In the midst of the pandemic, as the summer vacation period draws near, the construction of the first daycare center in the municipality of San Antonio del Sur, a long-awaited event among local working mothers, is receiving a major boost today, so that the new facility raises to 40 the number of such centers in the province.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla described on Twitter today the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade as an undeniable economic war of extraterritorial scope against a small country and wondered what would be the social and political effects of subjecting other economies, including those of rich countries, to similar conditions.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez greeted today on Twitter the celebration of the 13th International Convention on Environment and Development, remarking that this event, held online for the first time, is an achievement of the Cuban IT programs.

Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines, Liván Arronte Cruz, ratified today at the Vienna Energy Forum 2021 that Cuba gives top priority to the efficient use of energy and the development of renewable sources.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel lamented today the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and condemned the violent act that caused his death.

Cuban president and top Communist Party leader Miguel Diaz-Canel took part through a videoconference of the World Summit on the One Hundredth Anniversary of China’s Communist Party --CPC.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and former head of state Army General Raul Castro sent Pope Francis messages wishing him a fast recovery from his July 5 surgery.

Thousands of teachers in this province who conducted the distance education programs for more than 87,000 students imposed by the pandemic in the first half of the year are now getting ready to resume the course in September, depending on the epidemiological situation.

Tropical storm Elsa has strengthened on its way to the US state of Florida while it still affects Cuban regions, according to the latest advisory by the Cuban weather institute.

The dams of Villa Clara received some 10,200,000 cubic meters of water after the passage of tropical storm Elsa, which represented a poor improvement in the storage of the liquid in a province with the capacity to increase its reserves by more than 300 million cubic meters.

Cuba reaffirmed its support for Venezuela and its rejection of the politically motivated resolution that originated the interactive dialogue on the report of the United Nations High Commissioner on the Situation of Human Rights in the Bolivarian nation.

Cuban prime minister Manuel Marrero Cruz congratulated today his newly appointed Haitian counterpart Dr. Ariel Henry, to whom he wished success in his new governmental functions in the Caribbean nation.

According to the information from the Forecast Center of the Institute of Meteorology, Tropical Storm Elsa is moving away from the national territory and does not represent danger for Cuba.

Cuba reiterated at the United Nations Human Rights Council the leading role played by the country's policies of gender equality and protection of persons with disabilities since the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez said today that the central government is sending resources to support the fight against the pandemic throughout Cuba, especially to Matanzas province, the one with the highest epidemiological complexity.