Moscow - Cuba is ready today to receive Russian tourism in its favorite destinations, Varadero and Havana, where the recovery, after Hurricane Irma, allows the operation of most of its facilities.

Restoring electrical service, reestablishing regular water supplies to the population, and reopening schools are priorities for Cuban authorities, according to officials during the seventh meeting of the National Defense Council for Disaster Reduction, held yesterday, September 11, in Havana.

Washington - The Day Against the Blockade 2017, which seeks to end this policy imposed on Cuba by the United States, continues today after a new meeting with university students and an information session with congressmen.

Washington - A visit to Cuba in 2016 and the concern about infant mortality rates in a Chicago community led US doctor Robert A. Winn to become interested in working with Cuban specialists.

Following the passage of powerful Irma, with hurricane and tropical storm force winds affecting most of the Cuban archipelago, authorities and the population in general are focused on recovery efforts to restore basic services and repair the material damages.

After wreaking havoc along almost the entire northern coastline of the island as it traveled from east to west, Hurricane Irma began to move away from Cuba leaving a trail of material damage, the full extent of which is still unknown.