Journalists and workers of the Cuban News Agency joins the rest of the Cuban press in its pain over the news of the physical disappearance in the early morning hours of Tuesday of our dear comrade Antonio Molto Martorell, President of the Journalists Association (UPEC).

The 9th International Student Solidarity Brigade was created on Tuesday at the Julio Antonio Mella Camp located on the outskirts of Havana with the commitment of always supporting Cuba and its people in the fight for just causes.

The death of the President of the Cuban Journalists Union, (UPEC), Antonio Demetrio Molto Martorell who always talked about defending the truth, journalism and Revolution, in the early hours of Tuesday caused consternation among the journalists in Santiago de Cuba.

Cuban President Raul Castro placed on Monday a floral wreath before the tombs of Cuba's National Hero Jose Mari and the leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro at the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba, accompanied by the First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in that eastern city, Lazaro Exposito Canto.

The province of Santiago de Cuba began on Friday activities to celebrate the 91st birthday of the leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro with joy and expressions of admiration and respect for his legacy.

Agriculture Minister Gustavo Rodriguez Rollero, urged on Friday in Ciego de Avila to carry out a sowing and harvest campaign for the winter season that runs from September to March.

Activists from the 24th Latin American and Caribbean Voluntary Working and Solidarity with Cuba Brigade remembered on Friday the life of the leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro on occasion of the 91st anniversary of his birth on August 13th.

Ivan Dybov, President of ROSATOM America Latina (Russia's State Nuclear Energy Corporation), met with his Cuban counterparts at the Agency for Nuclear Energy and Advanced Technologies (AENTA) .

On February 17 this year, the United States Embassy in Havana and the Department of State informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the occurrence of some alleged incidents affecting some officials of that diplomatic mission and their families.

Following is a message sent by General of the Army Raul Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, to the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros.

The Meteorology Institute issued advisory number 6 on Tropical Storm Franklin.

The Cuban national basketball men´s team beat 76-71 a squad from the American University of Louisiana.

Cuba will look today for its first win when facing Puerto Rico in the FIBA Women´s Americup 2017 running in Buenos Aires, Argentina, until August 13.

The Veranes Construction Cooperative in Santiago de Cuba was the only non-state in the country to reach the status of National Vanguard for the results of 2016, granted by the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC).

The coasts of the South-Central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus are losing some 1.3 meters every year as a result of climate change, according to local environment authorities.