Authorities in this eastern Cuban province confirmed on Thursday that a massive forest fire that burnt for 14 days inflicting severe damage in the mountainous area of Prado, Municipality of Mayari, was brought under control.

The US Coast Guard Service returned 21 irregular Cuban migrants on Thursday to the island through the Orozco harbor, in western Artemisa province.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez welcomed Colombia’s Vice-president Francia Marquez Mina, who arrived in Havana on Thursday on a two-day official visit.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced today that in the coming days he will travel to Mexico and Belize.

Based on Marti's premise that "Reading is growing", the 31st International Book Fair, Cuba’s biggest literary event, will open today at the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress and other venues in Havana, with Colombia as the guest of honor this year.

 The effects of the U.S. sanctions against and blockade of Cuba, as well as the economic transformations under way in the island and issues regarding bilateral relations, were discussed in a meeting between Cuban diplomats and parishioners of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.

Luis Alberto Amorós, director for Sub-Saharan Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba (MINREX), and Ousmane Diop, director of Europe, the Americas and Oceania of the the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, chaired the online meeting of Inter-Chancellery Political Consultations.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez signed on Wednesday the book of condolences opened at the Turkish embassy in Havana in memory of the victims of the earthquake that hit Türkiye on Monday.

A flight coming from The Bahamas on Wednesday brought back to Havana’s Jose Marti International airport a group of 130 irregular Cuban migrants, the Cuban Interior Ministry announced.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez held talks on Wednesday with Cardinal Beniamino Stella, envoy of Pope Francis.

Cuba’s National Seismologic Service reported a perceptible tremor Wednesday morning some 600 kilometers southeast of the Isle of Youth, an isle-municipality to the south of the western portion of the main island of Cuba.

The 25th year of the pastoral visit to Cuba by Pope John Paul II, the first visit here by a Holy Father of the Catholic Church, was marked on Wednesday during a ceremony at the University of Havana in the presence of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel lamented today the death of the prestigious lawyer and human rights fighter Beinusz Szmukler, who always supported the Cuban Revolution.

As part of a solidarity and economic exchange visit to the province of Granma, His Excellency Mr. Hirata Kenji, Japan's ambassador to Cuba, toured today health care centers in this city of eastern Cuba, where he learned about the benefits of the Japanese donations to a local clinical-surgical hospital.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that Colombian VP Francia Elena Márquez Mina will pay an official visit to Cuba starting tomorrow, February 9, to participate in the Havana International Book Fair (February 9-19), in which Colombia is the Guest of Honor, meet with Cuban authorities and carry out other activities of interest.