Inés María Chapman Waugh, Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, checked this Wednesday the march of investments in the water sector in Ciego de Ávila, related to the with the Hydraulic Program in Cuba, a priority for the development of other areas in the country.

Cuba and Russia signed on Thursday in Moscow a commercial contract for the supply of locomotives for the rehabilitation program of this means of transport in the Greater Antilles.

The Cuban government issued an statement strongly calling the US Administration to stop intervening in Venezuela´s internal affairs.
Cuba News Agency now reproduces the full statement:

Ana Teresita Gonzalez, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, held a meeting in Havana with Hang Thol, member of the Central Committee of the People's Party of Cambodia and the delegation that accompanies him.

The Cuban National Electoral Commission (CEN) strictly follows its work schedule and is currently immersed in the training of those involved in the process and in the printing of ballots before the constitutional referendum that will take place in Cuba on February 24th.

Cubans Arlenis Sierra and Heidy Praderas will compete, along with four other teammates, in the Towards Zero Race Melbourne, in Australia, as part of their squad the Astana Women's Team.

A floating barrier placed on the Havana´s Almendares river has prevented hundreds of tons of waste generated by the communities and state entities located on the banks of the river flow from reaching the sea.

The Foreign Minister the Republic of Guinea, Mamadi Toure will visit Cuba on Tuesday, according to the website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

PhD Katherin Shtejer Díaz, researcher at the Center for Technological Applications and Nuclear Development (CEADEN), won one of the awards of the High Energy Laboratory of the Unified Institute of Nuclear Research (IUIN), in the city of Dubna, in the Russian Federation.

Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, reiterated, through his official Twitter account, that Cuba will act in strict respect for the Peace Dialogue Protocols signed between the Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN).

A new atlas of Cuba began to be elaborated with the aim of updating the geographic information and the national reality contained on it, Granma newspaper confirmed today.

After several bilateral meetings with representatives of business groups, government leaders and the European bloc, Rodrigo Malmierca, Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, concluded his visit to Brussels, capital of Belgium.

The President of the Cuban Council of Ministers Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez met on Friday in Havana with the Head of State of Guyana, David Arthur Granger who is on an official visit to the Caribbean island.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, toured the main industrial, food and construction facilities in the province of Cienfuegos as part of the government visit that took place on Thursday.

Cubans Yurisbel Gracial and Ariel Martinez renewed their respective contracts with Japanese professional baseball clubs for the upcoming season.