Droughts have always occurred. In Cuba’s case, there are two significant weather periods: the wet season (May-October) during which the country receives up to 75% of its yearly average rainfall, and the dry (November-April) which accounts for 25%.

Cuban President Raúl Castro met Sunday in Havana with the top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Timoleón Jiménez.

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, visited the archaeological site of Samaipata on the fourth day of his official visit to Bolivia.

Cuban President Raul Castro met Thursday in Havana with Maria Eugénia Neto, widow of the first president of the People’s Republic of Angola, Agostinho Neto, who is visiting the country at the invitation of the Cuban government.

The catalog entitled ‘Ernesto Che Guevara and el Coleccionismo’ was presented in Havana city as part of the closing ceremony of the CERFILEX 2017 Regional Philatelic exhibition which was inaugurated by the Philatelic center from the local Cerro municipality, along with the carrying out of a colloquium event about the guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara.