A process of collecting signatures in work and study centers in the western provinces of Cuba will take place between September 9 and 13, in support and solidarity with Venezuela, the Bolivarian Revolution, and its legitimate president Nicolás Maduro.

The Second Cuban-European Union Joint Council begins its sessions this Monday in Havana with the purpose of reviewing the status of the implementation of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA).

Marcelino Medina, Cuban First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, began today an official visit to Zimbabwe, the second stop of a four-state African tour to review the bilateral relations with those nations.

The 65 Cuban collaborators in Bahamas joined the recovery effort after the damage caused by Hurricane Dorian, which killed 30 people and destroyed and damaged the archipielago.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, welcomed Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Japanese Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is chairing the Japanese delegation to the 15th Inter-Ministerial Political Consultations.

Cuba and Russia signed today a collaboration protocol on new projects and the execution of investments at the closing ceremony for the 11th session of the Transport Group of the Cuba-Russia Intergovernmental Commission.

Cuban First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelino Medina, expressed today his satisfaction with the result of the 15th edition of the Consultation Mechanism between the Foreign Ministries of Cuba and South Africa, Prensa Latina reported.

Roberto Morales Ojeda, vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers, attended on Thursday the opening of a modern Weather Station in the Special Development Zone in Mariel (ZEDM), 45 kilometers away from Havana.

The 11th session of the Cuba-Russia Intergovernmental Commission's Transport Group began Wednesday in Havana, and it will be a favorable opportunity to focus on issues related to the railway and maritime fields.

A traffic accident occurred in Tuesday afternoon, in the southern municipality of Niquero, Granma province, according to the Cubadebate website.

The Council of State also, at the proposal of its President, agreed to promote to the position of vice-president of the Council of Ministers comrade Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca, Bachelor of Economics, who served since 2008 as First Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Party in Ciego de Ávila and from September 2012 in Camagüey.

We now reproduce the full text of the letter sent on Tuesday by the President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, to the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, on the occasion of the human and material damage caused by Hurricane Dorian as it passed through that territory.
Havana, 3 September 2019

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, President of the Councils of States and Ministers, expressed on Twitter his support for the Cuban intellectuals' appeal against the fascist wave attacking Venezuela.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlighted the relevance of the second Cuban-European Union Joint Council meeting, to be held in Havana on September 9, where both parties will review the state of implementation of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) signed in 2016.

The 16th Regular Meeting of the Small-scale, Artisanal and Aquaculture Fisheries Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPESAALC) will hold its session from Sep. 4-6 in Cuba.