A low-pressure area located in the eastern Caribbean Sea gained in organization and became tropical storm Franklin, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h and a central pressure of 1,002 hP.

 As of 11 a.m. Sunday, a low-pressure area moving across the central Atlantic kept gaining in strength and became tropical storm Emily, with maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h and a central pressure of 1,001 hP.

Cuba will continue supporting the people and government of Angola, said the president of the Caribbean nation, Miguel Diaz-Canel, in a conversation with about 200 collaborators from different sectors working in that country.

Ma Hui, ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Cuba, acknowledged in Havana the progress made in the technological conversion project for the production of newspapers and other graphic materials, which is being developed through an Eximbank credit granted by the Chinese government.

Cuban professionals conclude today in Brazil a regional course on monitoring through analytical techniques of microplastics in marine ecosystems, sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Cuba and Syria confirmed the willingness and existing opportunities in areas of common interest to further strengthen bilateral relations.

More than 200 delegates from Latin America and Europe are expected to attend the 4th International Conference on Child Protection (Proinfancia 2023), to be held at the Palco Hotel in Havana from September 27 to 29.

Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), recalled the foundation, 98 years ago, of the first Communist Party by student leader Julio Antonio Mella and revolutionary Carlos Baliño, an event he described as an encounter of two generations in the historic struggle for independence and social justice.

The Cuban government reiterated that it maintains a "Zero Tolerance" policy regarding any modality of human trafficking, by publishing its National Report of Cuba on Prevention and Confrontation of Human Trafficking and Protection of Victims corresponding to 2022.

As part of its hostile policy, the United States (U.S.) government has prevented Cuba from connecting to international telecommunications networks through fiber optic cables, which pass near the island, thus limiting Internet access, the use of information, exchange and creation of knowledge.

The cyclonic season in the geographic area of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, extends from June to November and in the eighth month begins its most active period of disasters, when tropical cyclones and other hazards of natural, technological and sanitary origin are expected.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz congratulated today the eastern city of Baracoa, the so-called Villa Primada, on the 512th anniversary of its founding.

Naima Ariatne Trujillo, Cuban minister of education, is heading the Cuban delegation that will attend today the inauguration of the president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña Palacios.

Casa de las Americas announced the 64th edition of its Literary Prize, to be held between April 22 and 26, 2024.

Solidarity movements from Latin America and the Caribbean demanded the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States (U.S.) against Cuba, as part of the closing of the 3rd Central American Meeting of Solidarity with the Caribbean nation.