An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale shook eastern Cuba at 1:00 a.m. on Monday, December 23, and according to preliminary data from the National Seismological Service it was located about 35 kilometers (km) southwest of the town of Chivirico, head of the Santiago municipality of Guamá.

A donation of ten generators for the electric generators of the Electrical Union was delivered yesterday, on behalf of the Communist Party of China and the Government of the Asian giant, according to a report by Cuban Television.

Cuban Son was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO this December, during the twentieth session of the Intergovernmental Committee held in New Delhi, India.