The Institutional Communications Department of the Cuban Post Office Business Group announced that as of Tuesday, July 31st, the Draft Constitution of the Republic of Cuba will be commercialized in all newsstands, in a 32-page tabloid format, at the price of one peso (cup).

Cuban scientists addressed concerns on a heat wave hitting the archipelago saying that the Cuba's insular condition makes it extremely unlikely that a heat wave will occur, due to the cooling effect of sea breezes and summer rains.

The Cuban Gross Domestic Product had a discreet growth of 1.1 percent at the end of the first half, when the county faced shortages in hard currency, said Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Council of State and Ministers.

The National Assembly of People's Power approved on Sunday the holding - from August 13 to November 15 of this year - of a popular consultation on the draft Constitution of the Republic, a transcendental step before the final referendum.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, expressed his confidence that the country now has a draft Constitution that will contribute, after its popular consultation and referendum, to strengthen unity.

Cuba begin today their activities in the Central American and Caribbean Games with presence in 17 sports in the Colombian city of Barranquilla as main stage, but also in the co-host cities of Bogota and Cali, where they should win their first medals in the time-trial event of the women´s road cycling.

On the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, held on Thursday in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla addressed the Nicaraguan people.

After the two days dedicated to the individual reading of the Draft Constitution, this Friday the standing committees of the National Assembly will meet in three groups to continue the study of the document and the clarification of doubts.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Council of State and Ministers, sent messages of congratulations on the 39th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution to Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, president and vice president, respectively, of that sister nation.

Cuba’s Deputy Health Minister, Alfredo Gonzalez met on Tuesday in Pretoria with union leaders, officials from the Foreign Ministry and the Minister of the Presidency Nkosozana Dlamini Zuma, reported the South African embassy in Havana.

The Cuban deputies, meeting in the 10 permanent working commissions of the National Assembly of the People’s Power began the individual study of the constitutional reform draft proposal on Wednesday after being presented with the text.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla is heading the island delegation to attend the main activity for the 39th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on Thursday in Managua, Nicaragua.

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Army General Raúl Castro saw off the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro who was visiting Cuba to participate in the XXIV Annual Meeting of the Sao Paulo Forum.

The Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Group (BioCubaFarma) works to stabilize the production and distribution of medicines.

The sugar harvest will always be an important part of Cuban economy; that is why we have to make it increasingly better and more efficient, said Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel.