At the proposal of the President of the Republic, the Council of State approved the release of Gustavo Rodríguez Rollero from the post of Minister of Agriculture and the appointment of the current First Deputy Minister, Ydael Jesús Pérez Brito.

The Cuban government announced the creation of the National Innovation Council, a consultative body of the State, to assist the President of the Republic in recommending decisions to promote innovation in the functioning of the State, the Government, the economy and society, in a coordinated and integrated manner. In this way, it will contribute to the vision of the Nation, as well as to the fulfillment of the current National Economic and Social Development Plan.

The Vietnamese Thai Bihn Global Investment Corporation, based at the western Cuban Mariel Special Development Zone has donated 204 thousand disposable diapers for the Cuban social assistance program for challenged children in the province of Artemisa.

The director general in charge of the United States of the Cuban foreign ministry (MINREX by its Spanish acronym), Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, highlighted today Cuba's firmness in the defense of its independence and self-determination, despite the aggressions of the United States.

The general methodology for foreign trade operations of goods in Cuba, which will be contained in the Resolution of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX by its Spanish acronym), will soon be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic.

The first quarter of the current year was very prosperous for beekeepers in Las Tunas, surpassing 180 tons of honey, which set a production record for that period in the province.

The impact of the U.S. economic, financial and commercial blockade against the Cuban people is extremely harmful in general and in particular in watershed areas, denounced MSc Carlos Alberto Luaces Socarras.

The Danish-Cuban Friendship Association sent a message saluting a new anniversary of the victory against the 1961 US-led mercenary invasion of Bay of Pigs and the declaration of the Socialist Revolution and stressed the symbolism of the upcoming 8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party April 16-19.

Two years after the kidnapping in Kenya of Cuban doctors Assel Herrera and Landy Rodriguez, Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez ratified his commitment to the permanent efforts for their safe return to their homeland.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Cuban president, greeted today on Twitter the Cuban health and construction collaborators, diplomats and the residents' community in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

 The Cuban Social and Economic model of socialist nature establishes that communication, information and knowledge are public assets and rights of the people.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Cuban president, said today on Twitter that the workers' day in Cuba will pay tribute to health personnel, for their contribution in the fight against the COVID-19.

Cuba's biopharmaceutical industry business group, BioCubaFarma, clarified that a news item titled "The WHO gave category of excellence to the Cuban vaccine against Covid-19" is fake.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, condemned today on Twitter the human rights violations of which minors are victims at the U.S. border.