Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz begins a working visit to the province of Matanzas in this municipality, the largest and least populated in the country, to check works and strategies that contribute to socioeconomic development.

The commercial and business management center of the Empresa de Correos( Cuba Post Office), the first of its kind in Cuba, was opened in the eastern province of Holguin, where it will offer different services and promote the work of the new economic actors in the region.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, visited on Thursday the municipality of Rio Cauto, in Granma, as part of the tours of the territories to evaluate the priorities in the economic, social and political order for this year.

The strong relations of friendship between Cuba and the Dominican Republic were stressed Thursday by Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo and by Jose Miguel Mejia, general secretary of the United Leftist Movement Party and Minister for Regional Integration Policies of the Dominican Republic.

The music album Santiago-Brooklyn-Santiago, launched during the ongoing Havana Jazz Plaza Festival by the music labels EGREM and Zoho Music, works as a bridge to strengthen links of friendship between renowned pianists Marcos Fernandez, from Santiago and Arturo O’Farril, from New York.

US authorities returned 47 irregular migrants to Cuba in two air and sea operations on Thursday, according to the Cuban Interior Ministry.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel received José Miguel Mejía Abreu, Secretary-General of the United Left Movement Party (MIU) and Minister of Regional Integration Policies of the Dominican Republic.

Upon receiving Enrique Santiago, secretary-general of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and member of the Spanish Congress, Ana Maria Mari Machado, vice president of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament), stressed the interest in strengthening ties with the Spanish Parliament.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz recognized the work of the Cuban Police K-9 Unit on its 63rd anniversary and described the work of this force as crucial both to prevent and fight crime and to undertake rescue operations.

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, ratified in X Cuba’s commitment to the provision of free, affordable and quality education services at all levels, stating that “Education is a fundamental human right for all people”.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated the Matanzas Cocodrilos team, winner of the 2nd Elite League of Cuban Baseball with a 12-5 victory over the Artemisa Cazadores .

José Manuel Guzmán, director of the international project Mi Costa, reasserted the global initiative’s willingness to foster Tarea Vida (Task Life), Cuba’s state plan to tackle climate change.

Cuba announced the official entry into force of regulations on the Operational Direction of the Protection Campaign against Forest Fires in the country, designed by the Ministry of the Interior and intended to both strengthen the current safeguards and establish the duties of the Central State Administration Bodies involved in the said effort with a view to mitigating the effects of wildfires.

Cuban VP Salvador Valdes Mesa and his opposite number in Tanzania, Philip Isdor Mpango, reasserted their will to strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas of common interest such as health, education, agriculture, sports, culture, and tourism.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez is paying his ninth visit to the province of Pinar del Río to check the progress of today’s top-priority programs and to promote and spread successful experiences which prove that it is possible to overcome the current obstacles facing the country.