The 12th Congress of Scientific-Technical Information and Informatics in Construction (Cicons' 25), to be held May 21-23, will address strategic issues such as communication and digitization in the Cuban context.

Wednesday, April 9, 1958 dawned as a sunny and apparently calm day in much of the country, but at 11:00 a.m. the calm was interrupted by an address transmitted over the radio waves, through which the announcer with an excited voice exhorted:

The Cuban Forest Ranger Corps (CGC by its Spanish acronym) transmitted precise indications for April due to the fact that, historically, it has reported, like March, the highest occurrence of forest fires (111) on average in the last 10 years and of them (3) classified in the categories of large and very large.

The Cuban people honored today the heroine Vilma Espin Guillois on the 95th anniversary of her birth with the memory of the revolutionary work and the work she did for women in the country.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobianin confirmed that Russia and Cuba are studying the creation of a Moskvich-branded cab service in two cities of the Caribbean nation.

Bruno Rodriguez, Cuban foreign minister, described as infamous the text that laid the foundations of the US economic blockade on the island, on the occasion of its 65th anniversary.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko led the launching ceremony of the first Russian-made vehicle assembled in Cuba, a milestone that marks the strengthening of industrial ties between the two countries.

The Cruce de la Trocha photovoltaic solar park (psfv by its Spanish acronym), the first in the central province of Ciego de Avila with a 21.87 megawatt (MW) capacity, was opened in the presence of the Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes Menendez, Cuban deputy prime minister, and Vicente de la O Levy, minister of energy and mines.

The 11th Earth Sciences Convention will be opened this Tuesday at the Havana Convention Center, with the presence of delegates from several countries, according to its organizers.

It is with deep regret that our people have learned of the passing of comrade Khamtay Siphandone, former Secretary General of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and former President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, today congratulated Cuban children, adolescents, and youth.

Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Deputy Prime Minister of Cuba, received Dmitry Nikolaevich Chernyshenko, Vice President of the Russian Federation Government, this Friday in the Cuban capital. Chernyshenko arrived on Wednesday night at the Antonio Maceo Grajales International Airport in Santiago de Cuba.

April arrives as always, at a brisk pace, to celebrate on the 4th new anniversaries of the Jose Marti Pioneers Organization and the Young Communist League, with the implementation of educational, cultural, vocational training, productive and sports programs, among others, linked to the heartbeat of today.

The Ozone Technical Office (OTOZ) is promoting an action plan in view of the 30th anniversary of its constitution on September 16, coinciding with the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

In order to maintain the stability of transport services to isolated areas of the eastern province of Holguin, the Basic Business Unit (UEB) Ferrocarriles Rafael Freyre applies science and technological innovation aimed at improving the state of the means, building new and repairing tracks.