Cuba has lived through plenty of experiences after more than 430 days of fight against COVID-19, among them the insisting alerts to a virus turned into a global problem and a lethal scourge that spares no one and requires a tenacious process of organization, efficiency and discipline.
The warnings of the danger cannot fall on deaf ears; everybody must pay attention to them and act accordingly.

The communications sector in Cuba has been severely affected by the U.S. blockade, which in the period from April to December 2020 caused losses valued at more than 65 million USD.

On the occasion of World Environment Day, which is celebrated every June 5, Cuba will concentrate its efforts, like the rest of the world, on the restoration of ecosystems, under the slogan Reimagine your environment, announced on Wednesday authorities of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), in Havana.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced that some 243 US sanctions imposed by the former Donald Trump administration are still in force against the Cuban people as part of Washington’s economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island nation.

Havana Club International S.A. launched a product on Wednesday called “Havana Club Profundo,” a super premium aged white rum that will join the permanent portfolio of the popular brand.

Several of the measures approved by the Cuban government last April to boost agricultural production are already in place in the province of Sancti Spíritus, according to local officials in statements to ACN.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez described today as alarming the number of COVID-19 infections in pediatric age at national level, over 17,700 after the third outbreak.

A Cuban digital COVID vaccine passport is being tested at the University of Computer Science (UCI), according to Allan Pierra Fuentes, director of the UCI Technological Support Center.

The lack of fuel for transportation, the inability to use ICT platforms for virtual interaction in times of pandemic, and the purchase at excessive prices of scientific equipment in distant markets are some of the main impacts of the blockade on the Marta Abreu Central University of Las Villas (UCLV).

HAVANA, Cuba, May 26 (ACN) About 1,500 hectares of planted forests in Cuba have been affected by wildfires so far this year, reported the Cuban Forest Ranger Corps (CGC), attached to the Ministry of the Interior.

Cuban ambassador to UNESCO, Yahima Esquivel Moynelo, is leading the Cuban delegation to the Sixth Meeting of the States Parties to the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.

Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba, congratulated today the Pan-African Parliament and the people of that continent, on the occasion of the celebration of Africa Day this May 25.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, denounced today on Twitter the continuity of Donald Trump's policy against the Caribbean nation by the current U.S. administration.

On the occasion of the celebration today of Africa Day, Cuban authorities highlighted the strong historical and cultural ties that unite Cuba with that continent.

China will donate some five thousand solar panel systems as part of the Chinese government’s “Belt and Road” climate change initiative, according to the Cuban Foreign Ministry.