Cuban President Raul Castro assessed the damage inflicted by hurricane Matthew in the easternmost zones of Cuba and said that it's now crucial to exactly and rapidly identify the damage to know what do in each area.

In a statement issued on Monday, the Cuban Foreign Ministry welcomed the accord reached by the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group to sit at the bargaining table to talk peace.

Cuban President Raul Castro presided over a working meeting to learn about the details of the recuperation works underway in the Cuban easternmost city of Baracoa, severely affected by Hurricane Matthew.

U.N. Development Program Resident Representative in Cuba Myrta Kaulard praised the actions taken by the Cuban Civil Defense aimed at preventing the loss of human lives and material resources to Hurricane Matthew.

Holguin beat Isla de la Juventud a couple of times to guarantee a place among the top eight of the Cuban baseball championship and ratified itself among the teams with options to advance directly to the next phase.

A floral tribute by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, and Amy General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, recalled on Thursday in this capital the victims of the act of sabotage 40 years ago against a Cubana de Aviacion airliner in mid air, which caused the death of all 73 people on board, 57 of them Cuban.

Holguin province completed on Thursday the return home of more than 370,000 protected persons, after the passage of Hurricane Matthew through eastern Cuba.

With the traditional pilgrimage to this capital's Cristobal Colon Cemetery, the victims of the bombing in mid air of a Cubana airliner in Barbados, a horrible act of sabotage that took place in October 6, 1976, were be honored today.

The Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Ulises Rosales del Toro, received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Geoffrey Jideofor Onyeama, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

For 40 years, Aida Dominguez has waited for the full weight of law to fall over those who cut short, in mid air, the lives of all 73 people, including that of her son, a flight attendant of the CU–455 flight that covered the Barbados- Cuba itinerary on October 6, 1976.

Left-handed Wilber Pérez won the Italian Baseball League with the Paternó Red Sox ASD, and was also proclaimed MVP of the season.

The threat of hurricane can cause the most unusual actions and at Granma Cay, Santiago de Cuba Bay, as part of the measures to reduce the risk before Matthew, the boats are placed on the streets and villagers sail the waters to safeguard life.

Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in westernmost province of Guantanamo to learn on site the preparations underway before the arrival of the powerful category four hurricane Matthew.

The Institute of Meteorology said the provinces from Camagüey to Guantánamo must remain very attentive to the evolution and future trajectory of intense hurricane Matthew, which represents a danger to eastern Cuba.

Cuban Civil Defense established the hurricane warning stage for the five eastern Cuban provinces, from Camaguey to Guantanamo, from this Monday at 9 AM, since Hurricane Matthew will start affecting the region tonight.