Cuba reports seven new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours
Havana, July 1, 2020-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were seven new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,348 positive cases across the island.
During his daily press briefing held Wednesday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Tuesdy night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus. A total of 86 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.
Foreign minister says Cuba maintains zero tolerance for human trafficking
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez says that Cuba maintains its position of zero tolerance towards any manifestation of human trafficking.
On his official Twitter profile, the island's foreign minister reiterated that the policy of the Cuban Revolution rejects any manifestation of this international scourge, which costs the lives of thousands of people every year.
"Cuba exhibits an exemplary performance in the fight against human trafficking and maintains a policy of zero tolerance for trafficking in any form," Bruno Rodríguez tweeted.
ALBA-TCP held Joint Meeting of the 20th Political Council and the 10th Economic Complementation Council
On Monday, June 29, the Joint Meeting of the 20th Political Council and the 10th Economic Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) took place.
The event was held on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of Petrocaribe, an opportunity in which a plan for its revitalization was approved as part of the Alliance's commitment to energy security in the region.
ALBA-TCP held Joint Meeting of the 20th Political Council and the 10th Economic Complementation Council
On Monday, June 29, the Joint Meeting of the 20th Political Council and the 10th Economic Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) took place.
The event was held on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of Petrocaribe, an opportunity in which a plan for its revitalization was approved as part of the Alliance's commitment to energy security in the region.
Díaz-Canel announces that economic development and strategy plans ready for approval
Havana, June 29 , 2020 -- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says that Cuba will overcome the difficult situation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the blockade, "because we can do thousands of better things, there are many shared ideas to be implemented more aggressively and, above all, because we have the work of the Revolution before us and we must defend it with passion." Heading meeting of the Council of Ministers, led by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, the president reported that the documents of the National Plan for Economic and Social Development until 2030 and the Strategy f