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.

With the slogan Science and conscience for environmental sustainability, the 13th International Convention on Environment and Development is in virtual session from Monday to Friday, July 9, with the participation of 125 delegates from 14 countries and 783 Cuban specialists.

Esteban Lazo, president of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (Parliament), announced the suspension of the Seventh Ordinary Session of the Assembly in its Ninth Legislature, scheduled for this July 14.

As a result of rains from tropical storm Elsa, the volume of water retained in Cuba's reservoirs may reach 6028.4 million cubic meters this July 8, which represents 66 percent of the national capacity.

The central circulation region of tropical storm Elsa is gradually leaving Cuba through the northern coasts of Mayabeque province.

The passage on Monday by tropical storm Elsa to the south of eastern and central Cuban provinces did not inflict major damage, said President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

Cuban President and Top Communist Party Leader Miguel Diaz-Canel congratulated on Monday the government and people of Venezuela on the 210 anniversary of that sister nation’s independence.

Cuba’s political will to protect the environment was stressed during the opening session of the 13th International Convention on the Environment and Development virtually underway from Havana.

Authorities in the eastern province of Granma, one of the first regions to be affected by tropical storm Elsa as it traveled south of Cuba, reported minimum damage in the power system and agriculture.

Tropical Storm Elsa is pouring heavy rains over the communities of the Zapata Swamp where it made landfall earlier on Monday.

A special advisory by the Cuban Weather Institute says a through expands at medium and high atmospheric layers, between 5 and 12 kilometers, which is linked to low over South Florida, the USA.

In the midst of the scourge of tropical storm Elsa in much of Cuba, the Institute of Meteorology highlighted in its weather forecast for Tuesday that the rains will be heavy and intense in the center of the country.

Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall in Cuba, south of Matanzas, and the National Civil Defense General Staff decided to declare the Cyclonic Alarm Phase for the province of Artemisa as of 2:00 pm.

During the last hours, the clouds and rains of tropical storm Elsa have affected the central region, which have become strong and intense in some localities, with the highest accumulated today in the province of Sancti Spiritus.