Cuba will hold nationwide drill to prepare for disasters

The Meteoro, a Cuban nationwide drill to prepare the population to face disaster situations will have its first day of activities today, when the System of Measures of the National Civil Defense Staff (EMNDC) will enter into action.

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At 12:08 pm today, a Boeing 737-200, leased by Cubana de Aviación, with a contracted foreign crew and 104 passengers aboard, traveling from Havana to Holguín on flight DMJ 0972, fell to the ground as it was taking off, in an area between José Martí International Airport and the town of Santiago de Las Vegas. Search and rescue teams are at the site. More information will be forthcoming on the unfortunate accident.

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Cuba submits report at UN Human Rights Council

Cuba will keep working to improve its economic and social model, said foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez as he submitted the island’s report in Geneva at the Human Rights Council Universal Periodical Review.

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Cuba supports investments in the sea in search of metals

Juan Ruiz Quintana, Director General of Mining, of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, today supported a proposal by the 70th anniversary regular Council meeting of the Interoceanmetal Joint Organization to attract investment in the oceans in search of metals.

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Cuban Foreign Minister thanks Belgian support

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez thanked the Belgian government for its support, especially for the resolution on the need to end the US blockade, at the start of his visit to that European country...

Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca said on Friday in Havana that the Caribbean island is committed and will support the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

The importance of South-South cooperation for the social and economic development of the nations was highlighted on Wednesday in Havana during the debates of the 37th period of sessions of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

UN Secretary General thanks Cuba for its Hospitality

The Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres expressed gratitude on Tuesday in Havana for the hospitality and warm welcome he received in Cuba during his official visit to the country.

It is important to advance integration and close the gaps between countries, said Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of Cuba, during the 37th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).