Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the new US plan strengthening Washington’s economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island.

The 15th International Conference on the Environment and Development opened doors Tuesday till July 5th in Havana with the attendance of experts, authorities, youths, women leaders and representatives of the Cuban community abroad involved in actions related to environmental management.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez extended his gratefulness to the people and government of Venezuela for their rejection of the new US Presidential Memorandum strengthening the US economic blockade of the island nation.

Increasing rice planting and production in the central province of Villa Clara is the main objective of the Emilio Cordoba Agroindustrial Grain Company in the municipality of Encrucijada.

Contributing to the country's food sovereignty and nutritional education program is among the main goals of the Plant Biotechnology Institute (IBP) in the central province of Villa Clara.

In recognition of the meritorious work of historians in that eastern territory, the easternmost province of Guantanamo will host today the main event for Cuban Historian's Day, a commemoration dedicated to honoring those who preserve that discipline on the island.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, received Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced on Monday that a Memorandum signed by President Donald Trump further tightens the US aggressive policy of Cuba and strengthen the economic blockade, with damaging effects on the Cuban people and their development.

The Center for Marti Studies (CEM) and the University of Matanzas will award the honorary doctorate degree tomorrow in Havana to Eduardo Torres Cuevas, one of the country's most distinguished historians with a notable group of essays on national historical processes and a wide reputation in the intellectual and academic fields.

Mexican Meteorological Institute reported that tropical depression number two continued to gain organization and intensity, becoming Tropical Storm Barry, the second named entity of the current hurricane season.

Panamanians and Cubans reached the top of Ancon Hill in Panama City on Sunday to condemn the US blockade imposed on the island for more than six decades, which is destined to fail, they said.

A Cuban delegation led by First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Rodolfo Rodríguez Expósito is attending the 44th Session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), currently held in Rome, Italy, under the theme "Fostering Innovation for Food Security".

Havana Provincial Transportation Company (EPTH by its Spanish acronym) is facing a complex situation with its vehicle fleet, significantly impacting public transportation services in the Cuban capital.

The 4th Festival of the National Italy-Cuba Friendship Association (ANAIC) was held for three days in Cava dei Tirreni, in the Italian province of Salerno, with the Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Gerardo Hernández, as a special guest.

A Cuban delegation participated in the 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI).