To prove that the unjust economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. government on Cuba represents a halt, the civil society in Cuba spoke out today, in its 19th Forum and as a single voice, at the University of Havana.

The Cuban delegation to the 147th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held meetings today with representatives of legislative bodies of several countries, in the context of the event being held in Luanda, Angola.

Weightlifting and rowing stand out among the sports that concluded with the presence of Cuba, after the eight days of the 19th Pan American Games of Santiago de Chile 2023, a multidisciplinary event that will close on November 5.

Headed by the gold medalists at the 19th Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile, Leuris Pupo (shooting) and Arley Calderon (weightlifting), the first group of the Cuban delegation returned home in the early hours of Friday morning.

Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister, concluded a working visit to China where important agreements were signed in order to strengthen and expand bilateral cooperation in priority sectors of mutual interest, the Cuban foreign ministry reported.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero announced that a special panel on investment opportunities to encourage trade, cooperation and economic complementation between Cuba and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will be held in November as part of the Havana International Fair (FIHAV).

The effectiveness of graphic humor in print media took center stage in the 2nd International Scientific Convention of the University of Cienfuegos, attended by some 350 professionals from Ecuador, Mexico, Canada, Panama, Colombia, Germany, Honduras, Russia, Spain, Belarus, United States, Brazil and Cuba.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel attended the ceremony to award the Félix Varela Order of First Degree to members of the Cuban National Ballet (BNC) on the 75th anniversary of the company.

The 18th Ibero-American Congress of Thought, held in this city as part of the Ibero-American Culture Festival, started with the posthumous awarding of the distinction "Casa de Iberoamérica" to Cuban intellectual and revolutionary Armando Hart.

The memory of Grenadian leader Maurice Bishop and the 24 Cuban internationalist fighters who fell in that Caribbean nation 40 years ago deserved a tribute held at the headquarters of the Caribbean Association of Cuba and attended by members of the Caribbean and African diplomatic corps accredited to Cuba, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a group of Cuban aid workers who were in Grenada when the U.S. invasion took place on October 25, 1983.

Ana María Mari Machado, vice president of the National Assembly of People's Power, met in Luanda, Angola, with Duarte Pacheco, president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the context of the 147th IPU Assembly.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel regretted on Wednesday the serious damage caused by hurricane Otis in Mexico.

 Cuba and Spain ratified their interest in strengthening relations in the area of legislative modernization, training and computerization and in expanding the exchange of experience.

The signing of major agreements between Cuba and China marked the end of the 30th Session of the Intergovernmental Commission for economic, commercial, financial, cooperation and scientific-technical relations, held in Beijing.

Students of the Ignacio Agramonte University of the province of Camagüey (UC) held a rally on campus to condemn the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Palestine and make an appeal for peace and the protection of human rights.