The 8th Congress of Cuba’s Communist Party kicked off with the presentation of the main report and a session of debates on crucial issues, which turned the event’s first day into a hard-working session.
Raul Castro delivers Central Report to the 8th Party Congress
Army General Raul Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, presented this Friday the Central Report to the 8th Congress, in which he pointed out as missions of the work of the organization the development of the national economy, the struggle for peace and ideological firmness.
Cuba tourist destination wins Golden Travel Destination 2021 award
Cuba won the Golden Travel Destination 2021 award, granted by the Dutch online platform Reisgraag, based on visitors' ratings.
Cuban Communist Party Congress starts in Havana
The 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) began this Friday in Havana city with words of Fidel Castro, historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, during the First Party Congress in 1975.
Novel project studies coastal flooding in the Cuban archipelago
Researchers from the Provincial Meteorological Center of Holguin are developing a novel project to measure the impact of coastal flooding on the Cuban archipelago as part of the initiatives to tackle climate change and reduce the effects of natural disasters.
Cuban Communist Party Congress kicks off today
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 16 (ACN) The 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), the Congress of the historical continuity of the Cuban Revolution, opens its sessions this Friday at the Convention Center in Havana.
New measures aim at improving cattle raising in Cuba
The new measures taken by the Cuban government in the agricultural sector will make it possible to increase the cattle mass and the production of milk and meat, and thus generate a higher income for producers and better options for the population.
Senior Citizens Get Protection from COVID Flare-up
Over three thousand senior citizens considered as vulnerable to the new coronavirus, including over 1 thousand of them living alone, are receiving personal attention by health personnel in this western city, which has witnessed sustained growth of positive COVID-19 cases.
Cuban Foreign Minister to Take Part at Ibero-American Conference
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez will participate at the II Ministerial Meeting of the Ibero-American Conference on Thursday.
Cuba Rejects US Allegations on Travel and Remittances
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez rejected allegations by high-level US officials that prohibitions on travel and remittances to Cuba are due to health symptoms reported by US diplomats.
Nearly 1,100 Cuban hectares damaged by forest fires in 2021
Nearly 1,100 hectares were damaged by forest fires across Cuba in just over three and a half months, according to the Cuban Forest Ranger Corps (CGC) in an update provided as part of the XXV national campaign against wildfires. The CGC reported 186 events in that period, an average of one per day.
Scientific and innovative results applied in the construction sector
The Construction Research and Development Center (CIDC), the most important promoter of scientific and technological progress in the construction sector in Cuba, provides the country's building companies with new technologies and materials.
The red zone and Intensivist Nurse Aymé's fight for life
Since March 2020, Aymé Alomá Cruz’s career has been marked by her work with COVID-19 patients in serious and critical condition as a member of one of the teams at the ICU of the Amalia Simoni Surgical Clinical Hospital in the city of Camagüey.
Operation Pluto's defeat started on April 15
Sixty years ago, in the early hours of April 15, 1961, nine B-26 bombers painted with the emblems of the Cuban air force took off from the small airport of Puerto Cabezas, in Nicaragua, as part of Operation Pluto, the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Irresponsibility favors COVID-19 in western Cuba
Failure to comply with hygienic and sanitary measures in workplaces is the main cause of the complex epidemiological situation in this province and the reason behind the appeal of the Provincial Defense Council (CDP) to responsible behavior in the fight against COVI-19.
Fully comply with what has already been designed
There is widespread understanding of what Cuba needs to do to fight the epidemic and the most important thing is to enforce the health protocols, according to the Provisional Working Group for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, whose members met with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, José Ramón Machado Ventura, and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz.







