During the closing of the XIX Meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission Cuba-Venezuela, held today at the Havana Conventions Center, contracts were signed for three of the projects included in the Cooperation Plan for 2019.

Latin America needs ALBA more than ever, to renew hope and above all to go back to this era where neoliberalism and the privatization of health and education are being imposed, Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, said on his arrival in Havana.

A few hours before the celebration of the 14th anniversary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, the heads of delegations that will participate in the XVI ALBA-TCP Summit that begins tomorrow began to arrive in this capital city.

A few hours before the close of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland, the demands of developing countries remain unresolved, said Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba, on her Twitter account.

A high-tech paint factory located in the Mariel Special Development Zone, with 100 percent foreign capital, will begin operations in January 2019.

Cubana Airlines re-establishes this Thursday the route that connects Caracas in Venezuela with the cities of Holguín and Havana as part of an initiative that promotes cultural and tourist exchange between the two nations.

Chaired by its First Secretary, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, the VIII Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, worked for two days on the analysis of the Draft Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, resulting from the process of popular consultation, which will be presented to the deputies in the next session of the National Assembly of People's Power, at which time all the details will be offered to the Cuban people.

This Friday's celebration of the XVI ALBA-TCP Summit will be an opportunity to ratify Cuba's will to integrate Latin America in solidarity, said Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers on Twitter.

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, told the directors of the Ministers of Construction, Transport, Agriculture and the head of the AZCUBA business group to present solutions to resolve locally the deterioration of roads in municipalities, neighborhhos and communities throughout the country, similar to what has been achieved in recent years with the local production of construction materials.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, sent a message of condolence to his counterpart from the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, in the face of the loss of human life and damage caused by the explosion in a factory in Santo Domingo, the capital of that nation.

More than 8,200 traffic accidents happened in Cuba from January to October, a contradiction with the existing system to counter them and which demands the urgent and greater attention of all.

The day of tribute in Cuba to the centenary of the birth of South African Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), closes in this city with academic and cultural activities.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla called on Monday night on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to lift the blockade, reinstate visas for Cubans and end the repression of migrants, minorities and the poor.

The Director General of the United States Department of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, rejected the text on Cuba published on Monday night by the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo.

The Secretary General of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (alba-tcp), David Choquehuanca, announced the celebration of the 16th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the bloc next December 14 in Havana.