The representative of the World Food Program in Cuba, Laura Melo characterized on Monday in Havana the island risk management and adaptation to climate change as unique.

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL in Spanish), Alicia Barcena, said on Monday in Havana that we have much to learn from Cuba in sustainable development with equality because the island has constructed alternatives paths.

Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, vice-president of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Economy and Planning, received this Monday Manuel de Heredia Caldeira Cabral, Minister of Economy, Tourism and Industries of Portugal, who is visiting Cuba and presiding over the delegation participating in the Cuba-Portugal Business Forum, organized by the Cuban Chamber of Commerce.

António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), will arrive in Havana this afternoon for his first official visit to Cuba, where he will participate in the 37th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres is scheduled to visit Cuba May 7th and 8 th.

The 11th Edition of the Cuban Activities against Homophobia and Transphobia began on Friday and as the previous campaign, they will be dedicated to the schools where there will be a promotion on the respect to the freedom of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla received on Thursday in Havana, the Minister of Foreign Business and Communities and Defense of the Republic of Cape Verde, Luis Felipe Lopez Tavares with the commitment of working together and enriching the traditional friendship and cooperation ties between both countries.

World Freedom of the Press Day was celebrated on Thursday with a call to the younger generation to maintain themselves informed and outwit attempts of manipulation carried out by the mass media monopolies in the world.

Sancti Spiritus has maintained a sustainable growth in the recovery of the province after the passing of Hurricane Irma, said General Joaquin Quintas Sola, Hed of the Central Strategic Region.

Artes de Cuba, a two-week festival in the US capital, will show the humanity and beauty of the Cuban culture, Alicia Adams, curator of the event, told Prensa Latina news agency.

Representatives from all continents present during the International Solidarity with Cuba Encounter held on Thursday at Havana's Convention Center, thanked examples of Cuban solidarity offered around the world.

The 8th International Congress and 16th of National Ophthalmology is to begin on Thursday in Havana with a demonstration of the island's achievements in the field.

The representatives of the International Congress on Soil which began on Wednesday in Havana centered their discussions on the projection of the science of the soil in Cuba to achieve highly production land and whose practices favor the environment.

Nearly 900,000 people marched today for the International Workers' Day at Havana´s Revolution Square.