The Institute of Meteorology reports in its Advisory No. 11 that tropical storm Oscar has moved very slowly over the eastern region of Cuba in the last few hours at a speed of just 4 kmh.

According to Félix Estrada Rodríguez, director of the National Load Management Division, the Cuban Electrical Enterprise is reorganizing the power generation by regions to cope with the current difficulties facing the country’s power grid.

Peter Katjavivi, president of the National Assembly of the Republic of Namibia, reiterated his condemnation of the economic, commercial and financial U.S. blockade of Cuba upon his arrival in Havana on an official visit at the head of a delegation of MPs from the sister African nation.

In a post on X, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla thanked the countries that expressed their solidarity in the face of the island’s electrical power grid contingency, as well as those who condemn the U.S. blockade on Cuba, describing it as “the main cause of the limitations and damages suffered by our people.”

In a post on X, the National Electrical Enterprise referred to the visit that Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel paid in the early hours of Sunday morning to the entity’s Load Management Division to meet with the staff in charge of the difficult task of resolving the energy emergency that the country is going through.

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated Cuba’s commitment to take action in favor of food sovereignty with the help of science and innovation and the active contribution of all economic actors.

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated the members of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) on the 65th anniversary of the institution, which he referred to as the entity that gathers the forces of the “uniformed people” and stands as a bulwark in the face of every challenge.

The La Plata Hall of the Fidel Castro Center in Havana hosted the panel “A propósito” in remembrance of Fidel Castro's defense arguments, known as “History Will Absolve Me”, when he represented himself in court 71 years ago after he was denied the right to counsel.

As part of the celebrations to commemorate both the International Day of Rural Women and World Food Day, Yamila Sarduy Martinez, member of the National Board of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) urged women members in this province to play a role in social development and food sovereignty and in the process of transformation of the Cuban countryside.

On the occasion of World Food Day, celebrated every year worldwide on October 16, and with a view to promoting healthy eating habits, the World Food Program (WFP) officially presented its visual arts contests in Cuba.

The Transculture program of the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, funded by the European Union (EU) opened this week the sixth season of cultural training courses on heritage conservation, management and promotion.

Cuban deputy Prime Minister Jorge Luis Tapia stressed in Rome the firm support of his country by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Cuba will present next Friday, October 18 in Geneva, Switzerland, the 9th Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, announced Cuban foreign ministry.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez said today that children's health is a priority for the Cuban state, as he highlighted the beginning of another stage of the anti-pneumococcal vaccination strategy for children.

Specialists from the territorial delegations of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma by its Spanish acronym) in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Las Tunas, Camagüey and Ciego de Avila are participating in the International Seminar on Climate Change and Sustainable Development of Agriculture, which gathers representatives from several nations in the People's Republic of China.