President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Tuesday reaffirmed the certainty that Cuba will overcome the difficult economic situation it is going through due to the tightening of the United States blockade and the world crisis.»
The Government of Cuba described the exclusions at the Summit of the Americas, taking place as of Mondayi n Los Angeles, as anti-democratic and arbitrary. Escambray brings the full text of a statement of the island's authorities on the issue.»
Cuba on Monday reported 16 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest number of contagions in recent times, and only one seriously ill patient is being treated at an intensive care unit. »
The Cuban Institute of Meteorology (INSMET, in Spanish) on Saturday reported that the recent climatic event that hit the Caribbean country may become a tropical phenomenon on Sunday.»
The Institute of Meteorology reported that today will be mostly cloudy throughout the archipelago, with showers, rains and thunderstorms in the west and center, stronger and locally intense in the west of the country. In the eastern region the rains will be isolated.»
The Cuban Public Health Ministry reported today that six people are still hospitalized after suffering injuries in the accidental explosion that occurred at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana on May 6»
Cuba's Civil Defense (DC) on Wednesday issued the first early warning due to the presence of an extensive area of low pressure and remnants of Tropical Hurricane Agatha.»
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned about the increase of positive cases of COVID-19 in the American continent during the last week. The director of the health agency, Carissa Etienne, detailed in a press conference held virtually, that last week the number of coronavirus infections amounted to one million 87,390, and 4,155 deaths were reported.»
Hurricane Agatha killed 11 people, and left 33 missing and severe material damages in homes, roads, power lines and agriculture, Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat reported on Wednesday. »
Cuban experts refine the innovative GNSS-R technology installed in Santiago de Cuba to include it in the country's Tsunami Warning System, in charge of the National Center for Seismological Research (Cenais).»
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