Tropical storm Helene became the fifth hurricane to develop during the current hurricane season; the storm crossed the Yucatan channel pouring intense rain on western Cuba and on the Mexican state of Quintan Roo.

To Lam, President of Vietnam and General Secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party, will arrive today in Cuba for a two-day state visit that includes official talks with his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel and meetings with other Cuban authorities.

A delegation of young Cuban scientists from a wide range of institutions and universities is participating in the program Cuba and Russia, together for health, under way in Moscow, where they have visited centers of scientific, economic and historical interest, including the Museum of the Communist International and an exhibition of achievements of the Russian economy.

 Vicente Alejandro Ortega Cedillo, a professor with the Autonomous University of Mexico, is scheduled to present a lecture today, titled Why site museums are important, to the 8th Scientific Conference “Museology and Society” held in this city.

The presentation in this city of the book Actos de Guerra (Acts of War) became a genuine literary workshop on political and historical facts of the confrontation of Cuban and U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence agencies, addressed in what Alberto Marrero Fernandez, president of the Writers' Association of the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) described as “an excellent novel about the plans of subversion, terrorism, covert action and clandestine war of the U.S. government against our country through its intelligence services and the Cuban or non-Cuban profit-seeking supporters of an inhumane blockade which for more than 60 years has caused incalculable damage and suffering”.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel called on the people to be cautious amidst intense rains predicted for western and central Cuba as storm Helene passes near the western tip of the island.

The US Coast Guard Service returned 22 Cuban irregular migrants, who made two illegal departures and were intercepted on the sea.

As storm Helene keeps moving towards the Gulf of Mexico, moving near the western tip of Cuba with heavy rains and gusty winds, authorities and citizens in Pinar del Rio Province and the Isle of Youth, as well as other territories took preventive measures to safeguard human life, property and economic resources.

Tropical Storm Helene, the eighth of the current season, formed today in the morning hours, the Cuban Institute of Meteorology (Insmet) reported.

The 1st Vietnam-Cuba Interparliamentary Session is being held today at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, in Havana.

The 5th edition of the Cuba Networking Circuit (CNC5), which will be held until September 26 in Havana, began today to promote the trade of new Cuban economic actors with Latin American countries and Spain.

Cuba will advocate at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for an equitable and democratic international system, where peace and sustainable development are achieved.

Cuban Civil Defense issued today an early warning on the hydrometeorological situation in the Western and Central regions, related to a low-pressure area located in the Caribbean Sea.

Agencies involved in a project dedicated to promoting agro-ecological and sustainable energy transition in eight municipalities in the country will hold a meeting today at the National Hotel.

 With 85 destinations distributed among the provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo, in the southeastern part of the country, the 14th International Nature Tourism Event (Turnat) 2024 kicks off today until the 29th.