Army General Raul Castro Ruz congratulated today the members of the Youth Labor Army (EJT) on the 50th anniversary of their organization, whose social work and contribution to national production and development he described as essential, as it has forged the will, character and revolutionary convictions of thousands of young Cubans.

The election of Cuban scientist Ramón Pichs Madruga to one of the vice presidencies of the new Bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) marks the first time that a Latin American and Caribbean expert holds the highest position in the main international body in charge of evaluating knowledge on this field.

In the conviction that a mother’s milk is the best food for a child's life, Cuba salutes World Breastfeeding Week, the Presidency stressed on Twitter in reference to the celebration and its theme, Let’s make breastfeeding and work, work!

 Havana, Aug 2 (ACN) Tourism and sports are two sectors with significant potential to help Cuba grow as they set up alliances during the First International Sports Fair, underway in Havana till August 6.

The 4th International Conference on the Protection of Childhood (Proinfancia 2023) will be hosted by the Palco Hotel in havana, September 27-29.

 A local furniture industry known in this eastern Cuban province looks forwards a stable position at the European markets through online sales to countries like Spain, where the Cuban products have raised considerable interest.

 Ciego de Avila, Aug 2 (ACN) Members of the research project known as “Bojeo a Cuba” (Browse around Cuba) on board the Oceans for Youth boat reached “Puerto Casasa” harbor in Cayo Coco key, part of the tourist destination “Jardines del Rey”, off the northern coast of central Ciego de Avila province to keep research on sites of tourist interest.

Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (Parliament), visited production centers in various municipalities of this city.

 The upgrade of the national sea-level measuring network (RMN) with 22 stations deployed along the northern and southern coasts will favor Cuba’s engagement in scientific research and the provision of services linked to regional early warning and sea level monitoring programs.

Born on August 4, 1839 in the city of Holguín, Calixto García Iñiguez stood out for his remarkable service record in Cuba’s three wars of independence, crowned with the historic vindication of patriotism conveyed in his letter to U.S. General William Shafter, when the mambises were prevented from entering the city of Santiago de Cuba at the end of the 1895-98 war.

The Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC) reported Cuban and foreign scientists are studying how to obtain enzymes to improve fibrous sources for animal feed at the Institute of Animal Science.

 Cuba and the Gabonese Republic confirmed their good bilateral relations during the inter-chancellery political consultations held in this city, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX).

This month, the four-million plus members of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) will launch recreational and cultural activities in all communities and hold their 11th Congress to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the organization, according to Secretary-General Teresa Amarelle Boué.

The corporation Cimex S.A. announced today that from September 1 to October 31 it will gradually begin to eliminate cash as a means of payment in gas stations throughout the country.

As part of the scientific trip to Cuba, specialists from the Territorial Delegation of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment ( CITMA) in Camagüey, and the Center for Environmental Research ( CIMAC), participate in the two-day tour that takes place along the coast of this province.