With the participation of 12 creators of the country, the 40th the National Contest of Plastic Arts and Literature "Regino Eladio Boti" is opened in the Art Gallery of the Salcines Palace in the Guantanamo City.

Seventeen works compose the exhibition of artists from Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, Ciego de Ávila and Guantanamo, who subscribed the pieces in the technique of photography, painting, ceramics, installation and video art.

To enjoy Cuba the upcoming summer stage, the Cuban Young Communists League (UJC) in Guantanamo already prepares a diverse and attractive program for the recreation for the whole family with the special motivations on occasion of the 60th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution, the 65th Day of National Rebellion and the Congresses of the University Student Federation and the Hermanos Saíz Association.

During the first five months of the year, the General Customs of the Republic (AGR) neutralized 34 attempts to smuggle drugs into Cuba, sources from this body reported today in this capital.

Of those thirty-four, nine were cases of trafficking, while the remaining detected corresponded to travelers carrying those substances for consumption, according to José Luis Muñoz Toca, director of Customs Techniques.

Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, sent a message of condolences to the people and government of Guatemala for the loss of human life and destruction caused by a volcanic eruption on June 3.

Lázaro Bruzón, who is the Cuban chess player with the highest elo point coefficient and GM, will be present at the Continental Chess championship to be carried out from the upcoming Friday in its venue in Uruguay.

Lázaro Bruzón, who has a current 2646 elo points, is not longer part of the 100 first players of the world ranking as he is ranked 113th by the related list that is undated by the FIDE.