Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, received Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
The First Secretary of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, announced his return to Cuban radio with a new program to be broadcast on Radio Rebelde
The Organizing Committee of the Havana International Fair (FIHAV) announced the launch of the official platform for the 42nd edition of FIHAV-2026. The event will take place virtually from November 24th to 26th via the URL www.cuba.feriahabana.cu.
During a meeting between Díaz-Canel and representatives of the agricultural and livestock sector, the implementation of economic and social transformations in the Cuban countryside was discussed
On Monday afternoon, the First Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, received the President of the International Paralympic Committee, Andrew Parsons, and the organization's Director of Development for the Americas, Michele Melissa Formonte
For now, scientists warn that picturing the Terminator might help us focus on the main issue: halting—in time—a technological race where the rules, speed, and risks are determined by companies that care only about money
The Cuban delegation attending the 18th Summit of this coordination mechanism denounced the unprecedented intensification of the U.S. government’s blockade
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Republic, awarded the Friendship Medal to two prominent activists from Brazil’s Landless Workers' Movement (MST): Nivia Regina Da Silva and Marcelo Durão Fernández
The UN Human Rights Council reviewed the report by the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights in Cuba
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, held a meeting with representatives of state-owned economic entities that are advancing in the implementation of economic and social transformations
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla presented to the national and international press the report on the damage caused by the blockade against Cuba between March 2025 and February 2026
More than 700,000 Cubans participated in the activities of the 34th edition of the country's main cultural event, which closed its doors today in the Hero City
From the iconic Paseo del Prado in Old Havana, a site that bears the marks of the school where teacher Mendive educated the young Martí, President Díaz-Canel told the press team of the Presidency of the Republic of Cuba that "Starting this school year was, for everyone, an enormous responsibility"
The anti-immigrant drama in the United States has a long history of tragic stories: families separated, artists detained, patients handcuffed on gurneys, children taken to court…
Meta shells out a huge sum and accepts unprecedented limits, while avoiding an admission of responsibility, preserving the algorithmic core of its model, and gaining influence to define the rules that could apply to its competitors
The donation, from Mexican civil society, includes medical supplies, powdered milk, school supplies, basic necessities, and nearly three tons of hemodialysis equipment and supplies
As a result of the fight against crimes against the National Electric System (SEN), more than 460 criminal investigations have been initiated in the country between 2025 and the first half of 2026, primarily for sabotage, damage, burglary, theft, and receiving stolen goods
Díaz-Canel and Marrero Cruz visited the Digital Government Center. Amid the complex economic circumstances, the national government continues to prioritize making the management of public administration and services more efficient and transparent through digital technologies, data utilization, information, and citizen participation
The school year will begin on September 1st, although not all institutions will have the same conditions regarding in-person learning, schedules, transportation, or meals
The president also visited the site of the Havana 220 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and the state-owned micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) Servivip
Cuba alerted the United Nations Security Council about the worsening of global food crises as a consequence of conflicts, structural inequalities, and an unjust international order
The reaction of the music community in the United States could be described as surprising and even contradictory. They have not criticized ICE, nor have they denounced its fascist practices, nor have they spoken out against the illegal detentions of two young musicians from the island
At educational centers in the Víbora People's Council, in the Havana municipality of Diez de Octubre, President Díaz-Canel observed the preparations for the upcoming school year
There's no better feeling for an avid reader than returning home with a good number of books. Even if it increases the seemingly endless to-read list and reduces the space to store them. That's when the decision of which books to keep and which to discard comes into play, even if it stings a little
The President assured that permanent contact will be maintained with the Cuban business system, which also includes the new forms of non-state management
A study published in Nature in 2026, conducted with 2,000 participants around the time of the 2024 U.S. elections, found that interaction-based systems amplified emotional, moralizing, and toxic content.
Granma reproduces the prologue written by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, to the complete collection of Selected Works of Fidel Castro Ruz, his brother in blood and in struggle
It is surprising, though not unprecedented, that the world’s largest military force, with its weapons reeking of gunpowder right now, holds a small island nation in such "high esteem"
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, visited this Thursday morning what will soon be the headquarters of the Higher Institute of Design (ISDI) of the University of Havana, as well as CETA S.A. (Science and Technology Interface Society of the Technological University of Havana "José Antonio Echeverría")
This was affirmed in Pinar del Río by the General Secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), Teresa Amarelle Boué, on the occasion of the organization's 66th anniversary
The Cuban President bestowed the Honorary Title of Heroine of Labor of the Republic of Cuba upon M.Sc. Tamara Silvia Columbié Matos, in recognition of her 52 years of uninterrupted dedication to the organization and her outstanding professional, political, and social career
"The US Secretary of State continues to punish Cuban companies with the deliberate purpose of harming the country's economy and preventing the Cuban government from guaranteeing basic services to the population, which is already in a critical situation due to the blockade"
Four new decree-laws were approved by the State Council in its ordinary session held this Wednesday, chaired by the Council's president, Esteban Lazo Hernández, and with the participation of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
The 23-volume collection brings together a selection of speeches, interventions, interviews, public appearances, letters, messages, articles, and other documents by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz from 1940 to 2016
The more than 220,000 women who make up the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) in Pinar del Río, vital in every aspect of society, won the right to host the main activities for the organization's 66th anniversary
So far in 2026, Cuba has received only one shipment of oil: some 100,000 tons of crude donated by Russia, nothing more. More than 1,400 megawatts of installed capacity remain inactive due to a lack of crude. The electrical system is sustained by what the island produces internally: domestic crude, natural gas from wells, and renewable sources, but it is not enough
Conceived as a gift from the Cuban people to the world on the centenary of the Commander-in-Chief, the publishing project Fidel Castro Ruz, Selected Works, was established and formally presented on the third day of the 1st International Colloquium Fidel: Legacy and Future
The U.S. President's "announcement" last Thursday, in which he stated that the Strait of Hormuz would soon be declared US territory, received an immediate response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which accused the United States and Israel of provoking "instability" in the region with their illegal actions
Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the political and cultural event commemorating Fidel Castro's centenary and the closing of the 1st International Colloquium, “Fidel: Legacy and Future,” at the Carlos Marx Theater, August 13th, 2026, “Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz”
Raúl Castro and Díaz-Canel Presided Over the Political and Cultural Event for the Centennial of the Commander-in-Chief and the Closing of the 1st International Colloquium: Fidel: Legacy and Future
Whoever wins the heart of a people does so once and for all, because noble and courageous peoples are also grateful, sincere, reciprocal, and incapable of forgetting
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization, Roberto Morales Ojeda, attended the youth forum “I Believe in You,” within the framework of the 1st International Colloquium Fidel: Legacy and Future
At the 34th Havana International Book Fair, more than 1,400 new titles in various book formats will be presented, and more than two million copies on diverse topics will be sold throughout the country
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, held meetings this Monday with prominent figures attending the 1st International Colloquium "Fidel: Legacy and Future"
The First International Colloquium "Fidel: Legacy and Future" begins this Monday at the Havana Convention Center, as part of the program of activities commemorating the centennial of the birth of the historic leader of the Revolution
The total suffocation to which we are subjected constitutes a collective punishment that seeks, through the deprivation of the most basic resources and services necessary for survival, to promote weariness, discouragement, and social division, with the aim of destroying the Cuban socialist project
During the meeting, Morales Ojeda extended a warm welcome to Liu Haixing and the other members of the delegation, and conveyed the best wishes of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, to the Chinese party leader and the rest of the visitors
While on social media some echo the hate campaign against the delegates of the 4th Continental Assembly of the ALBA Movement, they, in Cuba, in the streets, where it is truly needed, have overcome the imperial blockade and offered a helping hand to the Cuban people
ALBA Movements is a platform that brings together more than 400 organizations from 25 countries around a project of unity and integration for Our America from an emancipatory perspective, conceived by and for the people.
The president met with George Katrougalos, Independent Expert of the Human Rights Council on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
As part of its donation, the vessel brought a photovoltaic kit to guarantee the energy independence of the Juan Manuel Márquez Pediatric Hospital in the Cuban capital.
The Aricumay State Commercial Company is a 100% Cuban-owned micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) with exports to four European countries and Canada
The decree-laws "On the Cuban State Business System" and "Amendment to Decree-Law No. 76 on Agricultural Cooperatives" were approved in the extraordinary session of the State Council held as part of the process of implementing economic and social transformations
Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, in the United Nations General Assembly Debate under item 38, "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba"
"Another week, another list of 'sanctions' against Cuba. This is the US's war and its eagerness to strangle our economy. They are intensifying the aggression in search of greater harm to the people. We are facing a genocidal plan denounced at the UN less than a week ago," declared the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, on his social media accounts
The media and subversive apparatus lends itself to the nightmare of continuing to torture the Cuban people with more oil blockades, sanctions of all kinds, threats of new measures, and intimidation of foreign investors to plunge the country into misery and try to bring it to its knees before the powerful economic and military machine of the world superpower, which aspires to turn us into its next 21st-century neocolony
At the event, Political Bureau member and Director General of the CIGB, Marta Ayala Ávila, on behalf of the institution's workers, presented a special recognition to Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, for his contribution to the development of biotechnology in the country. The award was received by President Díaz-Canel
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, held another working meeting with leaders of the Union of Young Communists to evaluate the results of the Community Youth Network, two months after its creation.
Despite brutal pressure to prevent it, a session of the United Nations General Assembly will take place on July 7th, where Cuba will denounce the aggressive actions of the U.S. government against the island
"Let me tell you first of all that the Revolution defends freedom, that the Revolution has brought the country a great many freedoms, that the Revolution cannot by its very nature be an enemy of freedom; that if anyone is worried that the Revolution will stifle their creative spirit, that worry is unnecessary, that worry has no reason to exist"
Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the closing of the 22nd Congress of the Cuban Workers' Federation, at the Convention Palace, on June 27th, 2026, "Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz"
After the agonizing and highly publicized signing of a peace memorandum by the presidents of the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world breathed a sigh of relief and thought—really?—that dialogue had triumphed.
Today, the burial ceremony for the remains of the Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, will take place at the Ernesto Che Guevara Sculpture Complex
Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, denounced on his Facebook profile that the United States' policy toward the island aims for total domination and subjugation
Following the analysis by the highest governing body, the economic and social transformations, which constitute a bold and sovereign response resulting from the process of updating and perfecting the Cuban Economic Model, will be published in full
Statement by Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, at the Third Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's Power in its 10th Legislature
The meeting includes the participation—via teleconference—of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz. Also present in the room was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, gave a statement to the press team of the Presidency of the Republic. He spoke about how, on the island, thought and consensus are focused on moving forward despite the fierce imperial blockade
Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the closing of the Extraordinary Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, at the Palace of the Revolution, on June 17, 2026, "Year of the Centennial of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz"
The energy crisis gripping the country, caused by the U.S. blockade and exacerbated, as a form of collective punishment, by the executive orders of January and May, is forcing changes in the daily lives of Cubans
The processing of 20,000 tons of domestic crude oil in the Santiago de Cuba refinery demonstrates the resilience of Cubans and their boundless will to find solutions in the face of the most complex adversities
Executives of the Recycling Business Group informed the President that the new local waste management system is expected to be extended to the rest of the country's provinces
The role of the Commander-in-Chief in promoting reading is the central theme of the book Fidel and the Cuban Publishing Industry: A Revolution Through Literature
Roberto Morales Ojeda referred to the statements of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who insisted that the recent tightening of extraterritorial measures is harming Cubans
Betsy Díaz Velázquez, Minister of Domestic Trade, emphasized that in such complex times as those our people are experiencing, with escalating measures and the second executive order from the United States government, the fact that other countries continue to demonstrate solidarity with Cuba speaks volumes
This June 8th, Cuba celebrates Jurist's Day, a date dedicated to recognizing the work of those who, from the most diverse spheres of legal practice, contribute to strengthening institutions, upholding the rule of law, and protecting citizens' rights
President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez visits the Hermanos Martínez Tamayo Vocational Pre-University Institute of the Ministry of the Interior, accompanied by the Minister of the Interior and member of the Political Bureau, Army Corps General Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas
Negotiation skills, a space for international ecumenism, medical solidarity, peace efforts, and cultural repositioning marked the Army General's leadership of Cuba
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, attended the inauguration of the Outpatient Oncology Treatment Unit, belonging to the Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology
A joint seminar held in Havana highlighted the strength of relations between Russia and China and the support of both nations for Cuba. Participants reaffirmed their support for Cuban sovereignty and congratulated Army General Raúl Castro Ruz on his 95th birthday
The GAE is not an opaque structure, nor is it parallel to the Cuban state; on the contrary, it has been a well-coordinated and proven effective response to the economic blockade that has historically sought to strangle the Cuban Revolution
This is what Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, wrote on his Twitter account, on the occasion of the 95th birthday of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz
If any man ever vowed never to fail the Commander-in-Chief (because to do so would have been to fail all of Cuba, history, Lina, Ángel, and himself), that man was and remains Raúl, who will turn 95 this June 3rd
Both in the Sierra Maestra mountains and on the plains of Santiago de Cuba, the Leader's presence at the head of the Revolution is countless, and thousands of experiences bear witness to a mutual affection and respect
Absolute faith in the Revolution, loyalty to Fidel, the fight against the blockade, and a self-critical perspective shine through in the book Revolución, la obra más hermosa
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, led the regular Meeting of Experts and Scientists on Health Issues this Tuesday afternoon at the Palace of the Revolution
On Monday morning, the President of the Republic of Cuba and the Prime Minister held a meeting at the Palace of the Revolution with tourism ministers and representatives of that sector from the Latin American and Caribbean region who are in our country to participate in the 69th Meeting of the Regional Commission for the Americas of UN Tourism
Cubaindustria 2024, which is in session this week, hosts the Design Forum, with topics dedicated to the analysis of the policy approved for this sector, its relationship with the environment and the circular economy
Communist Party First Secretary and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, on behalf of Cuba, congratulates researchers who in 13 months achieved a global milestone
On the occasion of Raul’s 90th birthday, Cubans recall his loyalty to the Revolution and service to the homeland, as Fidel said, an extraordinary cadre who happened to be a brother