It has been 233 years since his birth in Havana, on November 20, 1788, and how the priest and brilliant pedagogue Felix Varela could coexist without too much trouble with the rigid mandates of discipline and faith of his days remains an unfathomable mystery, given his gifted spirit of transgression and freedom, which led him to be a precursor, scientist and revolutionary.

Actions to improve combat readiness in order to fulfill the assigned missions are part of the drills organized the year in a unit of the Revolutionary Navy of the Eastern Army.

During a meeting on Wednesday with India’s ambassador to Havana, Sarvesvaran Janakiraman, the Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez stressed friendship links between the two nations and the mutual will to further expand bilateral relations.

Miguel Diaz-Canel First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party and President of the Republic toured the University of Cuban Sports on Wednesday as part of celebrations for International Students Day.

Children, women, men, all crammed in the holds of a ship; the wooden figurines do not breathe, but their positions in the handcrafted work recently added to the Museum of the Slavery Route, in the city of Matanzas, help to better understand the excesses of the slave trade in the colonial period.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba did not stop its legislative activity, according to Juan Antonio Quintanilla, ambassador and permanent representative of the island to international organizations based in Geneva, Switzerland.

The 31st Pastors for Peace Caravan will continue this Wednesday its broad agenda of solidarity exchange in Cuba, according to the website of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).

The main conclusions of the Fourth Report on Human Development in Cuba 2019, submitted in June, will be presented today in Havana by Dr. Ramón Pich Madruga, director of the World Economy Research Center (CIEM), during the XXXIX cycle of conferences on World Economy.

The National Road Safety Commission (CNSV) confirmed the start today of its first Conference on Good Practices, to be held online due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Happy day this holiday in which we celebrate the 502nd anniversary of Havana, the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) tweeted today, on the anniversary of this capital city.

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, unveiled on Monday night a statue dedicated to Eusebio Leal, created by sculptors Jose Villa Soberon and Gabriel Cisneros Baez, which was placed at the entrance of the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales (Palace of the Captains General).

The Airbus A321 of Air Transat Airlines arrived today in the Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport, and resumed operations with more than 190 passengers on board, inaugurating the winter season in the Cuban resort.

The ministry of foreign affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia rejected attempts to promote internal violence and force a change of government in Cuba.

 The Carlos J. Finlay prize for microbiology, sponsored by the Cuban government, was awarded today by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the framework of the 41st General Conference of that organization.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez stressed on his Facebook page the return to normality in Cuba and referred to the failed destabilizing actions planned for this day.