One million 700 thousand Cuban retirees start receiving as Thursday an advance on their pensions, which will be increased as part of the monetary reform that will come into effect on January 1.
Cuban deputies will know first-hand about the contributions of science in the confrontation with the Covid-19, against which the island's scientific community is preparing four vaccination candidates.
Officials from China and Cuba strengthened relations this Wednesday after a memorandum of understanding was signed to design joint cooperation plans and projects, in order to expand tourist flows to the Caribbean nation.
Cuban lawmakers will continue this Tuesday the analysis of laws for the provincial and municipal governments, and will debate on the response to claims by the population and regarding the present and future of the national economy.
Cuba will start dismantling its current two-teer monetary system as of January 1st, leaving the traditional peso (CUP) as the only official currency of the land at an initial exchange rate of 24 to 1 US dollar.