The use of renewable energy sources in Cuba during 2020 reached and installed power potential of 297,4 Megawatts, which is expected to increase in tune with a national energy strategy aimed at diversifying energy sources.

Through a message posted on his Twitter account, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez called today for extreme measures to control the spread of COVID-19 in Cuba and the reinforcement of health measures such as physical distancing, the use of face masks, personal hygiene and social discipline if we expect to tackle the present epidemiological situation, marked in March by a record number of cases for one month.

The coronavirus pandemic—that which has redesigned life and imposed changes the extent of which remains a question mark—has highlighted the intimate links between the health of humans, animals and our planet, according to Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

As part of the efforts deployed in agriculture to make progress regarding the food sovereignty plans, the province of Villa Clara is developing the modalities of organoponics, intensive and semi-protected orchards, technified plots and rustic cultivation houses.

 In the first quarter of the year alone, a number of 136 fires caused the loss of nearly 975 hectares across the country, 62% of them in just three provinces, the Cuban Forest Ranger Corps (CGC) reported.

In low numbers but with greater enthusiasm than ever because of this historic moment in time, the people of Baracoa will pay tribute today to the 23 independence fighters who 126 years ago landed at Duaba beach aboard the schooner Honor.

Cuba's Deputy Minister of Public Health, Dr. Regla Angulo Pardo, and her counterpart from the Russian Federation, Oleg Salagay, chaired on Wednesday the meeting of the Health Group of the 18th Cuban-Russian Intergovernmental Commission.

Ana Mari Machado, vice president of the National Assembly of People's Power, thanked the request made by the Intergroup of Friendship and Solidarity with Cuba in the European Parliament and the favorable response, to mediate with the U.S. President.

Alicia Alonso Becerra, deputy minister of Higher Education, explained how the Cuban universities have created business societies to promote innovation to develop the country.

Farmers in the Central Cuban province of Villa Clara are introducing new agricultural methods in an effort to advance towards local food sovereignty.

The use of photovoltaic solar parks (PSFV by its Spanish acronym) in Artemisa as part of the Cuban program of renewable energy sources (FRE) allows strengthening the National Electric System (SEN), saving fuels, protecting the environment and advancing to energy independence.

The 2020-2021 tobacco campaign is moving in the right direction, according to the good drying of the leaves stored in the curing houses and the freshness of the existing plantations in the Pinar del Rio plains, recognized in the world for the quality of the tobacco that is grown there.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, highlighted today the effectiveness of the health protocols against COVID-19 in the country, which have allowed reducing the lethality rate and protecting the population.

Controlling the completion and improvement of veterinary clinics and consulting rooms in Cuba, as well as the operation of the medicine production program for this purpose, are priorities of the temporary working group recently formed for the implementation of the animal welfare policy in the country.

During January and February, Cuba reported a reduction in energy consumption of about 11% compared to what was expected for those periods.