Cuba considered today offensive to the international community a report by the United States government on the economic and financial sanctions it applies to third countries.

The celebration on Monday of World Tourism Day constitutes for Cuba one more reason to reopen the travel industry gradually despite the impact of COVID-19.

President Díaz-Canel visited Camagüey and Ciego de Avila. Visits to the state-owned Sebioca MSME, the flag-bearing of the contingent of FEEM and FEU students who will take part in the national prevention exercise, and the exchange with workers of the Ciego Norte photovoltaic solar park and with the inhabitants of the 9 de Abril community, were part of the agenda of the First Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, during his visit to Ciego de Avila.

The introduction of high-yield clones, such as FHIA 04 -a variety of banana that the province did not have-, the implementation of timely strategies and the links with the Plant Biotechnology Institute of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, and with the Plant Biotechnology Research Institute of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, and with the Tropical Roots Research Institute (Inivit), have been decisive for the development of this center, very different from the one of a few years ago, when it produced one million vitroplants, far from the four million conceived in the original design.

The President shared with neighbors of the 9 de Abril community, which has undergone a major construction renovation and a thorough work in the social area, including care for vulnerable people.

In the morning, the Head of State had arrived at the Victoria de Girón neighborhood of the Lenin-Albaisa popular council in the head municipality of Camagüey province, a place where changes undertaken in recent times have had as priorities the spirituality of the population, the functioning of social policies, and the efficiency of basic services.

He exchanged with them about how in the distribution "they have incorporated people who are not linked to study and work; they have improved social institutions; the community has another level of participation in the processes." And as a starting point for this idea, he shared more than one question: "If this community does it, why don't we do it in others? What is so special about this community if it is also going through the restrictions and implications of the blockade?"

The country's management also went to the production plant that belongs to the basic business unit (UEB) Estrella Roja - whose destinations are social consumption and sale to the population - and that was the opportunity to take a look inside a process that generates sausages, minced meat, fresh fish, hamburgers, among other offers.

The challenges recently imposed by nature to life on the Island and the difficulties with the National Electric System were assumed by the people with coherence. This is how the Head of State assessed during the concluding meeting of the day this Thursday, which took place at the School of the Communist Party of Camagüey, Cándido González.
The results of the recovery are palpable, emphasized Díaz-Canel, who said that this has to do with the legacy of the Revolution, with what it means as a formation; and it has to do with the heroism of the people.

"We are willing to dialogue and debate, but without preconditions", stated the Head of State, who stressed the intention, as Fidel and Raúl have also stated, of "establishing a civilized relationship", based on the recognition that "we have and will always have ideological differences, but we can have neighborly relations." (Source : Granma)