The Civil Aviation Corporation of Cuba reports that from 12:00 hours on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, national and international air operations are reestablished at José Martí International Airport.

Although the figures are preliminary, the Ministry of Agriculture (Minagri) reported that Hurricane Irma, after passing through the national territory, caused severe damage to livestock facilities, windmills, crops and livestock.

The National Civil Defense General Staff issued an official note about people who died in Cuba due to the impact of Irma Hurricane.

Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel met on Thursday in Havana with El Salvador's Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez Bonilla who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Representatives of the Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), religious leaders and US Medical students paid tribute on Thursday to Reverend Lucius Walker.

Cubana Airlines announced on Thursday the cancellation of its flights starting on Friday in the following informative note.

The one thousand 221 Cuban health professionals that are offering their services in the Caribbean hard hit by Hurricane Irma are well protected, reported the Foreign Ministry.

The President of the Cuban Council of States and Ministers, Raul Castro met on Wednesday in Havana with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Alfonso Maria Dastis Quecedo who is on an official visit to the island.

The President of the Defense Council of the province of Sancti Spiritus Jose Ramon Monteagudo Ruiz urged on Wednesday to act quicker before the proximity of the dangerous Hurricane Irma.

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla received the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain, Alfonso María Dastis Quecedo, who said he felt in Cuba as if he were at home.

For more than 50 years, residents in the mountains of Villa Clara around Lake Hanabanilla use a boat to cross the water to reach schools, transport their crops, and in election time it becomes a floating electoral college.

Given the development of hurricane Irma, which reached category five Tuesday and with possible course close to the northern coast of eastern Cuba next Thursday, the people and state agencies are following all information regarding the natural phenomenon.

The Provincial Defense Council and the 9 Municipal Defense Councils in Santiago de Cuba were activated due to the danger of Hurricane Irma.

The province of Camaguey has activated all the groups and sub groups of the Provincial Defense Council after the Cuban Civil Defense declared on Tuesday the Information Phase from Guantanamo to Matanzas.

The stage of the nomination of candidates as delegates to local districts began in Cuba with the first 168 assemblies held on Tuesday, said the Secretary of the National Electoral Commission (CEN), Maria Esther Bacallao Martinez.