Matanzas: siempre me curas (Matanzas, you always heal me), an initiative of the Cuban civil society, is a community action to promote solidarity in times of COVID-19, Elaine Saralegui Caraballo, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church, told ACN.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel held a phone conversation on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Twelve new members of the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) in Ghana arrived in the sub-Saharan country as part of the Health Cooperation Agreement between the two nations.

 The Argentinean Quilmes Municipal Council, a region of the capital Buenos Aires, adopted a resolution condemning the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, called attention today to the inequity in access to anti-COVID-19 vaccines, which in his opinion aggravates the gap that separates rich and poor countries.

On the occasion of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, Cuba ratifies its commitment to the fight against all forms of racism and discrimination based on skin color, Cubaminrex reported.

 The General Secretary of Qatar’s Foreign Ministry Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al-Hammadi met with Cuban ambassador to that Arab nation, Oscar Leon, to address bilateral cooperation relations, according to the website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

Latin America will become one of the most affected regions by climate change with new record hurricane activity, severe drought, prevailing forest fires and increasing sea levels, said the World Meteorological Organization--WMO.

Ana Mari Machado, vice president of the National Assembly of People's Power, thanked the MEPs for their request to the European Union to cease its subordination to the U.S. on the issue of Cuba.

The seismic behavior derived from the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on August 14 and whose first 489 aftershocks have been felt in eastern Cuba, will last for months, according to O' Leary González Matos, director of the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS).

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel conveyed solidarity to the 'Haitian people who today are carrying out rescue work after the recent earthquake and affirmed that the brother country will always be able to count on Cuba.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez sent condolences to the people and government of Antigua and Barbuda for the passing of former Prime Minister Lester Bird.

 A donation of medical items was shipped from the Region of Lombardy to Cuba by the Youth Section of the Italian Private Hospitality Association.

Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said that unilateral sanctions violate the rights to development and demanded their lifting by the countries imposing such measures.