HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 11 (ACN) The year 2020 was the year of more geological researches financed with the State Budget, which were finished and approved in Cuba since it is registered, informed specialists from the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM).

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 11(ACN) The Cuban Institute of Cinema Art and Industry (ICAIC) informed that, due to the epidemiological situation in Havana, the functions programmed in the cinemas are suspended.

 The San José distillery, where Havana Club brand aged and extra aged rums are produced, celebrates today its 14 years of foundation, becoming a reference for the Cuban industry, with international recognition.

Arif Alvi, president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, expressed on Friday his country's interest in promoting cooperation with Cuba in the areas of trade, economy, health and culture.

The individual responsibility and that of the families of travelers arriving from abroad and other persons linked to the partners, is the key to drastically reduce the COVID-19 infections in the third outbreak of the epidemic, which reported this Thursday a transmission peak.

Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, stated this Friday that the example and solidarity of Cuba are widely recognized and praised by the peoples and governments to whom they have brought health and not war.

Deconcentrating product sales points to avoid crowding and resuming the participation of medical science students in carrying out population surveys are some of the measures proposed to the Provincial Defense Council (CDP) to control the increase in positive cases of COVID-19 in Havana.

Spokespersons for the Havana Club International S.A. company, confirmed the reopening of the Museum of Rum in Havana, a facility that informs and markets the main spirit product of Cuba.

Cuban FM Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla highlighted today the support of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), in the fight against the COVID-19 and its cooperation and international solidarity policy.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, president of Cuba, regretted today the loss of human life and the violent acts that occurred yesterday during the attack against the United States Congress, based in the US Capitol, in Washington DC.

 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba (MINREX) announced today the death of Ambassador Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez, who was serving as General Director of Multilateral Affairs and International Law in the institution.

Cuban scientific personalities and the French embassy in this capital city paid homage today, on the 118th anniversary of his birth, to the renowned French scientist André Marcel Voisin (1903-1964), described by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro as an apostle of man's health, for his transcendental work.

Bruno Rodriguez, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, endorsed his country´s commitment to multilateralism within the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

The formation of nine tropical storms last September set a record for any month of a hurricane season in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, which usually extends from June to November.

Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, held a meeting with students from the Technological University of Havana "José Antonio Echeverría" (CUJAE) who worked on the confrontation with COVID-19 in hospitals and isolation centers.