A business forum will be hosted by Cuba this year to replace the 38th Havana International Trade Fair which has been officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic as announced by Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez held a telephone conversation with his counterpart, Vietnamese Bui Thanh Son, on the occasion of his recent inauguration to the post.

The province of Cienfuegos will incorporate 14 new exportable items this year, despite the limitations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the tightening of the U.S. blockade against Cuba.

Cuban Vicepresident Salvador Valdes toured agricultural areas in central Sancti Spiritus province to supervise the pace of food production programs.

Experts with the Cuban Chamber of Commerce and with Hungary’s National Agriculture Chamber addressed opportunities to further expand commercial relations in important economic areas.

“Haiti will always be Cuba’s sister nation, land of the first Revolution of Our America. (…) History and the Caribbean bring both peoples together, and we will do everything that we can for your country,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez stressed today on Twitter in response to a message from his counterpart Jovenel Moïse.

Cuba reached the 19% mark in the process of data digitalization in Consumer Registry Offices (OFICODA).

A display of nautical activities available at the Merlin Marina in Guardalavaca Beach stands out among the online actions developed by Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) in the province of Holguin to promote its own tourism product in the eastern region, including popular hits such as catamaran and water bike rentals.

With the purpose of contributing to the development of comprehensive education on sexuality and the recognition and guarantee of the sexual rights of all people, the 14th edition of the Cuban Conference against Homophobia and Transphobia began on Tuesday, scheduled to last until May 31.

In the municipality of Yateras, north of the Piedra la Vela Ecological Station of the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, a recently rekindled forest fire is under control, a remnant of a large forest fire detected on April 16 and controlled a little more than a week later, in pine forests and charrascos of this emblematic Cuban protected area.

The first edition of the online event Habanos World Days will begin today, an event that gathers professionals and lovers of Cuban cigars from all over the world and is dedicated to the Cohiba brand.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel regretted the Mexico City subway accident and conveyed his sympathies to the people and government of that nation for the loss of lives and material damage.

Cuban minister of education, Ena Elsa Velazquez Cobiella, said today on Twitter that the Ministry of Education (MINED) of the country is developing a comprehensive system of work to prevent all kinds of discrimination.

Cuba painfully bids farewell to the Very Reverend Pablo Oden Marichal Rodriguez, said today on Twitter Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, on the death of the 81-year-old prominent ecumenical leader on Monday.

The Cuban Council of State approved the Commission that will prepare the draft of the Family Code, in order to comply with the Legislative Schedule, updated in December 2020.