The National Electoral Commission reported that until five o'clock in the Sunday afternoon over 7.5 million Cubans had gone to the polls, which represents 81.53 percent of the total registered voters in the updated lists.

Only two hours after the electoral colleges opened their doors, 2 690 419 people exercised their right to vote for the new Constitution of the Republic of Cuba.

In Venezuela, the independence and sovereignty of all is being defined today in addition to the validity of international law and that is why we support the process of that country, said Bruno Rodriguez, Cuba´s Minister of Foreign Affairs, when exercising his right to vote in the constitutional referendum.

Miguel Diaz Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, exercised in this city his right to vote in a historic day as he stated in a recent tweet: ¨# Cuba standing for the Yes to the Constitution and ratifying the support for the Bolivarian Revolution and President Nicolas Maduro.¨

At seven o'clock in the morning, thousands of electoral colleges opened their doors for the Cubans to countersign the new Magna Carta after an extensive process of collective construction that began almost a year ago.

The Spanish company Profood Service S.A. entered into operations in the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM by its Spanish acronym) where it will carry out the elaboration and commercialization of food products, beverages and dispensing machines destined to the hotel sector and the domestic network of stores.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez urged the Council of Ministers meeting on Wednesday not to lose the pace achieved in the recovery of Havana's municipalities affected by the tornado that hit the city on January 27.

Authorities from the Ministries of Labor and Social Security and Economy and Planning announced nine modifications for self-employment, which give continuity to the improvement of a sector that already groups more than 580 thousand Cubans.

Salvador Valdes Mesa, first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers checked the contracting of agricultural products, the recovery of the collection system, and self-sufficiency at the municipal level in the eastern Cuban province.

Ramón Labañino Salazar, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, said in Santiago de Cuba that voting Yes for the new Constitution next Sunday, February 24, also means a Yes for the Homeland, the Revolution, Martí and Fidel.

The President of the Councisl of State and Ministers Miguel Diaz-Canel urged workers of the commerce, services and food sector to increase the quality of services they provide the Cuban people.

Rodrigo Malmierca, Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba, highlighted the vast potential for cooperation with Algeria in scientific matters during his visit to a research center in Algiers.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, called on the international community to make an effort to prevent a U.S. military intervention in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban Foreign Minister, described the statements made by Donald Trump on Latin America during a speech given Monday at the University of Miami as clumsy and crude.

A shipment of 1,000 mattresses and 5,000 sheets of calamine for roofs arrived on Tuesday in Havana from Bolivia, as a solidarity aid for the recovery of the municipalities affected by the tornado that hit Havana last January 27.