The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) has issued the following statement:

On the days leading up to the celebration of Africa Day on May 25, Déborah Rivas Saavedra, Cuban deputy minister of Foreign Trade and Investment praised the bonds that unite that continent with Cuba, marked by milestones such as the arrival in Algeria in 1963 of the island’s first medical brigade and its support to the nationalist guerrilla for the liberation of Guinea Bissau from Portuguese colonialism, to Ethiopia against the Somali invasion, and to Angola and Namibia against apartheid and for independence.

“Change in communication is the norm, and those who do not adapt will disappear; given the accelerated pace of technology, what is very new today will be obsolete in 10 years,” Spanish journalist and professor Ignacio Ramonet said at a meeting with Cuban journalists and intellectuals.

The ongoing 8th edition of the Month of French Culture in Cuba will merge culture and sports to salute the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

“The United States has just admitted what everybody knows: Cuba cooperates fully with the fight against terrorism,” Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla remarked in a post on X.

The VI International Forum of Oratory “Pensamiento Martiano y Latinoamericano” opened its doors in this city with participants from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Russia and Cuba.

The US Coast Guard Service returned to Cuba a group of 23 irregular migrants to the Orozco harbor in the western province of Artemisa.

The 16th Meeting of the Working Group on Migratory and Consular Affairs between Cuba and Mexico is being held today in Havana.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, praised today the participation of representatives of the U.S. agricultural sector at the 5th Joint Conference of the sector, which is being held in Havana.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, said that China's support and assistance in the difficult times the island is going through are actions that only great friends, great brothers and sisters can do.

After learning on Monday about the main difficulties and challenges of the Cuban economy, and in particular agriculture, the delegation of some thirty U.S. farmers participating at the 5th US-Cuba Agricultural Conference will tour today facilities in Havana.

The Stained Glass Hall of the Revolution Square Mayor General Antonio Maceo Grajales, in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, preserves since 2023 a piano given to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz by the Japanese manufacturer Sakai.

Coinciding today with World Insurance Day, the company Cuba International Insurance, S.A. (ESICUBA) will hold Tuesday and Wednesday its traditional technical-commercial workshop, during which its workers present projects and proposals for solutions in order to increase and diversify services.

The Central Geomining Company is preparing the dossier for the proposal of the Guamuhaya Massif to be the next Geopark of Cuba, announced an expert from the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM).

 Traffic on the Cabaña-Habana road in the Bay Tunnel may return to normal this week, after the completion of ongoing repairs, scheduled for Wednesday, Transport Minister Eduardo Rodriguez Davila said today.