A representation of the people, along with intellectuals, artists and authorities of the eastern province of Granma recalled today the glorious burning of this city by its inhabitants in 1869, deemed a most significant date in Cuban history.

A total of 84 imported urban buses will arrive in the country this Thursday, January 13, to reinforce public transportation in the capital city, according to the general director of transport Leandro Méndez Peña.
According to press reports, these are the first vehicles to arrive in the country in the last four years.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla said today on Twitter that the United States intends to hinder the profound process of changes underway in Cuba with a view to its economic and social development.

The First Communist Party Secretary and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez congratulated all Cuban engineers on their National Day and stressed their role for the development of the country.

Some fifty Haitian youths with the 5th Antenor Firmin Solidarity Brigade will be welcomed on Wednesday at the Julio Antonio Mella International Camp in the western Cuban locality of Caimito.

Habanos S.A. Company announced on Tuesday that this year’s 23rd Habano Cigar Festival has been canceled due to current world impact by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the presence of Cuban deputy PM Ines Maria Chapman Waugh, the National Engineering Life and Work Awards were granted today to six prestigious professionals of that discipline, with recognized contributions in Cuba and abroad.

The Nauta Hogar (Internet at home) service, which has been widely accepted by clients, has reached more than 8,600 homes in Ciego de Avila, from September 2017 to late December. This benefit, which is an advantage because it allows instant connection and offers more privacy to chat with family and friends, benefited 2,324 households last year due to technological improvements.

The Faculty of Tourism of the University of Havana is offering the I Workshop on Event Organization and Protocol, which will be held from January 10 to 14 at the University of Havana's Convention Center.

Conservation actions amounting to almost 38 million pesos were carried out in the Toa and Guantanamo-Guaso hydrographic basins, in the easternmost Cuban territory and belonging to the group of the 10 nationally prioritized basins, for their economic and environmental benefits.

Cuban leaders and institutions recalled today the Cuban revolutionary fighter, politician and researcher Celia Sanchez Manduley (1920-1980), 42 years after her physical loss.

The vice-president of the Vietnamese company ViMariel S.A. Nguyen Quang Hung handed over to Cuba a 100-ton rice donation as a gesture of solidarity.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel acknowledged the contribution by the Cuba embassy in Nicaragua to the strengthening of bilateral friendly ties between the two nations.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, condemned today new unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States on Nicaragua.

On behalf of the people and government of Cuba, and of Army General Raul Castro, President Miguel Diaz-Canel congratulated Nicaraguans today on the victory of Daniel Ortega in last November's elections.