The 3rd edition of the Nautical Safety Week in Cuba begins today and will run until next Saturday with a view to promoting citizen awareness on maritime safety that will contribute to ensure safe navigation. The day of the navigator constitutes one of the activities of its program, aimed at the control and use of the means for the crossing in the entities operating vessels, informed the Ministry of the Interior (MININT).

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla congratulated the faculty, staff, and past and current students of the Higher Institute of International Relations (ISRI) on its 42nd anniversary.

First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez called on the people in the island’s eastern territories to reinforce all protection measures in the face of the difficult weather condition affecting the region for days now.
Local forces with the civil defense, the interior ministry and the armed forces are already implementing protection measures, said the President on Twitter.

Following two evenings under very constant and heavy rains, authorities in eastern Granma province are assessing the damage inflicted by floods, overflowing rivers and landslides in several municipalities and reinforced all measures to protect the people, property and economic resources.

 Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro held talks Friday at Havana’s Revolution Palace.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, is attending today the closing of the third round of peace talks in Colombia, together with the president of that South American country, Gustavo Petro, and Commander Antonio Garcia, head of the National Liberation Army (ELN).

The Cuban Institute of Meteorology ( INSMET) warned today that the activity of showers, rains and thunderstorms will continue in much of the country, becoming strong and heavy in some localities, mainly in the central and eastern regions.

Elba Rosa Perez Montoya, Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, today congratulated Cuban archivists on the International Archives Day.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel welcomed today to the country his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, who will participate in the closing ceremony of the third cycle of the peace talks between his government and the National Liberation Army (ELN).

The province's reservoirs are at 57 % of their filling capacity, after reports of heavy rains in this territory, Alexis Mora, coordinator of the Provincial Government's Hydraulic Resources program, told reporters today.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, said today that the accusation published by the U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal is part of Washington's practice of inventing fallacies to justify its aggression against the island.

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.