The 6th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) will be held today, focusing on the evaluation of the fulfillment of the Economic and Social Policy Guidelines of the Party and the Revolution.

The Plaza America Conventions Center, in the western province of Matanzas, will host the First International Congress on Childhood and Adolescence, May 28th to June 2nd.

We celebrate International Day for Biological Diversity with challenges and commitment to the protection of natural heritage, said Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, today.

The National Population and Housing Census, initially scheduled for September 2022 and postponed due to the country's complex economic situation, will be carried out in the first four months of 2025, announced officials of the National Statistics and Information Office ( ONEI by its Spanish acronym).

The Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) informs that as a result of cooperation actions between the Cuban Border Guard Troops and the U.S. Coast Guard, 340.7 kilograms of marihuana were seized during the interception of an international drug trafficking operation.

VILLA CLARA, Cuba, May 22 (ACN) Research results that reaffirm the will and capacity of the Cuban scientific community to preserve riverside ecosystems will be presented on May 23 and 24, in the province of Villa Clara, during the 6th edition of the National Workshop on Coastal Zone Management Centro Costas 2023.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel witnessed a demonstration of the Meteoro 2023 drills at a gas enterprise in Havana designed for the fire department, the police and the entity’s staff and workers to practice the response to a simulated gas leak.

The setting up of the Cuban Association of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities is a dream come true, said Labor and Social Security Minister Marta Elena Feito.

Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Tourism Ahmed bin Aqeel Alkhateeb met Friday in Havana and described as satisfactory current bilateral relations between their nations.

The US Coast Guard Service returned 27 irregular Cuban migrants on Friday to the island’s western port of Orozco in Artemisa province, the Cuban Interior Ministry announced.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met on Friday in Havana with the Vice-President of the Russian Government Dmitri N. Chernyshenko.

During a specialized workshop organized by the Environment Agency (AMA) of the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA), Cuban environmentalists will evaluate the potential of a new project called Thalassia testudinum—name of a species of marine seagrass—aimed at its conservation and sustainable use with a view to the development of anticancer compounds.

Some twenty organizations, companies, self-employed workers (TCP) and other economic actors took part in the 4th International Scientific Convention and 3rd Expofair Las Tunas 2023, held at the university of this province.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel lamented the death at the age of 58 of the prominent journalist, political analyst, writer, editor and audiovisual producer Iroel Sánchez, whom he described as a devoted son of the Cuban Revolution and a tireless intellectual who made great and valuable contributions.

The birth of Pope John Paul II’s birth on May 18, 1920, was remembered in the province of Ciego de Avila with the announcement of an upcoming book by the Cuban peasant, professor and writer Fernando Diaz Martinez dedicated to the former church leader’s life and works.