Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa addressed the decision to expel Cuban diplomatic personnel from the country in a radio interview today, though he did not provide specific details about the reasons for the decision.
More than 500 aftershocks were registered in western Cuba on Wednesday, after the 5.1-magnitude earthquake that shook a significant part of that territory on Tuesday, the National Seismological Service (SSN) reported.

The executive secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), Sacha Llorenti, condemned the interventionist agenda against Cuba promoted by the United States.
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As part of the Territorial Defense Day, a tactical exercise was held in Holguín with the aim of training the actions of the troops and other citizens in a situation that gave way to a state of war.
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The right to assembly, demonstration and association is in the Cuban Constitution, but the State cannot recognize it if it lacks the licit and peaceful character, the Ministry of Justice stressed today.
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