In an effort to have their own space for debate and to share criteria on Cuban society, the Cuban youths have launched a blog which is part of actions to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Cuban Young Communist League.

The La Guayabera 5.0 Technology Fair opened its doors on Thursday in Sancti Spiritus with a donation of four guayaberas to the heritage of the city and a concert of the Cofradia Duo. This event promotes the knowledge of the country's most authentic values through its culture and new technologies.

Leonel Cano, director of Special Olympics Organization, reported that Cuba will attend this year two very important international events in which it aspires achieving good results.

Despite the difficulties, the production of food in the country grows step by step, José Ramón Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CCP), said in a meeting with members of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP by its Spanish acronym).

The Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States (CELAC) ratified its rejection of the renewal of the interfering decreed signed by former US president Barack Obama that states Venezuela is "an unusual and extraordinaire threat" to his nation.

Nicaragua's Family, Adolescent and Children Minister, Marcia Ramirez praised on Monday in Havana the Cuban "Educa tu Hijo" (Educate your child) program highlighting the teachings of the prevention of violence from early ages.

Crews from the Ministry of Construction (MICONS) of Cuba started building 59 solar power plants throughout the country, according to sources from that entity.

Cuban President Raul Castro sent a message of condolences to his Kirghiz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev for the victims of a plane crash near the capital city of the Asian country, Bishkek.

Five years after the implementation of the water loss reduction program in Havana, the province has 217 completed works benefited over 1.8 million people.

A report by agencies of the United Nations Organization registers Cuba as the country with the lowest prevalence of low birth weight (5.3%) in the region, Granma newspaper reported.

Iván Castro, vice president of the Provincial Administration Council (CAP by its Spanish acronym), told ACN that a decrease in the maximum costs of tickets in non-state transportation is foreseen in the Cuban western territory of Matanzas from next February.

More than 374 900 people visited the Ernesto Guevara Sculpture Complex during 2016 represents a record for the period, a continuous rise over several years reflecting the interest in Che's life and work.

Coffee collectors in the province of Santiago de Cuba face today the final stretch of the current coffee harvest, estimated at almost 1.5 million cans of the grain, for a growth of 19 percent in relation to the previous season.

Cuba´s First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel held an exchange in Havana on Thursday afternoon with leaders of US protestant churches that are visiting Cuba.

Cuba and the United States held in Havana on Thursday their third meeting on mutual compensations to find a solution to the unsettled claims between the two countries.