Cuba

Havanatur, the only one 100% Cuban tour operator, informed on Monday it expects to close 2023 with an upturn in the number of visitors to Cuba, whose tourism industry is recovering.»

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel denounced Saturday that the counterrevolution is promoting actions from abroad to destabilize the country.»

The Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Cuba will maintain an Interoperable Administrative Registry with real-time information on violent deaths of women and girls for gender reasons, media outlets published today.»

The 7th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) agreed today not to hold the second national conference of that political organization, scheduled for the first quarter of 2024, in order to focus efforts on the fulfillment of urgent tasks.»

Cuba’s National General Staff of the Civil Defense issued on Friday an early alert for heavy rains that will fall in the coming hours associated with the formation of an extratropical low in the Gulf of Mexico»

Cuba's Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Elba Rosa Pérez, today demanded greater and more ambitious leadership from developed countries in the fight against climate change.»

Cuba has a tsunami hazard map, another tool to strengthen the disaster risk reduction system here.»

Part of Cuba and Mexico's deep cultural tradition, the musical genre of Bolero is now recognised as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.»

The Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) confirmed today the use of Russian MIR cards as a means of payment throughout the national network of ATMs and Point of Sale Terminals (POS).»

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel held bilateral meetings here on Friday with representatives of several nations attending the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).»