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Mijaín López is already a legend, says Cuba's president.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said today that four-time Olympic champion Mijaín López is already a legend and living history, on the occasion of his two victories in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

"Mijaín's fifth goes and the whole of Cuba is accompanying him," said the president in his account in X, platform from which he sent the athlete the embrace of the people.

Lopez advanced this Monday to the semifinals, in the division of more than 130 kilograms, beating Iran's Amin Mirzazadeh 3-1.

Caricom reiterates call for the U.S. to lift blockade against Cuba.

The forty-seventh Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) today reiterated its call for the lifting of the unjust economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.

At the close of the regional organization's meeting, the participants expressed their deep concern over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Cuba as a result of the blockade unjustly imposed on Cuba for the past 62 years by the Government of the United States of America.

Experience and Traditions event will showcase Cuba's rural culture.

The La Güira site is today one of the natural spaces chosen for the activities of the Caracol 2024 International Experience and Traditions Event, which will take place next October in Cayo Coco, in the north of this province of Cuba.

Considered an emblematic place within the Jardines del Rey tourist destination, due to the link between nature and the history and peasant customs of the region, La Güira will showcase the most genuine aspects of Cuban rural culture, such as the bohío, the guateques, Creole food and typical Cuban beverages.

Cuba is grateful for the support of friends and nationals against the U.S. blockade.

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez welcomed the international day against the U.S. blockade of Cuba, organized by friends and compatriots of the island in several cities around the world.

The Cuban Foreign Minister published on the social network X images of activists against the anti-Cuban policy of the White House, and assured that in the face of injustice, the solidarity of those who march with Cuba will always shine.

Cuba values the role of sports in inclusive development.

Cuba ratified today in Paris in the voice of its highest sports authority, Osvaldo Vento, the commitment to the promotion of sports as an instrument of inclusion and boost to sustainable development.

The president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder) headed the island's delegation to the high-level forum “Changing the Game”, which was held on Wednesday at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).

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