The 10th International Scientific Convention "CIUM 2021", hosted by the University of Matanzas (UM), began today with participants from countries like Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and several Cuban provinces, in a virtual way and focused on innovation in higher education.

Cuba will complete the installation of 4G technology in the head of its 168 municipalities, this Friday, when it will conclude the assembly of that infrastructure in Rodas, Cienfuegos province(central Cuba).

Cuba and the European Union (EU) will hold this Thursday the 3rd Dialogue on Unilateral Coercive Measures, on virtual format due to the isolation measures imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel congratulated Cuban meteorologists, whom he described as weather scientists, on the celebration of World Meteorology Day on March 23.

Under the precept that the success of the Ordering Task depends to a great extent on the increase of national production, especially of food, the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) is designing a strategy for the improvement of its business system, in parallel to that of the price policy.

Ines Maria Chapman, Cuban deputy prime minister, said today that Cuba has many challenges ahead in terms of water resources, and as a sign of the government and state's political will, investments and hydraulic engineering projects are supported and guaranteed.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla rejected today on Twitter the systemic racism, exclusion, injustice and incitement to hatred and selfishness in the United States, which are taking more and more victims every week.

Dr. Francisco Duran, national director of epidemiology of the Cuban ministry of public health, affirmed today that despite the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States, Cuba will win the battle against COVID-19, a pandemic that is currently affecting 190 countries and 29 territories.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez denounced today on Twitter the show of lies and manipulation against Cuba by the Organization of American States (OAS).

On the road to the vaccination of the entire Cuban population, this week will be very busy and significant with the start, today, of the third phase of the clinical trial of the Abdala vaccine candidate in three eastern provinces.
This will be applied to 48,000 volunteers 19 to 80 years of age in Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo and Granma.

Cuba is strengthening its national strategy to confront COVID-19, and boasts the highest number of recovered patients in the Americas, with 94.2 % as of March 20, according to the report of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel thanked his Bolivian counterpart, Luis Arce, for the support and solidarity with his country in the fight against the blockade imposed by the United States.

"We go to a Congress to debate and propose solutions, and those analyses and proposals have to be in accordance with what the people expect from the debates, because we are representing the militancy, our Party's grassroots organizations, but, above all, we are representing the people".

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated the Namibian people and government on the 31st anniversary of their independence and the establishment of bilateral relations.

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, highlighted on Twitter the more than 21,000 signatures collected requesting Joe Biden's administration to put an end to the U.S. blockade against the island nation.