Cuba was placed in Group D of the FIVB 2018 Men's Volleyball World Championship, based in Bulgaria and Italy, after the results of the draw held in the Italian city of Florence.

The President of the Cuban national People´s Power Assembly (parliament) Esteban Lazo Hernandez convened this Friday the Tenth Ordinary Session of the Eighth Legislature for next December 21.

The rate of work-related accidents in Cuba shows a decrease, as a result of the joint effort of all agencies, said Ana Julia Cleger, an official in the Labor and Social Affairs area of the Cuban´s Workers Confederation.

Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba´s Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, highlighted the close Syrian-Cuban relations, which he described as fraternal.

The Party, the State and the Vietnamese people had a new gesture of solidarity towards Cuba by donating a thousand tons of rice to help compensating damages caused by Hurricane Irma.

Cuban president Raul Castro attended the wake of the revolutionary fighter Armando Hart Dávalos, an essential figure in Cuban history, held at the headquarters of the Marti Studies Center on Monday morning.

Over 7.6 million Cubans went to the polls this Sunday to vote for the delegates to the municipal assemblies of the Popular Power, informed today in a press conference Alina Balseiro, president of the National Electoral Commission (CEN).

Cuban president Raul Castro received on Monday afternoon Colonel General To Lam, Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, who is in Cuba on a working visit.

The Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera ended his visit to Cuba by reiterating that the reality was much more than what he dreamed of. "It has been happier, more intense and much more rewarding than I expected," he said.

Cuba´s First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that Cuban youth are the main protagonists of this Sunday's elections, which they attend to fulfill their commitment to Fidel, Raúl and the Revolution.

Cuban President Army General Raúl Castro received on Saturday afternoon the Puerto Rican independence leader Oscar López Rivera, who was visiting Cuba.

By 5 PM on this Sunday, November 27, over 7.3 million Cubans had gone went to the polls to elect the delegates to the municipal assemblies of the Popular Power, according to preliminary figures offered by the National Electoral Commission (CEN).

The outstanding revolutionary combatant Armando Hart Dávalos died on Sunday afternoon, due to respiratory failure.

Cuban president Raul Castro cast his vote early this morning in a polling station in Havana´s Municipality of Playa.

Cuba lost 72-66 to Mexico in their debut in the FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup China 2019 Americas Pre-Qualifiers.