Havana, June 10 (ACN) Iran´s ambassador to Cuba Seyed Mohammad Hadi Sobhani today visited the Havana-based Finlay Vaccine Institute to exchange on ways of collaboration between the two countries in the fight against COVID-19.

Cuban President and Communist Party leader Miguel Diaz Canel called from the central-eastern province of Cienfuegos to keep denouncing the US economic blockade of the island in order to provoke a change of attitude in the current US administration´s Cuba policy.

The National Executive Board of the Cuban Association of Sugar Technicians (ATAC) reiterated, on behalf of its 10,000 members, its condemnation of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade that harms the sector and the population in general.

The Territorial Division of the Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) in the province of Holguin has expanded during the current year, despite the COVID-19 situation, the capacity of radio bases for mobile telephony to improve communications and data traffic capabilities.

From today until June 20, a nationwide tribute will be paid to Vilma Espín Guillois, the eternal president of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of her death.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez received on Wednesday the Minister of Health of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Mutahi Kagwe, who is making a working visit to the Caribbean nation.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla stressed today on Twitter that worldwide cooperation and solidarity are essential to fulfill the United Nations’ commitment to eliminate AIDS by 2030.

The Cuban Institute of Meteorology made it clear on a Twitter post that the rumors that a tsunami is on its way to the eastern province of Guantanamo are totally false, and called Internet users to spread the word in order to avoid chaos and panic.

Cubans living in countries where biometric data capture is available can continue to apply for their passports without visiting consulates, a service to be provided until further notice due to the international epidemiological situation.

Orville Platt was an obscure U.S. senator who gained fame as the author of the bill bearing his name intended to become an annex to the 1902 Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, as a condition to be proclaimed as the new nation.

The planting of native plants on the dunes formed after the dumping of sand, made it possible to reduce erosion in more than 1,300 square meters of beach in the Jardines del Rey tourist destination, north of Ciego de Avila, during the period 2018-2020.

The US administration has funneled millions of dollars to promote destabilization campaigns against Cuba, said the island’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday.

Cuban authorities and World Food Program representatives held a working session Wednesday on the organization’s strategy aimed at directly benefitting over one and a half million Cubans.

Cuba’s representative at the UN Permanent Office in Austria Marlen Redondo acknowledged the efforts by the International Atomic Energy Organization against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Resolution 131/2021 of the Cuban Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR), published in Official Gazette No. 63, approves the regulations that will govern the activity of foreign tour operators and travel agencies based in Cuba.