Mitchell Joseph Valdés-Sosa, member of the Committee of Experts that participated in the investigations into the health incidents reported by U.S. diplomats in Havana, reiterated the call for a transparent scientific discussion to find coherent explanations for these events.

Cuba reiterated on Tuesday that there is still no reason to support the closure of consular services, the expulsion of Cuban diplomats from Washington, the misleading alerts of travelers and all the unjust measures of the United States under the pretext that its officials in Havana are in danger.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Havana for an official visit to meet the main Cuban authorities.

Although repairs are yet to be completed in sector seven of the Mariel Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE), last weekend there was stability in the power generation service.

Esteban Lazo, President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba, and Mamadou Tangara, Chancellor of The Gambia, spoke in Havana about the good state of bilateral and parliamentary relations.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, said that quality must distinguish summer options and reiterated the call to combat vulgarity and sloppiness, according to information published today on the website of the Presidency.

We have come to pay tribute to Sandino, Carlos Fonseca Amador and the leaders who made Nicaragua's independence possible, said Salvador Valdés Mesa, First Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers, on his arrival in Managua, the capital of that Central American country.

The Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers Inés María Chapman Waugh held official talks this Thursday morning with the Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, who is making an official visit to our country.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad of the Republic of The Gambia, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, will make an official visit to Cuba from Friday, July 19.

The State Council, in accordance with the new Constitution of the Republic, which among its postulates favors the social reinsertion of persons deprived of liberty; taking into account requests from relatives and in compliance with the policy established by the Cuban Government several years ago, agreed to pardon 2,604 persons sanctioned with effective sentences of deprivation of liberty.

The construction and assembly of the country's first automated poultry house for egg production was completed in the municipality of Consolación del Sur and will receive in this month the first 56,000 hens with which will begin the production cycle.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez advocated on Tuesday for a temporary solution for workers laid off in activities demanded by the national economy.

In line with the development plans being promoted in Cuba to recover the program of state production of pork, the province of Granma rehabilitates an old integral pig center, whose structure dates from 1986, when it was inaugurated by the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro.

Tobacco growers in the Cuban central province of Ciego de Avila create the conditions to set next August seedbeds for the 2019-2020 sowing season, scheduled for October.

The Sergio Soto refinery in Cabaiguán, in the province of Sancti Spíritus, restarted production after completing the general repair of the furnaces.