The Cuban Grain Research Institute (IIG by its Spanish acronym) and United Nations agencies work on several projects aimed at reducing the impact of drought on food security in Cuba.

From January 1st till February 17, 979 Cubans that were in other countries without proper migration status were returned to Cuba.

Cuban President Raul Castro received Sunday afternoon the Vice-President of the Standing Committee of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tong Thi Phong, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Artemisa´s Felix Nodarse was the leading protagonist yesterday of the Cuban National Road Cycling Tour by climbing to the podium in two intermediate sprints in addition to win the Santiago de Cuba-Bayamo stage, with time of 3.08:46 hours.

José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers, received on Thursday Tong Thi Phong, member of the Bureau Political of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (PCV) and vice-president of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, who leads a delegation that visits Cuba in response to an invitation from the Cuban parliament.

The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, spoke about the deep historical ties that unite Cuba and his country, "two islanders in the same sea of struggle and hope."

Representatives of Cuba and Iran signed 12 documents of cooperation in socio-economic sectors, after the conclusion of the 6th session of the Intergovernmental Commission of both countries.

After meeting its plan in the current coffee crop, the Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba shows a sustained rise in production, with more than 1.5 million of cans collected.

The friendship ties between the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro and Canadian President Pierre Trudeau was one of the debates of the 16th International Seminar on Canadian Studies underway in Havana.

The President of the School of Studies on Canada of the University of Havana said on Tuesday in the Cuban capital that the encounter during the 15th International Seminar on Canadian Studies is an expression of friendship and solidarity between both peoples.

Presdient of the Cuban people´s Powers Assembly (Parliament) Esteban Lazo received on Wednesday afternoon the Vice-President of the Standing Committee of the Vietnamese N ational Assembly (ANV) Tong Thi Phong.

Cuban President Raul Castro received on Wednesday afternoon his Irish counterpart Michael D. Higgins who is in Cuba on an official visit.

Cuban President Raul Castro received on Wednesday the Minister of Health and Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Hasán Ghazizadeh Hashemi, who gave him a message from his president Hassan Rouhani.

The province of Sancti Spiritus has doubled the coffee collected in the previous harvest including a higher quality with the use of 67 percent of the area dedicated to the cultivation thanks to the advancement of a development program.

With the aim of boosting fecundity, since 2016, mothers with three or more children under the age of 12 that lack economic solvency, have been prioritized when granting subsidies to fix their houses.