The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) announced that Cuba will celebrate the 212th anniversary of the proclamation of Mexico's independence on September 16 with different activities in honor of Miguel Hidalgo and José María Morelos, two great heroes of the American independence war against Spanish colonialism.

Lawmakers from Cuba and the European Parliament held a joint on-line forum on Wednesday about “women’s leadership, and transformations to promote gender quality.”

The President of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, is paying an official visit to Cuba starting Thursday, September 8th, according to the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero highlighted today on Twitter the offensive launched in the country against dengue fever and gave assurances that Cuba will win this new battle without neglecting the actions to fight COVID-19.

Havana celebrates today the 55th anniversary of Cohiba, Habanos S.A. company’s most emblematic brand worldwide, a major event that adds to its international prestige hailed by many lovers of Premium cigars.

“This Family Code has developed a very new feature: affection as a legal value, the reason that it has been called the Code of Affections, in addition to its ethical value and its educational potential for future generations,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez remarked today about the legislation to be submitted to popular referendum on September 25.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez used his Twitter account to congratulate William Ruto, who was elected as president of Kenya, and wished him success in his new responsibility.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez congratulated Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto.

Cuba and Italy signed today, in Havana, the terms of reference of the cooperation project Avenida Italia, for the local valorization and support to circular economies in that emblematic Havana street.

By air and sea, a total of 280 irregular Cuban migrants were returned to the island during the last hours, coming from the United States, Mexico and Bahamas, informed the Ministry of the Interior (MININT).

Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, Cuban minister of foreign trade and investment, highlighted the potential for developing economic relations with Caribbean and African countries, during the Afro-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum.

The 55th anniversary of Cohiba, the most emblematic and prestigious brand of the Habanos Corporation, S.A., will be celebrated from Wednesday to Friday in Havana, with several recognition and commercialization activities of the traditional exportable brand.

Some 787 thousand 311 citizens in eastern Santiago de Cuba province will vote Yes or No at a national referendum on a new Family Code, next September 25th.

Cuban first deputy foreign minister Gerardo Peñalver and Laos deputy foreign minister Bounleua Phandanouvong presided over political consultations between their countries.

As opposed to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, which occur suddenly and by the release of the Earth's internal energy in a short period of time, other natural events are generated slowly and cumulatively, over tens and thousands of years.