Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said today on Twitter that he will take part in the celebrations for the independence of Mexico.

Following the broadcast of the radio and television program Mesa Redonda on the draft Family Code, the digital platform Twitter restricted the account of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Cuba (@CubaMinjus).

 Fernando Gonzalez Llort, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), received the medal of the National Assembly of France from François Michel Lambert, head of the Friendship Group in the chamber.

Cuba’s permanent representative at international agencies in Geneva, Juan Antonio Quintanilla condemned the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba and the social-media-based political operations against the island, which he described as part of a failed subversive US agenda.

Cuban representatives at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria, stressed the significance of the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and its application in the Cuban sectors of healthcare, food security and the environment as a crucial factor for the implementation of the National Development Strategy till the y ear 2030.

The UN General Assembly will open its 76th session this afternoon to elect its presidency, the bureau of the main committees and the vice presidencies.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez sent his greetings to Mexico on the day of tribute to the Boy Heroes of Chapultepec.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed the island’s appreciation to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Africa for their stance in favor of the lifting of the over-60-year US economic, commercial and financial blockade of the Cuban people.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed his sympathies to the people of Mexico for the damage inflicted by a 7.1 quake registered in several states and the heavy rains.

Ana Maria Mari Machado, vice president of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba, and Vuong Dinh Hue, head of the National Assembly of Vietnam, ratified today the excellent state of bilateral relations between the two countries.

Cuba thanked on Monday the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for its support to the national development efforts and to the confrontation of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The governments of Cuba and Mozambique signed a new bilateral health cooperation accord to further deepen historic relations they share in the important field since 1976.

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.