In order to maintain safe and sanitary conditions in each work place and Cuban workers to become aware of the need to comply with established safety standards, the northeastern province of Holguin will host from November 1 to 30, the National Day for Health and Safety at Work.

The preparation of the Bay of Pigs invasion entered its final stage in March 1961, with the CIA station officers in Guatemala involved in a feverish traffic of encrypted cables to and from the United States, unaware that one of those reports on the training of the invading brigade in the Central American country would alert the Cuban leadership to the details of the attack.