The flags of 41 countries, including Cuba, will fly today at the Paraguayan Olympic Committee Plaza during the symbolic ceremony officially welcoming the 2nd Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion 2025.

Cuban government awarded scholarships to young people from Saint Kitts and Nevis for university studies in Cuba during a ceremony at its embassy to that country, Prensa Latina reported.

Rudy Montero Mata, Cuban deputy minister of science, technology, and the environment, held talks with representatives of prominent scientific institutions in Geneva, Switzerland, to strengthen international cooperation in environmental research and conservation.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla highlighted today his country's willingness to strengthen cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

This August 13th would have been Fidel's 99th birthday. During his 90 years of life, he chose to storm heaven, defying enormous obstacles, dogmas, and accumulated difficulties in the face of the great historical need for a revolutionary transformation in his homeland, which for decades remained unfulfilled dreams for entire generations of Cubans.
From his early youth, he was his own guide, although his qualities did not escape the prediction of the Jesuit priest and professor at the Colegio de Belen, the Spaniard Armando Llorente, who, in an assessment of the student, wrote: "I always saw in Fidel Castro the makings of a hero and was convinced that the history of his homeland would one day speak of him."

Rudy Mata, Cuban deputy minister of science, technology, and environment (CITMA by its Spanish acronym), held strategic meetings with executives from the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention and the South Center, within the framework of the Plastic Pollution Treaty negotiations taking place in Geneva, Switzerland.

Salvador Valdes Mesa, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Vice President of the Republic, called to continue working in the municipalities to promote territorial development for the benefit of the population during his tour of Havana.

August 13 just opens celebrations for the 100 years with Fidel, said Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, as he recalled on X the legacy of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel extended his condolences to the people and government of Ghana after the tragic helicopter accident occurred August 6 in the Ashanti region which killed eight people including top government authorities.

Santiago de Cuba’s Antonio Maceo International Airport will undergo thorough remodeling of is areas to double its current operation capacities.

Cuba’s Civl Aeronautics Institute is participating at a regional workshop on Civil Aviation Master Planning, which takes place prior to the 13th Meeting of Civil Aviation Directors of North America, the Caribbean and Central America (NACC), under the International Civil Aviation Organization.

The Chief of General Staff of Belarus’ Armed Forces, Major General Pavel Nikolaevich Muraveiko was welcomed here with a military ceremony, according to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Under the slogan "Justice has a woman's face," the meeting "Women in Revolution" was held at the headquarters of the People's Supreme Court, chaired by Teresa Amarelle Boué, secretary general of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC).

In a post on X, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz referred to the growing number of visits to Soberanía, the Cuban government's information and services platform launched on July 10.

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel referred to the historical significance of August 5, 1994 as a symbol of revolutionary unity and a reminder that there will always be dark forces lurking around a genuine Revolution in its difficult times and that only unity can thwart any attempt to destroy it.