There are more than 70 musical genres in Cuba, which is why many call it the Island of Music. In the first place we must mention Salsa, Son or Danzón, although Cha-cha-chá, Mambo or the noisy Timba also stand out, without leaving aside others born centuries ago, such as the Zapateo.

A new January 28th arrives to mark Cuban National Hero José Martí’s 169th birth anniversary, as his poems and words and plenty of dedicated songs fly in our schools, where he is so cherished, and elsewhere nationwide as part of an indescribable celebration.

A delegation from the Global Change Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CzechGlobe) currently on an official one-week-long visit to Cuba will travel today to the province of Matanzas.

In compliance with its duty to continue informing the people and the international public opinion on the legal response to the events of July 11, 2021, which attempted against the constitutional order and the stability of the Cuban socialist state, the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic reported on the status of the criminal proceedings arising from such events.

Ileana Morales Suarez, director of science and technological innovation of the Cuban health ministry, described as very successful and organized the country's COVID-19 strategy, while participating in the news program Mesa Redonda.

A Project aimed at achieving adaptation to climate change underway in the coastal community of Punta Alegre, north of the central-eastern province of Ciego de Avila has revealed important advancement as corroborated by members of the UN Development Program (UNDP).

With the slogan "University and Innovation for a Sustainable and Inclusive Development", the 13th International Congress on Higher Education will be held February 7 to 11, 2022, at the Convention Center in Havana.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, held a telephone conversation today on bilateral cooperation in trade and investment.

142 years after the event, the speech delivered by the young and recently arrived José Martí, just about to turn 27 years old, on the evening of January 24, 1880 in the Steck Hall conference room in New York, to a passionate crowd of Cuban revolutionary émigrés, is still unforgettable.

The Division of Identification, Immigration and Foreigners Affairs confirms that the current legislation establishes the issuance of the Current Passport to Cuban citizens residing in the national territory who need to travel abroad for private matters, those authorized to reside abroad and emigrants, according to official information provided by the Ministry of the Interior.

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel called on Twitter account to defeat the blockade by taking advantage of all the existing talent on the island.

In tune with the Cuban program on the country demographic dynamics, authorities in western Matanzas province expect to favor over one hundred large families with homes this year.

Cubans living abroad could participate in the debates on the draft Family Code, Ernesto Soberon, director general of consular affairs and Cubans living abroad of the foreign ministry of Cuba, announced today.

Salvador Valdes Mesa, vice president of Cuba, visited today as part of a working visit to Matanzas sugarcane and harvest areas in the province, with the aim of assessing the preparation of the land and the quality of planting.

Esteban Lazo, president of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (Parliament), began a tour through Villa Clara today, on the second day of work of the Cuban legislative body in this central province.