Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla offered on behalf of Cuba his heartfelt condolences to the Algerian people and government after the forest fires hitting the northern part of that African nation since Wednesday.

Up to August 10, the six reservoirs of this province were storing 50% of their capacity, so the rains that tropical depression Fred will bring are more than welcome.

 On the occasion of International Youth Day, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez congratulated today on his Twitter account the young people who are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

The Institute of Meteorology reports in its tropical cyclone warning No. 6 that during the early morning the tropical depression Fred keeps weakening but remains intense with maximum sustained winds under 55 km/h, gusty winds and a minimum pressure of 1010 hPa. It is tracking at 26 km/h on a west-northwesterly course.

 In its most recent meeting, the temporary working group against COVID-19 in the province of Ciego de Avila reviewed the measures to minimize the possible effects of tropical depression Fred as it tracks on waters off the northern coast of Cuba.

Harsh though it may be, the combined lashing of two lethal viruses, namely COVID-19 and the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade, will not prevent Cuba from celebrating International Youth Day today.

Desperate to save her mother, a friend of mine paid 1,500 pesos for a blister pack (three pills) of Azithromycin. Two days ago, a colleague decried on Facebook the illegal sale of the same pills at a price of 4,000 pesos! As if their value in the black market was proportional to the worsening of the pandemic.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that the US blockade prevents Cubans from freely accessing the Internet.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla called today for international cooperation and the full implementation of the Paris Convention and Agreement to curb global warming and noted that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that failure to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions will make it impossible to reach the goal of limiting global warming to around 1.5ºC or even 2ºC.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez remarked today that the Island mourned no deceases of pregnant women in 2020.

“In an innovative and altruistic manner, Cuban science has been able to cope with the challenges posed by COVID-19,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote today on his Twitter account.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote today on his Twitter account that the island is on early alert due to the formation of Tropical Storm Fred and remarked that increasing rainfall is expected Thursday.

The Ozone Technical Office (OTOZ) renewed its call for the second virtual contest on the preservation of the Earth’s shield against the sun’s UV radiation, which damage people’s immune system, eyesight, skin, and life in general.

Silveira Cañamero is one of the members of the Ernesto Che Guevara Contingent of young graduates from the Isle of Youth who will soon be fighting the pandemic in the most affected provinces.

Two eternal youths: Frank and Fidel is the theme chosen by local institutions under the province of Santiago de Cuba’s Center for Cultural Heritage (CPPC) to evoke these two great men of history on Youth Day—August 12—and on the following day, the 95th birthday of the Commander in Chief.