was denied a visa to enter the US by the State Department.

The Marta Abreu de Las Villas Central University (UCLV) offers all users of the Ministry of Higher Education (MES) network the Academic Digital Library (BIDA by its Spanish acronym) with the aim of increasing access to quality information for students and researchers.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, said on Sunday that he was impressed by the performance of the economy of Laos, where he is making an official visit that will end his tour of four Asian nations.

Erika Caballero, from Chile, member of the International Council of Nursing (ICN) recognized that Cuba has a solid work in primary care, promotion and prevention and in the management of social determinants, which are a reference for the world.

The 2018-2019 harvest began on Thursday in the eastern province of Las Tunas, with the beginning of sugar cane cuts in the fields belonging to the Majibacoa sugar mill, which expects to start its machinery in the early hours of this Saturday.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, arrived on Thursday night in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, for an official and friendly visit of three days, during which he will meet with the main leaders of that Asian nation.

U.S. Congressman Rick Crawford (R), representative for the First District of Arkansas, spoke of the potentialities of the Cuban market, which cannot be exploited to the maximum due to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. government to Cuba.

Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), received Maya Fernández Allende, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, and her accompanying delegation ton Wednesday.