Headed by Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CC PCC) and president of the country, and conducted by Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of Organization of the CC PCC, the 8th Plenary Session of the party body began today.

On the occasion of the closing of the 13th edition of the International Congress of Business Management and Public Administration (GESEMAP 2024), PhD. C. Xavier Pladevall Molina, CEO of Accion Preventiva in Barcelona, Spain, offered his vision of the event, in an exclusive interview for the Cuban News Agency.

In order to boost coffee cultivation in the municipality of San Luis, in the Cuban eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, bioproducts are applied in the seedlings of this exportable crop, which contribute to its nutrition, quality and strength in the arabica and robusta varieties.

A MOU was signed in Havana by the top representatives of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC by its Spanish acronym) and the University of Medical Sciences of Havana (UCMH by its Spanish acronym), with a view to encouraging young people to cooperate in the scientific promotion of health, technology and innovation.

The 13th edition of the International Congress on Business Management and Public Administration (GESEMAP 2024), will have its closing ceremony today at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, in Havana.

On Wednesday, a new edition of the "From the Presidency" podcast, dedicated on this occasion to the tours that the top leadership of the Party has made throughout the country during the first half of the year, was dedicated to learning, challenges, good and bad experiences, dissatisfactions, problems and possible answers.

The Council of State analyzed and debated the draft laws on Foreigners, Migration, Citizenship, Administrative Procedure, the System of Honorary Titles and Decorations of the Republic of Cuba, and Transparency and Access to Public Information, prior to their presentation at the upcoming Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's Power, in its 10th Legislature.

The Institute of Meteorology reports in its Tropical Cyclone Warning No.10 that during the night and early morning, Hurricane Beryl has kept moving west-northwest at 31 kph through waters south of eastern Cuba.

In a post on X, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla expressed his solidarity with Venezuela, where Hurricane Beryl took lives and caused damages, and stressed that Cuba is following President Nicolás Maduro’s efforts to minimize the impact of the weather event.

With the presence of Ana María Mari Machado and Homero Acosta Álvarez, vice president and secretary of the National Assembly of People's Power, respectively, deputies from all over Cuba held a videoconference to discuss the country’s citizenship bill before it is submitted to the Parliament for approval.

In a post on X, Political Bureau member and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero reasserted Cuba’s solidarity toward the Caribbean nations battered by Hurricane Beryl, as it passed through the Caribbean Sea and assured that the country is in permanent contact with its aid workers and diplomats in the region.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and his Mexican counterpart Alicia Barcena praised the excellent bilateral links and positive results shared by their two countries over the past few years.

A hurricane watch was issued for eastern Granma province following the near-by passage of Hurricane Beril, who is moving South of Cuba and could cause heavy rains and flooding in low-lying areas.

ScD. Walter Baluja García, Cuba’s Minister of Higher Education, praised the efforts of the organizers to hold the 13th International Congress of Business Management and Public Administration GESEMAP 2024 despite the economic situation facing the country.

Transformational leadership was one of the most interesting topics for those attending the two courses organized before the 13th International Congress of Business Management and Public Administration GESEMAP 2024 starts in this city.