The member of the Provincial Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba in Granma, Tania Heredia de la Guardia, urged in this city, to maintain vigilance and promptly fulfill the tasks of preparation in the face of the threat of tropical storm Rafael.

The presence of tropical storm Rafael constitutes a potential danger for western Cuba, declared in a state of alert due to the fact that it is gaining in organization and intensity in the central Caribbean Sea.

As part of the preventive measures in view of the imminent passage of tropical storm Rafael through western Cuba, teaching activities were suspended in all territories in the cyclonic alert phase.

Cuban Institute of Meteorology reports in its Tropical Cyclone Warning No. 4 that during the early hours of this morning, tropical storm Rafael, located in the central Caribbean Sea has gained in organization and intensity.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, checked on Monday with each of the provinces on alert the measures taken to face the passage of tropical storm Rafael.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez conveyed his Tanzanian counterpart Mahmoud Thabit Kombo the island’s willingness to further expand bilateral relations.

More than 700 exhibitors from 63 nations are attending Havana’s International Trade Fair, which proves the event’s interest at the world level.

 On Monday at 3 pm, local Cuba time, the island’s Civil Defense Authority issued a Storm Watch (Alert) for all western territories from Pinar del Rio to Matanzas province in the face of the development of Tropical Depression 18, which was moving northwards to the South of Jamaica.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez attended the opening today of the XL Havana International Fair (FIHAV), held at the Expocuba Fairgrounds in this city, where some 60 nations and more than 750 companies—a third of them Cuban—are participating this year, which confirms the event as the largest source of trade agreements in the Caribbean.

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel assured that the country is tracking the meteorological situation and taking timely preventive measures given the likelihood of a tropical depression forming in the Caribbean, including the permanent communication with the population.

During the recent 1st Regional Congress of Women in Nuclear (WiN-ARCAL) held in Mexico, specialists of the Regional Cooperation Agreement for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL) elected Cuba’s Dr. Lidia Lauren Elías Hardy to the Board of Directors of one of their groups.

The Cuban National Civil Defense authority issued an early warning on the low pressure area moving on the Caribbean Sea.

The Cuban scientists, engineers and architects will exchange experiences on innovative initiatives towards sustainability during the 21st Engineering and Architecture Conference to take place November 25-29 in Havana.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and president of the country, ratified today the conviction that problems can be overcome if one works with unity, and assured that the most recent example is the recovery in Guantanamo after hurricane Oscar.

U.S. authorities returned a group of 34 irregular migrants through Jose Marti International Airport.