Science

7 August, 2023 Cuba present at the Mathematics Olympiad for Girls in Costa Rica

Havana, Cuba.- The Pan American Girls’ Mathematics Olympiad (PAGMO) will start this Monday in Costa Rica with delegations from almost 15 countries in the region, including Cuba. The event, in its third edition, will welcome participants from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Cuba, represented by […]

7 August, 2023 President of Cuba advocates for the elimination of nuclear weapons

Havana city, Cuba.- Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel advocated this Sunday through his Twitter account for the elimination of all nuclear weapons, on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the United States bombing of the city Hiroshima, in Japan. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ordered by the then President of the United States, […]

24 July, 2023 More heat and little rain in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- Cubans are entering the final days of July with a forecast of high temperatures, accompanied by little rain throughout the national territory. In recent days, the heat punished the inhabitants of the Caribbean island, where through the Institute of Meteorology it was learned that in 38 of the 68 stations subordinate to the […]

24 July, 2023 Cuba denounces U.S. campaign against medical collaboration

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced today that the U.S. government has launched a call for applications that allocates millions of dollars to promote a campaign against Cuban medical collaboration. Through his Twitter account, the Cuban minister pointed out that, without any proof, the U.S. is once again resorting to lies to discredit […]

17 July, 2023 Vice presidents of the Institute of Information and Communications appointed

Havana, Cuba.- As part of the work schedule for the start-up of the Institute of Information and Social Communication, the vice presidents of the organization were appointed. As reported on Twitter by Alfonso Noya Martínez, president of the Institute, Belkys Pérez Cruz, Jorge Legañoa Alonso and Onelio Castillo Corderí will occupy such responsibility. “As part […]

12 July, 2023 Cuba will celebrate the Convention and International Computer Fair 2024

Havana, Cuba.- The 19th International Computer Science Convention and Fair will take place from March 18 to 22, 2024 in Havana, announced today the Minister of Communications (Mincom), Mayra Arevich. Under the motto For a digital society, the meeting will have as venues the Havana Convention Center and the Pabexpo Fairgrounds, where projects, technologies, resources, […]

3 July, 2023 Díaz-Canel greets XIV International Convention on Environment and Development

Havana, Cuba.- Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, stressed that the XIV International Convention on Environment and Development, which gets underway on Monday in Havana, contributes to cooperation on sustainable practices, inclusive economic growth and environmental protection. The president said on Twitter […]

20 June, 2023 Cuba highlights adoption of the first ocean protection treaty

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez considered the treaty on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, adopted today by consensus at the United Nations, as vital. Rodríguez, who is making an official visit to Italy together with the President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, highlighted on Twitter the essential role of the agreement to save the […]

20 June, 2023 Cuban university will develop event on humanistic sciences

Havana, Cuba.- The Cuban University of Matanzas will hold the ninth International Workshop on Humanistic Discipline in Education -Humanistic 2023-, from June 20 to 22, under the premise of promoting American unity. According to the coordinator of the event, Bárbara Fierro, Ph.D. in Sciences, this year the event is sponsored by the Mexican universities of […]

14 June, 2023 International Scientific Convention organized in the center of Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- The 4th International Scientific Convention on Science and Innovation for Development, will take place in the Cuban province of Santa Clara from November 13 to 17. The event will have as its main venue the tourist pole of the northern keys of Villa Clara, more than 60 kilometers from this city, and includes […]

5 June, 2023 Cuba’s nature tourism event is well received

Holguin, Cuba.- The Biological Diversity and Tourism event, Biotur-2023, scheduled from July 17 to 21 in the eastern province of Holguin, is being marketed with very good acceptance, according to organizers. Yoel Dominguez, director of the eastern branch of the ECOTUR travel agency, the sponsor of the event, said that so far, clients from six […]

5 June, 2023 Agrociencias 2023 Congress to be held in Varadero, Cuba

Matanzas, Cuba.- The V International Congress of Agricultural Sciences (Agrociencias 2023) begins Monday at the Plaza America Convention Center in Varadero with the participation of representatives from 15 countries. Under the slogan “The university and innovation for sustainable development” in the thematic axis of workshops and conferences, the event agreed until June 9, sponsored by […]

31 May, 2023 Cuba’s meteorological service ready for hurricane season

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba’s Meteorological Service has the technological tools and human capital to follow the trajectory and evolution of heavy weather events that could threaten the country in the upcoming hurricane season. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 in this geographical area formed by the North Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf […]

30 May, 2023 Cuban president stresses importance of science and innovation for the country

Havana, Cuba.- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel defended Monday the thesis that government management should be based on the science and innovation system to urgently solve the problems that delay development. “When a complex situation arises, the first thing to […]

29 May, 2023 Cuba shares concern about plastic pollution in international forum

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba is participating in Paris in the second session of negotiations on an international treaty against plastic pollution, a forum in which it shared concerns about this threat and defended technology transfer to developing countries. According to delegate Jorge Álvarez, general director of the Office for Regulation and Environmental Security of Cuba’s Ministry […]

22 May, 2023 S. Africa celebrates the 60th anniversary of Cuba’s medical collaboration

South Africa, South Africa.- The Cuban medical brigades in South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho celebrated the 60th anniversary of Cuba’s internationalist collaboration in the health sector on Saturday. During a teleconference from the Bloemfontein National Hospital, the doctors, led by the head of Cuba’s medical mission in South Africa, Jorge Delgado Bustillo, expressed their willingness […]

15 May, 2023 Cuba and Vietnam strengthen cooperation in veterinary medicine

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba and Vietnam agreed to strengthen cooperation in the field of veterinary medicine, on the occasion of the visit of Deputy Minister Maury Hechavarría at the head of a delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture (Minag). On his last day in Ho Chi Minh City, Hechavarría held a meeting with the general director […]

15 May, 2023 Mexico donates statistical information devices to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- Mexico donated mobile devices to Cuba that will be used in the development of the Population and Housing Census in the country, informed today the National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI). According to the source, the devices delivered in Havana, will also support other research of this type, which will make it possible […]

10 May, 2023 Cuba will continue developing ties with the EU

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba ratified this Tuesday the will to continue developing the best relations with the European Union (EU), on the occasion of celebrating Europe Day. The Cuban Foreign Ministry expressed on Twitter that the Caribbean island wishes to continue ties with the community bloc, based on the principles and objectives stipulated in the Political […]

9 May, 2023 Cuban science delegation made successful visit to Belarus

Havana, Cuba.- The visit to Belarus a Cuban delegation of science ended, with a comprehensive program that allowed them to get closer to the experience of that nation. According to Santiago Pérez, Cuban ambassador to Belarus, with the visit the established objectives were met, which included learning, exchanging and transmitting experiences from both parties. Meanwhile, […]