VILLA CLARA, Cuba, May 22 (ACN) Research results that reaffirm the will and capacity of the Cuban scientific community to preserve riverside ecosystems will be presented on May 23 and 24, in the province of Villa Clara, during the 6th edition of the National Workshop on Coastal Zone Management Centro Costas 2023.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel witnessed a demonstration of the Meteoro 2023 drills at a gas enterprise in Havana designed for the fire department, the police and the entity’s staff and workers to practice the response to a simulated gas leak.

The setting up of the Cuban Association of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities is a dream come true, said Labor and Social Security Minister Marta Elena Feito.

Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Tourism Ahmed bin Aqeel Alkhateeb met Friday in Havana and described as satisfactory current bilateral relations between their nations.

The US Coast Guard Service returned 27 irregular Cuban migrants on Friday to the island’s western port of Orozco in Artemisa province, the Cuban Interior Ministry announced.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met on Friday in Havana with the Vice-President of the Russian Government Dmitri N. Chernyshenko.

During a specialized workshop organized by the Environment Agency (AMA) of the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA), Cuban environmentalists will evaluate the potential of a new project called Thalassia testudinum—name of a species of marine seagrass—aimed at its conservation and sustainable use with a view to the development of anticancer compounds.

Some twenty organizations, companies, self-employed workers (TCP) and other economic actors took part in the 4th International Scientific Convention and 3rd Expofair Las Tunas 2023, held at the university of this province.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel lamented the death at the age of 58 of the prominent journalist, political analyst, writer, editor and audiovisual producer Iroel Sánchez, whom he described as a devoted son of the Cuban Revolution and a tireless intellectual who made great and valuable contributions.

The birth of Pope John Paul II’s birth on May 18, 1920, was remembered in the province of Ciego de Avila with the announcement of an upcoming book by the Cuban peasant, professor and writer Fernando Diaz Martinez dedicated to the former church leader’s life and works.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel continued his meetings with various social sectors, this time in the province of Las Tunas, to review the actions taken in that region with a view to economic development.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel called May 18 a historic day for the country's Documentary Heritage and offered his congratulations to the team that made it possible for UNESCO to declare Documentary Heritage of Humanity the stock of Cuban movie posters and the Chapter Acts of Havana’s City Hall, made up of 273 books issued from 1550 to 1898.

The assessment meetings conducted by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez to review the action taken to improve the country’s socioeconomic development continue today in the province of Holguín.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) remarked that the new immigration-related provisions laid down on Tuesday apply only to passports issued as of July 1, 2023, which will be valid for 10 years, according to Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, General Director of Consular Affairs and Services to Cubans Residing Abroad.

 Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez stated his support of the duet Buena Fe following recent acts of harassment against its members by counterrevolutionary individuals during a concert in Spain.