The intense drought affecting central Cuba has forced ranchers, both from private and state enterprises, to take water in trucks to herds gathering over 31,500 heads.

Cubans will cast their ballots in the coming general elections in some 24,360 polling stations placed in the over 12,515 districts of the country.

Beekeepers in the Cuban central province of Ciego de Avila collected over 110 tons of honey that will be exported after its processing in a plant in nearby Santi Spiritus province.

Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived in Cuba for a brief working visit before traveling to Argentina to attend the meeting of leaders of the Common Market of the South, MERCOSR.

The 14th International Criminal Sciences Event scheduled from March 14th to the 16th of 2018 will analyze social and economic impact issues, informed the head of the Institutional Communications Directive of the Attorney General of the Republic of Cuba, Caridad Sabo.

The 5th Cuban Association of Agricultural and Forest Technicians, (ACTAF) concluded on Tuesday in Havana with the participation of 300 delegates that discussed important issues related to gender, sustainable agro-ecology, youth in agricultural and animal production, institutional management model and cooperation projects.

The Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) is scheduled to begin offering three new Wi-Fi zones in the city of Santa Clara to strengthen national navigation for children and teenagers.

The people of Caguagua community, in the municipality of Quemado de Güines, are the first in Villa Clara having electric power generated by the sun from the start of a photovoltaic power station.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers, heads the Cuban delegation attending the central act for the 38th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, to take place today in Managua, Nicaragua.

The Juan Rius Rivera Solidarity with Cuba Brigade, arrived on Monday to Havana's Julio Antonio Mella International Camp where they paid tribute to Puerto Rican Revolutionary Independence fighter Julio Vives.

Cuban President Raul Castro received on Monday in Havana, his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos Calderon who is currently on an official visit to the Caribbean island.

The US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan-Pastors for Peace are currently visiting places of historic, cultural and social interests in Villa Clara where its members are exchanging with representative of political and grass roots organizations, workers and students.

Cuban President Raul Castro said on Friday in Havana that the country will continue developing the self-employment sector and experiment with the non-agricultural and animal cooperatives.

Young students and workers in the province of Granma reiterated on Thursday their support to the Cuban Revolutionary process in the town of Guisa in the eastern Sierra Maestra Mountains where one of the most decisive battles in the last stage of the struggle for national liberation was held.

The drought affecting Cuba since 2015 is delaying the sowing time of sugar cane in Villa Clara province above all in areas located north of the central province because it impedes the irrigation of the soil destined to this crop.