Osvaldo Vento, president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation ( INDER by its Spanish acronym), congratulated today on Twitter the workers of that organization, on the occasion of their 60th birthday.

Yolanda Ferrer Gomez, chairwoman of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (Parliament), pointed out that the work of that commission during 2020 took place in a complex world scenario, characterized by the ominous policy of the Trump administration and the impact of COVID-19.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla will participate online in the High-Level Segment of the 46th regular session of the Human Rights Council, to be held today in Geneva, Switzerland, the Cuban foreign ministry announced in a message on Twitter.

The Cuban foreign ministry's website (Cubaminrex) reported today that the International Bioethics Committee (IBC), the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC) and the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) will meet virtually from February 22 to 26.

The introduction of science in food production has increasingly become a necessity, given the consequences of climate change and future prospects in the sector; therefore, programs that contribute to achieving food sovereignty are being developed, in which Biocubafarma plays a key role.

Cuban ambassador to Italy Jose Carlos Rodriguez, permanent representative at the World Food Program (WFP) reiterated his country’s commitment to the Zero Hunger world goal by 2030.

Cuba called for cooperation to enhance educational development in Latin American and Caribbean countries, during a meeting Monday of Education ministers with the member nations of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas-People’s Trade Treaty regional organization.

The breeding of pigeons is not prohibited in the Animal Welfare Decree Law to be approved in Cuba, Yobani Gutierrez Ravelo, director of Animal Health of the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG), declared, who described as fake the publications published in social media announcing the opposite.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla urged today on Twitter to strengthen multilateralism, unrestricted respect for the United Nations (UN) Charter and International Law.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, urged today on Twitter the new US administration to revoke the absurd and unjustified decision to include Cuba on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez highlighted today on Twitter the voice of Cuban artists such as the poet and repentista, Tomasita Quiala, who wrote a few verses for Cuba Viva.

Progress and nature conservation are two of the most urgent issues on the agenda of the human species, since giving up one in favor of the other is a sure recipe for disaster; the great challenge is to harmonize both tasks in order to save the very existence of the planet.

Many people are alarmed every day by the number of positive cases, the state of health of the most serious and critical cases in hospitals, or the increasing death toll in Cuba as the pandemic keeps running rampant a year after the first cases were detected in the world.

Cuban IT companies are taking the first steps in foreign trade, focused on trying to gain a foothold in a very competitive market worldwide.

Animal rights supporters met today in Havana with officials of the Ministry of Agriculture ( MINAG) at the headquarters of that institution, to learn about the Decree-Law on Animal Welfare to be approved this February.