The challenges of computerization will be the central theme of the first national conference of the Cuban Union of Informaticians (UIC), which begins today at the Havana Conventions Center.

The Ministry of the Interior informed this Monday the legal owners of vehicles in Cuba, that the period of validity of the Circulation License will be increased from 5 to 10 years.

La Camaronera del Litoral Sur (CALISUR), the largest shrimp farm in Cuba and inaugurated by Fidel Castro in December 1986, broke its yearly production record of two thousand 150 tons (achieved for the first time in 2017, despite still having 3 more months to close the year.

Shortly after noon this Sunday, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, received the President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and the official delegation that accompanied him on his trip to New York City, at the José Martí international airport.

The Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met with businessmen and leaders of various organizations in the U.S. agricultural sector, organized by the U.S. Agricultural Coalition for Cuba (USACC) and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) in the Cuban embassy in New York.

Cubans Osleni Guerrero and Taymara Oropesa advanced to the quarterfinals of the 5th International Badminton Tournament of Guatemala, which takes place at the Teodoro Palacio Flores Gymnasium, where they try to gain points to their qualification to the Pan American Games of Lima 2019.

The Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel held a fraternal meeting with members of the National Council of Churches of the United States and its President Jim Winkler at the headquarters of the permanent mission of Cuba to the United Nations this Thursday afternoon.

José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, presided over the national act of decorations of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), which took place within the scope of the IX Congress of the organization.

Cuba raised its voice along with Venezuela to support it, to support Latin America and the Palestinian people, and all the just causes of the world, said President Miguel Diaz-Canel in New York city.

Some 700,000 people, 6.2 percent of the Cuban population, suffer from diabetes mellitus, which is a challenge for health institutions, said Dr. Ana Ibis Conesa González, director of the National Center for Diabetes Patient Care and Education.

President Tran Dai Quang, a close friend of Cuba, "will always be remembered as a great promoter of ties of friendship and cooperation among our peoples, whose relationship has a unique and special character.

A collaboration agreement to promote academic exchange and improvement of students and professionals in the tourism sector was signed on Wednesday, by senior representatives of the agency ARTex and the University of Havana (UH).

The presidents of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, and Namibia, Hage Geingob, met on Wednesday in New York as part of their broad bilateral agenda at the United Nations, reported the Prensa Latina agency.

Miguel Diaz Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, highlighted this Wednesday, in the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Latin American and the Caribbean position against the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons.

On the morning of this Wednesday, the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Group Biocubafarma announced that the first Cuban-American biotechnology company has been created: Innovative Immunotherapy Alliance SA, which will be based in the Special Zone of Development Mariel.