The willingness to strengthen commercial and financial ties between Cuba and Iran became manifest today in this city during a Business Forum held by businesspeople from both countries and attended by Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Over 11 thousand 500 hectares of crops were damaged by the recent heavy rains in eastern Cuban provinces along with the death of over 160 cattle heads and thousands of fowls, according to the most recent assessment of the impact by the natural phenomena.

The Gaviota S.A. Tourism Group denied rumors circulating in social networks about the limitation of entry to its facilities for clients of Cuban nationality.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry on Thursday described as "totally mendacious and unfounded information" the publication by the U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal on an alleged agreement with China, in military matters, for the installation of a spy base.