72 hours after Hurricane Irma”s onslaught in Havana, 98 percent of hospitals in the capital city already has electricity and running water, said local director of health Reynol Garcia.
Isabel Gonzalez Cardenas, vice-president of the Provincial Defense Council and head of the Civil Defense in Camaguey, ratified that the people has the permanent support of the direction of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Government in the difficult moments after the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma in Esmeralda, the most affected municipality in the province.
The Cuba Cooperation France Association (CUBACOP) advocated to reinforce solidarity with the Caribbean nation in the difficult times it lives today, following the passage of devastating Hurricane Irma.
President Jacob Zuma expressed this Wednesday his condolences to the Caribbean Governments and peoples affected by Hurricane Irma, and remarked the solidarity with those countries, with which South Africa maintains cordial relations.
The death toll because of the magnitude 8.2 earthquake that shook southern Mexico last Thursday, amounted to 98, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said.
Aguas de La Habana Company works in the restoration of services in affected areas of the capital, after the passage of Hurricane Irma, using tanker trucks to supply drinking water to the population.
Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers, had an exchange this Wednesday with authorities of the Provincial Defense Council (CDP) in Matanzas, to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Irma and the recovery actions.
Manuel Marrero Cruz, Minister of Tourism, said in Holguin that despite the impact of hurricane Irma, the sector will be ready for the high season in the country since it can count on the will of its workers and the necessary resources in each of the facilities.
Although the figures are preliminary, the Ministry of Agriculture (Minagri) reported that Hurricane Irma, after passing through the national territory, caused severe damage to livestock facilities, windmills, crops and livestock.
The National Civil Defense General Staff issued an official note about people who died in Cuba due to the impact of Irma Hurricane.
The president of the Cuban State Council and Council of Ministers Raúl Castro Ruz expressed confidence that, with organization and discipline, this country will get through after the impact of Hurricane Irma.
A tent in Plaza Grande, in the historic center of Quito, collects staple products, donated to help people affected by Hurricane Irma in Cuba and the Caribbean, where damages are still being quantified today.
Ambassadors and diplomats of five continents showed today here its solidarity with Cuba before the devastating step, the end of week, of Hurricane Irma.
A visit to Cuba in 2016 and the concern about infant mortality rates in a Chicago community led US doctor Robert A. Winn to become interested in working with Cuban specialists.
The works for the restoration of the Cuban National Electric Power System are continuing today in this Caribbean country after the passing last weekend of Hurricane Irma.
Following the devastating hurricane Irma for Cuba, the Caribbean nation today has the solidarity and support of several countries, as well as their willingness to send aid.
The United Nations system is mobilized to support efforts to address the effects of Hurricane Irma in the eastern Caribbean, a spokesperson said this Friday.
An earthquake of magnitude 8.4 on the Richter scale shook several Mexican states in the early morning of last Wednesday, causing panic among the population that went to the streets before the strong movement.
The first Vice-President of the Councils of State and of Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, held this Thursday talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, Hugo Martinez Bonilla, who pays an official visit in Cuba.
