Cuba

The first branch of the Cuban Association of People with Intellectual Disabilities, based in central province of Sancti Spiritus, has been established in the presence of the authorities of the Communist Party of Cuba and the government of the territory

Youth Island forest covers over 63% of its area; the 184.000 hectares of forest are the result of prolonged conservation, reforestation, comprehensive management and protection work by various local authorities

More than 120 Presbyterian churches in the United States have signed a letter to President Joe Biden, asking him to remove Cuba from the arbitrary list of State Sponsors of Terrorism

Last September, Cuba's state-owned and private companies recorded a new record low in terms of chicken meat purchased from the United States, which fell by more than 60% in September, marking the most significant drop this year

Hundreds of compatriots in Isla de la Juventud made yesterday a pilgrimage in memory of Comandante Camilo Cienfuegos, expert pilot Luciano Fariñas and escort Félix Rodríguez, who died 64 years ago

More than 11.000 lay judges will be elected at different levels; People's Supreme Tribunal's vice president defined this as a "genuinely popular exercise" in which mass and student organizations and all social sectors will participate

More rheumatoid arthritis patients across the country are now benefiting from the immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects of the drug Jusvinza, which is in phase III clinical trials

52 new economic actors, 49 of which are private SMEs and 3 state-owned in restoration services, bakery products, meat preparation, land passenger transport, and construction, have been approved by the Ministry of Economy

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the unilateral sanctions against the Global South during a speech at the United Nations, saying they are a violation of the UN Charter

The Foreign Ministry said it had uncovered a human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting Cubans to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine; the country is a close ally of Russia, but in its statement stressed that it "is not part of the conflict in Ukraine"

The Belgium-based humanitarian project Sovereign Cuba sent three suitcases with a total of 60 kilograms of medicines and supplies for the Cuban health sector

The 4th International Conference on Child Protection (Proinfancia 2023) will be hosted by the Palco Hotel in Havana, 27-29 September, sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund Office in Cuba