Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (Parliament), toured the Lidio Ramon Perez Thermoelectric Power Plant, in Felton, as part of the parliamentary visit carried out until today in the province of Holguin.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez highlighted today on Twitter the approval at the United Nations Human Rights Council of a resolution presented by Cuba on human rights and international solidarity.

Rodolfo Benítez Verson, director general of Multilateral Affairs and International Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX), is chairing the Cuban delegation at the Third Meeting of National Coordinators and Cooperation Officers of the Ibero-American Conference.

Cuban civil society organizations issued on Thursday, in this capital, a statement against the commercial, economic and financial blockade maintained by the United States government against Cuba.

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel received this Thursday Luis Felipe López-Calva, regional director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for Latin America and the Caribbean, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

At the 3rd Meeting of National Coordinators and Cooperation Officers of the Ibero-American Conference, Cuba's representative, Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, stated the need to strengthen inclusive cooperation in Ibero-America.

Luis Felipe López-Calva, UN assistant secretary-general and regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), began a working visit to the province of Artemisa.

July 9 will mark 23 years since the death of Regino Boti León, the economist from the province of Guantánamo who on January 20, 1959 was appointed "minister in charge of the National Council of Economy" in the first cabinet of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba.

Maher El-Adawy, ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Cuba, is paying a two-day visit to the province of Guantánamo to learn about the local culture, history and geography and explore the possibilities of organizing educational and commercial exchanges between his country and this region.

The undersecretary general and regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Luis Felipe López-Calva, was received by Alejandro Gil Fernández, deputy prime minister and head of Economy and Planning,

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo, reviewed the state of political relations and cooperation between the two nations this Wednesday.

As part of the second day of the Assembly of Caribbean Peoples (APC) underway ion the Cuban eastern city of Santiago, delegates from the region debated this Wednesday about the struggles for the conquest of their sovereignty and self-determination.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez is paying tribute today to the founding fathers of the Cuban Revolution at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in this city, together with the highest authorities of the province and Liz Cuesta, director of festivals and events of the Ministry of Culture.

Buses that Belgium donated to Cuba started the trial runs in one of this city’s public routes, according to the Provincial Transport Enterprise.

“José Martí provides the means to build a new cultural hegemony of emancipation, based on our roots and historical memory as an indispensable weapon,” said Yusuam Palacios Ortega, president of the Marti Youth Movement, during a workshop on colonization and its impact on today’s Cuba held at Havana’s Casa de las Americas.