145 years after the death of Cuban patriot Francisco Vicente Aguilera, Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel evoked today his legacy and pointed out that this fighter for independence is one of the fathers of the Cuban Revolution.

Cuba handed over credentials to the correspondents of the EFE news agency in the country on Monday, during a meeting between executives of the International Press Center (CPI by its Spanish acronym) and the Spanish media, the Cuban foreign ministry reported today.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, said today that the severe impact of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States is impossible to hide.

The University of Camaguey (UC)(central Cuba) Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz is developing during the current year the 3rd International Fair, dedicated to the People's Republic of China and the Dominican Republic, countries with which the institution has important relations of collaboration.

Sharing dialog with the young people is the crucial way to strengthen links of friendship between Cuba and Angola, said Crispiniano Dos Santos, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), during a meeting on Monday with students from the University of Havana.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met on Monday with the secretary general of the Association of Caribbean States Rodolfo Sabonge, who is paying an official visit to Cuba.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez conveyed Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Havana, Faisal bin Falah Al Harbi, his satisfaction for the positive state of political relations between the two nations.

Cubans will kick off celebrations for International Women’s Day, to be marked March 8, since February 24 and up to March 15 in all communities, said the secretary general of the Cuban Women’s Federation (FMC) Teresa Amarelle.

The 60th anniversary commemorative seal of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP by its Spanish acronym) was given today in Havana to the Russian Society of Friendship with Cuba (SRAC) in the person of its president, Aleksey Mikhailovich Lavrov.

Cuban PM Manuel Marrero congratulated today on Twitter the country's tourist guides, on a day in which the International Day of the Tourist Guide is celebrated.

With actions aimed at improving water quality, health and welfare of communities, the global initiative My Coast extends the scope of the international Coastal Resilience project, which is being implemented on the northern coast as part of the fight against climate change, to two sections of riverbanks in southern Cuba.

A new computer application developed in Cuba in favor of animal welfare is now available at the national and international platform store APKLIS under the name of BACuba.

The beach resort of Santa Lucia, on the northern coast of the province of Camaguey(central Cuba), is renowned for its beaches of crystal-clear waters and proximity to the coral reef, one of the largest in the western hemisphere, for which it holds incalculable values that give it worldwide prestige.

Williem Lodewijk Leysens is the secretary of the Coordinating Committee for the Lifting of the Blockade against Cuba, in Belgium, and under his efforts he has been bringing together for several years the work of around 40 solidarity organizations united in the fight against this economic, commercial and financial siege.

 A study to prevent risks before pregnancy is being developed by the primary health care system in the province of Holguin, as part of the strategy of the Maternal and Infant Care Program (PAMI by its Spanish acronym) to improve the quality of life of vulnerable groups.