(Photo: Arelys María Echevarría, ACN.)

Santa Clara, July 8 (RHC)-- The Cuban Minister of Education Ena Elsa Velázquez confirmed this Wednesday the preparations for the resumption of the school year in the central province of Villa Clara, according to the three stages of recovery imposed by the pandemic of the new coronavirus, which marks new ways of acting with the aim of preserving the health of students, teachers and communities of residence.... More


Washington, July 8 (RHC)-- More than 25,000 signatures have been collected as of Tuesday in the campaign launched in the United States to call for awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban doctors of the Henry Reeve contingent.... More


Havana, July 8 (RHC)-- The president of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, spoke on Wednesday at the World Leaders' Day of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work -- which is being held virtually with the participation of heads of state and government, and prominent global employer and trade union leaders.... More


Havana, July 8 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were four new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,399 positive cases across the island.  ... More


Havana, July 8 (RHC)-- The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, is participating this Wednesday in the virtual World Leaders' Day of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work, together with heads of state and government and prominent global employer and trade union leaders.... More


Havana, July 7 (RHC)-- Presided over by its First Secretary, Army General Raul Castro, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba met on Tuesday to analyze a set of measures to revive our economy in the face of the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic.... More


Havana, July 7 (RHC)-- With the presence of Major General Ramon Pardo Guerra, head of the National Civil Defense Staff, the Havana Defense Council met this Tuesday for an update on the confrontation with COVID-19.... More


Havana, July 7 (RHC)-- Cuba protects workers' rights in the midst of the complex scenario due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will share its experience in this field with the International Labor Organization (ILO).... More


Havana, July 7 (RHC)-- Mamadou Tangara, Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Gambia, thanked Cuba for the solidarity assistance it has historically provided both to his country and to Africa, mainly in the area of health.... More


Havana, July 7 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 15 new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,395 positive cases across the island.  ... More


Havana, July 7 (RHC)-- The President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, has called for the reinforcement of control measures in six municipalities of Havana -- Cerro, Cotorro, Centro Habana, Arroyo Naranjo, Diez de Octubre and San Miguel del Padrón -- where over the past several days the cases of COVID-19 have increased.  On Monday, eight cases were reported in the capital.... More


Malabo, July 7 (RHC)-- Three new Cuban medical brigades belonging to the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics have arrived on the African continent to join the fight against COVID-19.... More


Havana, July 6 (RHC)-- The Saharawi Medical Association declared that the Henry Reeve Cuban Medical Brigade, trained in the fight against natural disasters and serious epidemics, deserves to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian committee.... More


Havana, July 6 (ACN)-- Ana Silvia González Abascal, Chargé d'Affaires of the Cuban Mission to the United Nations, expressed the absolute and categorical commitment of the Caribbean nation in the fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.... More


Havana, July 6 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said that military weapons cannot eliminate the COVID-19 pandemic.  In a comment posted on his Twitter account, the Cuban foreign minister said that global military spending exceeds $1.9 billion.  He called for "doctors, not bombs."... More


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