Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez attended today the opening in this city of the VII Congress of the Cuban Association of People with Physical and Motor Impairments (ACLIFIM).

Eduardo Martinez Diaz, Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA), met in this city with Balazs Heincz, ambassador of Hungary, as a new step toward stronger links in the academic and scientific fields.

More than 4,000 students from the central region of Cuba, as well as members of 15 trade unions and local mass organizations gathered in this city to undertake the traditional walk “Along Che’s route”, a unique tribute organized since 1972 in remembrance of the fall in combat of the Heroic Guerrilla.

 In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel referred to the ceremonies organized nationwide in which pioneer students received their neckerchiefs.

The 2nd Forum “Gilberto Bosques Saldívar: Ambassador to Cuba”, mainly intended to develop cultural exchanges between Cuba and Mexico, was organized at Havana’s Casa del Benemérito de las Américas Benito Juárez to pay tribute to the diplomat who was appointed Mexican ambassador to the island from 1953 to 1964.

Cuba’s Meteorology Institute announced the progressive deterioration of weather conditions on the island with progressive waves, storm surge and coastal flooding due to the nearby passage of Hurricane Milton on the Gulf of Mexico.

With the commitment to contribute to urban sustainability, World Habitat Day was celebrated today in Cuba with master lectures on planning and design at the Higher Institute of Arts.

The top authorities, as a temporary group, have adopted measures in Isle of Youth in view of the imminence of Hurricane Milton - category III on the Saffir-Simpson scale - which may affect the territory with tropical storm winds on October 8 and 9 this month.

A Cuban representative took part on the Caribbean island of Grenada in the 2nd EU-Caribbean Conference on sargassum, where cooperation from science and services to manage its upwelling and protect ecosystems was proposed.

The training to more than 5,000 workers in the state and non-state sectors in the country, linked to refrigeration and air conditioning activities, represents a guarantee for the fulfillment of the responsibilities of Cuba as a signatory of the Montreal Protocol and the Kigali Amendment, global regulations aimed at preserving the ozone layer.

A pilgrimage to the monument dedicated to the martyrs of the abominable Barbados Crime in Havana’s Columbus Cemetery was held by members of the Communist Party, the Young Communist League, the Ministry of Transport, the National Institute of Sports and Recreation and other organizations, who joined the relatives of the victims and the people of this city to pay homage to those who fell victim to the atrocious sabotage 48 years ago.

Hurricane Leslie has continued its movement across the Atlantic Ocean inclining its course to the northwest, at a rate of 15 kilometers per hour, gaining slightly in intensity. Its maximum sustained winds have risen to 150 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts and its central pressure has dropped to 982 hectopascals.

The results of a project to transform the image of this city justify its selection as the venue for the closing of the conference Octubre Urbano (Urban October) on World Cities Day, October 31st, according to Héctor Zayas Aliaga, Management Director of the National Institute of Territorial and Urban Planning (INOTU).

The XIII Meeting of the Joint Cuba-China Commission for Cooperation in Science and Technology, held in Havana, set in relief the need to strengthen ties in these fields.

Two patients, both of Turkish nationality, continue being admitted to the Hermanos Ameijeiras Surgical Clinic Hospital, after the fire that broke out last September 25 in a floating power plant in Havana Bay.