Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez sent a message to Pope Francis, who was admitted in hospital on Wednesday for a respiratory infection, wishing him a speedy recovery.

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Cuban President and First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel described as a brutality act the recent US announcement about forcibly incarcerating thousands of migrants at its naval base in the illegally occupied Cuban territory of Guantanamo.

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The Chinese government today made an official donation of 700 million yuan (about 100 million dollars) to Cuba, which will support projects of social impact and linked to priority sectors of its economy.

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WIM Oleiny Linares won the 2019 Cuban Women´s Senior Chess Championships held in the eastern province of Holguin. Read more WIM Linares Wins National Chess Championship