The Cuba 2024 International Conference for the Decade of People of African Descent will be held from today until December 13, in Havana and Matanzas, with the purpose of making visible Cuba's commitment and work in the fight against racism and discrimination based on skin color and ethnic, national or territorial origin.

The capital repair of the motor unit of the generator sets of the Basic Business Unit (UEB) Geysel will begin next year, an investment that will allow rescuing part of the electric power generation capacity installed in the country.

The 11th Symposium of Cuban Criminalistic Technique and the 4th Day of Biometric Identification (Tecnicrim 2024) will start tomorrow and its sessions will be extended until next Thursday at the Havana Convention Center, announced the Ministry of Interior.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel presided over the political and military memorial commemorating the 128th anniversary of the fall in combat of Major General and Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo Grajales and his aide Panchito Gómez Toro, the 35th anniversary of Operation Tribute, and the 90th anniversary of the birth of revolutionary fighter Frank País.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) recognized the cassava as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

On December 7, 1989, 35 years ago, Operation Tribute, initiated the day before, culminated with the burial of the remains of the Cuban combatants who had fallen in internationalist missions in Africa, in the sacred soil where they were born and which awaited them with intense emotion.
During the previous day, the Cuban people had paid homage in a funeral chapel to the remains of the 2,085 heroes who were finally welcomed in the arms of their proud and moved homeland. Both in the cemeteries and in the wakes, the presence of relatives and compatriots had been massive in that Operation, which took place throughout the country.

Vicente de la O Levy, Minister of Energy and Mines, announced in the early hours of this morning on X that the National Electric System (SEN) was restored after overcoming a new disconnection that affected the island on Wednesday.

Representatives of Cuba and the United States held a round of migration talks on Wednesday in this city capital to consider the pace of ongoing bilateral accords in the field.

Electric company workers have been restlessly working on Wednesday to restore the national grid after it collapsed in early hours due to a failure in a major power plant.

Over 300 delegates are participating at the 11th International Meeting of I.T. and Communication Experts and Researchers (ICOM-2024) opened doors on Tuesday at Havana’s Conventions Palace.

Members of the People’s Provincial Court in eastern Santiago de Cuba province met with sanctioned persons, who are about to meet their sanctions under liberty conditions, as part of a National Exercise to prevent and fight crimes, corruption, illegal actions and social indiscipline, underway nationwide these days.

 The Organizing Committee of the IX Latin American and Caribbean Meeting of Continental Solidarity with Cuba was established in Mexico City, venue of this event scheduled to take place on October 9-12, 2025.

The University of Havana announced the beginning of the sessions of its Model United Nations (HAVMUN), an annual academic event that resembles the debates of the world body.

The Cuban Women’s Federation (FMC) must keep playing a key role in the development of local communities and address the problems facing women and girls.

Cuba’s National Seismological Service reported a 2.9 perceptible tremor Friday morning in the eastern province of Guantanamo, after two quakes rocked eastern Cuba earlier this month.