Salvador Valdés Mesa, First Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers Planning, checked in the province of Cienfuegos planning, contracts and municipal self-sufficiency in the agricultural sector.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, announced on Twitter that the Second National Informatization and Cybersecurity Workshop will be held later this week.

Havana - The Committees for the Defense of the Cuban Revolution (CDR, in Spanish) are currently contributing to the success of the February 24 referendum on Cuba's new Constitution.

The ceremonial opening of the 2019 Judicial Year was presided by the President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, yesterday January 14, with Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of People’s Power, participating as well, at the Supreme Court located on Aguilar Street in Old Havana.

Havana - Cuba denounced new threats from the United States to intensify its economic, commercial and financial blockade, following the decision to suspend for only 45 days the application of Title III of the Helms-Burton Law.

Havana - The lists of voters for the February 24 referendum on Cuba''s new Constitution are being published Monday and Tuesday, sources of the National Electoral Commission (CEN) said. According to the authorities sworn on December 28 to organize, direct and validate the elections, each person can verify as January 16 the records, which should include more than eight million voters, that are being called to ratify the Constitution approved on December 22 by the People''s Power National Assembly.