10 April, 2020
Cuba with 564 confirmed cases of new coronavirus
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported today 49 new patients with Covid-19, all Cubans, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 564.
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported today 49 new patients with Covid-19, all Cubans, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 564.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel reiterated today the call for social discipline after the country announced the beginning of the limited native transmission phase of the new coronavirus, which caused Covid-19.
Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health confirmed on Wednesday night the first three cases of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in tourists from Italy.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the new head of the Cuban Government, Manuel Marrero Cruz, for his recent election as Prime Minister by the National Assembly of People’s Power, the Russian cabinet reported today.
The Cuban government will announce today new economic measures following those adopted in the face of the fuel shortages caused by the tightening of the US blockade that has been imposed on the island for over 60 years.
The Minister-President of Cuba’s Central Bank (BCC), Irma Margarita Martinez, stated that the national banking system is ready to support the measures recently adopted to boost the country’s economy.
The Cuban Electric Company is building a new photovoltaic park in the central province of Camaguey, one month after opening another in the same territory.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday reiterated the rejection to restrictions on cultural and educational trips to Cuba, as well as visits with private and other ships announced by the United States.
The Canadian chain Blue Diamond today signed two contracts for the administration of two hotels in Cuba, whose authorities hope to overcome this year”s barrier of five million visitors.
On Wednesday, US National Security Advisor John Bolton will officially announce the decision to enforce Title III of the Helms-Burton Act and to implement other measures against Cuba, according to local media.
Students at the University of Havana (UH) ratified Thursday their support for the new Cuban Constitution because of its democratic and inclusive character, a Magna Carta that will be submitted to a referendum on February 24.
Army General Raul Castro met Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who left on Sunday for New York to participate in the general debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The popular consultation on the new Cuban Draft Constitution today enters fifth week of a phase scheduled until November 15, marked by growing debates in and outside the island.
The end of the hunger strike for the freedom of Lula that was held by seven popular movement activists for 26 days opens a new stage of struggle in Brazil, the Small Farmers Movement said.
The scientific development of Cuba and the strengthening of popular power in the base were among the issues addressed in the continuing consultation on the draft new Constitution, a process which is now in its ninth day.
From August 13 to November 15, the Cuban inhabitants will have the chance to express their opinions and issue criteria on the draft of a new Constitution, a text that, if approved in a referendum, would replace the current constitution in force since 1976.
One of the main modifications introduced by the project of the new Cuban Constitution is the recognition of private property and foreign investment, expressed here today commercial specialist of Hotel Copacabana, Ariel Valdes.
Since the beginning of the constitutional reform process, much has been written about the reasons change is needed, and foremost among these is the need to adjust the country’s fundamental law to our current reality, especially the transformations underway as the Policy Guidelines from the Seventh Party Congress are implemented, in accordance with strategic projections outlined in the Conceptualization of our economic model.
The diversity of views represents a pillar to enrich the Cuban new draft Constitution, said today in this capital Martha Prieto, Doctor of Legal Sciences.
The draft of the new Constitution ratifies the leading role of Cuba”s Communist Party as a fundamental pillar of unity and of the political, economic and social order.