Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel sent his condolences today to the families of four people who died in a traffic accident Tuesday in the province of Granma and wished the injured a speedy recovery.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel lamented today the tragedy caused by a shooting at an elementary school in Texas, United States, and offered his condolences to the American people.

A national course on Safe Integral Management of Conventional Hazardous Waste continues at the Center for Radiation Protection and Hygiene (CPHR) for specialists from the Ministries of Industry, Energy and Mines, Public Health, Agriculture and Domestic Trade, among others.

Liván Arronte Cruz, Minister of Energy and Mines, assured today that restless efforts are under way to gradually solve the current problems of the country's power grid and find alternatives to cope with the lack of resources to that end.

Cuba is participating at the 89th General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates with the World Organization for Animal Health, which wound up Thursday in Paris, France.

Cuban Education Minister Ena Elsa Velazquez exposed her country’s experience and achievements at the World Education Forum, held in London.

Ralph Everard Gonsalves, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Security, Legal Issues and Information of Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday evening for an official visit till May 29.

The general director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Cuban Foreign Ministry Eugenio Martinez welcomed Sacha Llorenti, executive secretary of the ALBA-TCP regional integration alliance, whose 21st Summit of Heads of State and Government will take place Friday in Havana.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that in no case he will attend the Summit of the Americas.

Synchronized to the National Electroenergy System (SEN) since 6:20 a.m. today, the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE) is currently charging up, according to senior specialist Román Pérez Castañeda, who confirmed that the plant set up new lighting rods after a powerful electric shock tampered with the service Tuesday.

At a meeting with Cuban Minister of Public Health José Ángel Portal Miranda, held in the context of the 75th Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the organization, recognized Cuba's response to COVID-19 and congratulated the island on achieving such high immunization levels with its own vaccines.

The celebration today of the 59th anniversary of the African Union (AU)—formerly Organization of African Unity—recalls the proverbial significance of Cuban solidarity with those countries in their struggles for national independence.

Cuba Ron S.A. launched its latest products in the context of the Cuba 2022 Food Fair in Havana, together with a communication campaign to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Don Pancho cellar, located in the city of Santiago de Cuba and the 160th anniversary of the Cuban light rum.

The Community of Caribbean States (CARICOM) reiterated its position against the U.S. blockade and the exclusion of Cuba from the IX Summit of the Americas.

Amidst breakdowns in several units of its power plants, Cuba now faces the stoppage of its largest and most efficient power plant Antonio Guiteras, in central Matanzas province after an electric discharge impacted its lightening protection system and took it out of operations.