Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel lamented today the death of a rescue worker as a result of the collapse of an apartment building early this morning in Old Havana.
Díaz-Canel highlighted UNICEF's support of Cuba
At a meeting Tuesday with Garry Conille, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel highlighted the assistance provided by UNICEF and its impact on Cuban children and teenagers affected by natural disasters.
Efforts underway to rescue victims of building collapse in Havana
Specialized forces of the Ministry of Interior are working on the rescue of two people trapped beneath the rubble of an apartment building that partially collapsed in Old Havana early this morning.
October 6, 1976: a huge pain never silenced
The immensity of the pain caused by the barbaric crime of October 6, 1976 that took the lives of the 73 passengers of Cubana de Aviación’s Flight 455 off the coast of Barbados, among them the young and victorious members of the National Fencing Team who were returning home after winning a regional championship, still makes us shudder.
America's sports party reached Chicago in 1959 (III)
Between August 25 and September 7, 1959, Chicago, U.S.A. hosted the 3rd Pan American Games, a multi-sport event in which the number of athletes dropped this time to 2,161.
Sixty years after Hurricane Flora's unfathomable winds
On October 4, 1963, Hurricane Flora made landfall in eastern Cuba with sustained winds of 160 km/h and extreme rainfall amounts that pounded the 63,000 square kilometers of the region for five days, recalled Professor Luis Enrique Ramos Guadalupe, coordinator of the History Commission of the Meteorological Society of Cuba.
Cuban eastern province to present initiatives at congress "Cibersociedad"
EsculTunas is the name of the winning application of the innovation challenge launched by the co-Lab Las Tunas project as part of the "Capital of Cuban Sculpture" Laboratory, an informatics solution that this province will present at the Cibersociedad(cybersociety) congress, Oct. 16-20.
Cuba marks anniversary of the founding of the first Central Committee of the PCC
Cuba marked today the 58th anniversary of the founding of the first Central Committee of its Communist Party (PCC), an event that is considered a milestone in the strengthening of the unity of the people.
Cuba and United Arab Emirates to broaden relations
Cuba and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stressed the willingness to continue expanding and developing relations in areas of mutual interest such as tourism, agriculture and renewable energies.
Cuba denounces the use of terrorism as a political tool
Gerardo Peñalver, Cuban first deputy foreign minister, denounced today at the United Nations General Assembly the manipulation of terrorism to turn it into a political instrument against any country.
Cuban company promotes its image through machining and 3D printing
The machining and 3D printing services of the Geocuba Business Group, in this central province, are an exportable line that in its cultural, historical and economic turn, is aimed at promoting Cuba's image to the world.
Higher Education Entrance Exams begin today in Cuba
The entrance exams to Higher Education in 2024 begin today throughout the country with the Mathematics in its ordinary call.
Second Agrarian Reform Law, a definitive blow to large estates
On October 3, 1963, 60 years ago, the Revolutionary Government of Cuba signed the 2nd Agrarian Reform Law to put an end to the remnants of the latifundia, by reducing land tenure to five caballerias, from the 30 stipulated by the first Law of 1959, which, in addition to radically changing the agrarian production system, dealt a definitive blow to the counterrevolution in the countryside.
Mexico City, host of the Pan American Games in 1955 (II)
Athletes from 22 countries participated at the Second Pan American Games, held in Mexico City from March 12 to 26, 1955, an event in which Cuba dropped to ninth place in the medal standings.
Tropical Storm Philippe Approaching the Lesser Antilles
Cuba’s Meteorology Institute alerted on Monday that tropical storm Philippe has maintained its organization and intensity and was located just 25 kilometers east of the island of Barbuda, in the northern Lesser Antilles.
Cuban President Attends Regional Business Forum in Havana
Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Central Committee and Cuban President attended the opening Monday of a multi-sector regional business forum called “Expo ALADI-Cuba 2023.







