The second round of talks on migration issues between Cuba and Chile will be held today in virtual format, Cuban foreign ministry announced.

Esteban Lazo Hernandez, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), toured on Thursday Arroyo Naranjo municipality, in Havana, to exchange with the population and delegates and verify on the scene the progress of the community transformation, the ANPP reported on its website.

On April 6, 1960 Lester D. Mallory (1904-1994), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum declassified in 1991, acknowledged that most Cubans support Fidel and advised that “every possible means should be undertaken promptly to weaken the economic life of Cuba (…) a line of action which, while as adroit and inconspicuous as possible, makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of Government."

Visiting Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic described his visit to the Havana-based Fidel Castro Center as an emotional encounter with history and with the ideas of the historic leader of the Cuba Revolution.

Cuba's western provinces will start in September a partial transition to digital terrestrial television, according to Minister of Communications Mayra Arevich, who said that the process involves terminating the analog signals of the country’s two learning channels.

The International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power reiterates its firm support for the "One China" principle and condemns the interference in the internal affairs of the People's Republic of China and the provocative actions of the U.S. Government that threaten its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Under the festival Isla Joven (Youth Island Festival), the locals are celebrating 44 years since the decision of the National Assembly of People's Power to name the then Isle of Pines as Isle of Youth was made public.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTTS by its Spanish acronym) presented today a series of measures to be adopted in the state sector of the economy, with a view to reducing electricity consumption, taking into account the energy situation the country is going through.

The 16th Gibara International Film Festival (FICGibara) is being held from today until August 6 with a diverse multicultural program, with emphasis on audiovisuals.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez sent a letter of condolences to the people and government of Iran after heavy rains claimed human lives and inflicted property damage over the past few days.

A group of 80 activists from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and the Dominican Republic set up on August 1st the 27th Latin American and Caribbean Voluntary Work and Solidarity-with-Cuba Brigade in this western Cuban province.

Cuban authorities highlighted today on Twitter the values of the new Code of Families, which on September 25 will be submitted to a popular referendum.

The cyclonic season in the geographical area of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, begins to heat up during the eighth month of the year, confirmed specialists from the Weather Surveillance Center of the Institute of Meteorology.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez lamented the absence of Havana Historian Eusebio Leal, who passed away on July 31, 2020.

Cuban Revolution leader Army General Raul Castro Ruz congratulated the member of the Cuba Civil Defense authority for their results in the protection of “our homeland” since that entity was created sixty years ago.