Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and José Ramón Machado Ventura, First and Second Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, received on Sunday the Alma Mater Award, the highest recognition conferred by the University Student Federation (FEU).
In the 10 months passed since the strong Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc in the central Cuban province of Camaguey, its victims have received close to 42 million pesos in low interest loans to repair their houses.
Tropical Storm Beryl continued to intensify in the early hours of Friday morning over Central Atlantic waters, becoming the first hurricane of the season, category 1 on the Saffir Simpson scale.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel reviewed the tourism industry performance due to its importance to the country´s development in a meeting with top officials of the different ministries.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed in this city the need to promote as much as possible the national industry, to develop the country.