Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met on Thursday with Mark Baum, vice-president of the US Food Industry Association (FMI) and with Jorge Ignacio Fernandez, president of the Hope for Cuba Foundation.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wished Pope Francis a speedy recovery from the abdominal surgery that he underwent Wednesday and reasserted his admiration and respect for the Supreme Pontiff.

The third round of peace talks between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Colombian government will come to an end today in this city in the presence of President Gustavo Petro, who described the negotiation as an important milestone in the history of Colombia.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez stressed that Cuba keeps making strides regarding the protection of women's rights and pointed out that the country’s Gender Equality Observatory will be essential for decision-making.

Teresa Amarelle Boué, secretary-general of the Federation of Cuban Women, announced today the launching of a web portal of the Cuban Gender Equality Observatory as a means to collect, process and spread gender-based information from a legal perspective.

The US Coast Guard Service returned to Cuba 25 irregular migrants on Wednesday, the Cuban Interior Ministry reported.

The Weather Center with the Cuban Meteorology Institute issued a special advisory 1 Wednesday afternoon alerting on the occurrence of very heavy rains along the country, and particularly in the center and eastern portions of the island, washed by rains over the past hours.

Cuba’s Supreme Court denied on Wednesday information spread on Whatsapp groups about upcoming supervision or control of personal communications on the island.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin underscored in Moscow on Wednesday the significance of ongoing joint projects aimed at expanding economic and commercial relations.

From our house in the province of Artemisa’s town of Pijirigua we could see the Sierra del Rosario, sometimes blue and others radiant with greenery, as the sun lingered among the mountains. We thought we were lucky to sleep with her as our guardian.

 Poetry is common good; we cannot allow expression be overwhelmed by fascist ideas, said Cuban poetess Nancy Morejon in Paris during the literary forum “Poetry is my Flag”, as part of her denunciation of recent harassment against her.

Cuban deputy Prime Minister Jorge Luis Tapia said on Tuesday that despite the shortage of fuels affecting the country, integral work has been done to achieve acceptable performance in the international parcel reception and delivery services.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Cuban Association of United Nations (ACNU by its Spanish acronym) announced today, at a press conference, the actions that will be developed during the current year to commemorate the anniversary.

The network of stations of the National Seismological Service reported today that at 5:11 a.m. the seventh perceptible earthquake was reported in Cuba this year.

June is the second month of the rainy season in Cuba and on average also of the year, confirmed specialists from the Climate Center of the Institute of Meteorology.