Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, thanked today the United Nations System for its support to the recovery efforts after the passage of hurricane Ian.

The permanent condemnation of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba will be one of the central topics at the 16th National Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba in Spain, which will begin today in the Valencian city of Puerto Sagunto, the Cuban foreign ministry announced today.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz welcomed To Lam minister of public security of Vietnam, who is heading a delegation from his country during a visit to Cuba.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez extended his appreciation to the United Nations for its support of recovery actions on the island after the ravaging passage of hurricane Ian.

Authorities from Belize and Cuba are holding their 3rd Round of migration talks, which wounds up October 14.

Some 800,000 Cubans affected by Hurricane Ian would benefit from a 42-million-dollar action plan of the United Nations (UN), the Foreign Ministry reported today, to assist in the recovery from the damages caused in sectors such as housing, health, education, food security and access to drinking water and electricity.

As instructed by Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, president of the National Bank of Cuba, Act No. 891 on the Nationalization of the Banks was drafted and approved by the Council of Ministers on October 13, 1960, "with the objective of definitively liquidating the economic power of the privileged interests that conspired against the people" and to ensuring that only the State could engage in banking operations as the only way to exercise national economic sovereignty.

Cuban authorities thanked today a financial donation sent by the Government of China to help fix the damages caused by Hurricane Ian, as reported by Cuba's ambassador to the Asian nation, Carlos Pereira, who was notified by the vice president of the China International Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), Zhao Fengtao.

The International Congress Cubamotricidad 2022, organized by the Manuel Fajardo University of Sciences and Physical Culture and Sports, will take place on October 24 to 27, 2022 at the Plaza America Convention Center in Varadero Beach, as reported by the Ministry of Higher Education (MES).

It was enough for José Luis Valdeolla Hernández, a Havana resident, to watch on TV the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian to decide to leave for this province, so he took his working tools and traveled on his own for more than a hundred kilometers, which is no easy task.

The watershed ecosystem of the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (PNAH), a World Heritage Site, is benefiting from an environmental initiative involving scientists from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Cuba.

Although in Pinar del Rio(westernmost Cuban province) all the centers belonging to the Ministry of Industries ( MINDUS) were affected by Hurricane Ian, thanks to the hard work of their labor collectives and the support of other territories and forces, the recovery is progressing and is already bearing its first fruits.

Before this year ends, Havana will have a system of public bicycles at trial level (300), starting at the Technological University of Havana, according to information provided to the Cuban News Agency.

The 5th edition of the International Colloquium of Studies on Native Cultures of the Americas kicked off today at the headquarters of the Casa de las Americas in Havana.

On the instructions of Commandant Ernesto Che Guevara, president of the National Bank of Cuba, Law No. 891 referring to the nationalization of the Banks was drafted and proposed, approved by the Council of Ministers on October 13, 1960, "with the objective of definitively eliminating the economic power of the privileged interests that were conspiring against the people" and to guarantee that the banking function would only be carried out by the State as the only way of exercising the economic sovereignty of the nation.