Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, thanked today the Argentinian people and government for sending solidarity aid.

Following the vaccination program with its own anti-COVID-19 vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala, Cuba expects to gradually open its borders as of November 15.

A donation of medical supplies from the government of Argentina, the White Helmets Commission - part of that country's Foreign Ministry - and groups in solidarity with Cuba, arrived on Sunday morning at José Martí International Airport in Havana on an Air Force Hercules flight.

The Cuban Chamber of Commerce held a virtual meeting on Thursday with Christine Backstrom, president of the Swiss Industry’s International Council and with the Swiss National Trade Board.

The Representative in Cuba of the World Health Organization and Pan-Am Organization Jose Moya held a working session Thursday with executives of the BioCubaFarma Biotech Conglomerate at the head office of the Cuban entity.

The Cuban consulate in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein announced a temporary close between September 17 and 26.

The Cuban 2020-2021 higher education course will resume September 6 on the distance education modality till local universities progressively open doors to students November.

As part of his most recent meeting with members and circles of Cuban civil society, President Miguel Diaz-Canel met on Thursday with students of the Havana-based Enrique Jose Varona Pedagogical University.

"Cuba proudly reveres you," Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez posted on his Twitter account as he congratulated sprinter Omara Durand, who won the gold medal in the 100 m race, category T12 (profoundly visually impaired) at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez congratulated the people of Vietnam, who are celebrating their National Day today.

The Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN) announced the sale in September of three additional pounds of rice per consumer.

Going back today to the First Declaration of Havana, 61 years after its proclamation on September 2, 1960 by the leader of the Revolution Fidel Castro, is not only a tribute, but also an exercise in learning about a history still in the making under the barrage of threats and aggressions as brutal as those of the early days, now spiked with the invasive use of technologies at the service of symbolic warfare.

A COVID-19 vaccination campaign starting in the first half of September will allow the return of Cuban students to their classrooms to resume the 2020-2021 school year.

The prestigious Cuban musician Adalberto Alvarez, known as El Caballero del Son, died in this city following complications associated with COVID-19.

The 2020-2021 school year will resume in Cuba as of September 6, with televised teaching activities, announced the head of the sector, Ena Elsa Velazquez Cobiella.