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One of the main objectives of the 2nd International Medical Tourism and Wellness Fair (FitSaludCuba), to be held from April 21st to 24th, will promote the experiences and advances in this wellness-focused travel industry.

Havanatur, the leading international group of tour operators and travel agencies in the promotion and marketing of Cuban tourism products, is now consolidating its position among the main sources of Russian tourists to the Caribbean island.

Russia is currently Cuba's third largest tourist-sending market, Jorge Alberto García, first deputy Minister of Tourism of the Caribbean nation stated. During the first two days of the Moscow International Tourism Fair, Mitt 2025, tour operators, agencies, travel agents, and airlines from this country have demonstrated a strong interest in Cuba as a destination, which is evident in Russia’s current third position as a source nation, the Cuban deputy minister told Prensa Latina.

Based on the "One Health" paradigm, the 5th International Health Convention will be held in Havana from April 21 to 25. It will host more than 3,000 participants from 50 countries, confirmed so far. At a press conference held this Wednesday at the headquarters of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), the National Director of Science, Technology, and Innovation of that organization, Dr. Ileana Morales Suárez, offered an overview of the major event, during which the 16th Health for All Trade Fair and the 2nd International Medical Tourism and Wellness Fair FITSaludCuba will also be held.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel received American actor, director, and producer Kevin Costner, who is visiting the Caribbean nation to explore underwater archaeology, the Presidency of the Republic announced today. "It is a pleasure to meet you and your visit to Cuba is a source of great satisfaction. You are greatly admired by the Cuban people, who have closely followed your stay in our country these past few days," the President stated at the meeting at the Palace of the Revolution.

Cuban sound engineer Angie Hernández and musician Ulises Hernández were nominated for the 2025 Platino Awards, which recognize the most outstanding figures in Ibero-American film and television, according to news released today in Havana.

First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerardo Peñalver held a meeting in Canada this Monday with members of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Cuba, where they highlighted bilateral ties.

Every March 14th, Cuba celebrates Press Day, in commemoration of the founding of the newspaper Patria by National Hero José Martí in 1892. Today, more than ever, the role played by the media is fundamental and extremely important in reporting the reality of the country and the entire world, in the face of falsehoods that may circulate. The history of the press dates back to Before Our Era. According to documents, it was Julius Caesar—a prominent Roman politician and military officer—who, in 59 BC, recognized the value of public opinion. He therefore compiled daily news of the most important events, thus giving rise to the Roman Diary (Diurna urbis acta).

Starting this Thursday, Cuba participates in the 48th edition of the Paris World Tourism Show with a varied offer that combines its natural beauty, culture, and history with the warm welcome of its people. The first of the four days of the event, held at the Porte de Versailles fairgrounds, began for the island's delegation with the inauguration of its stand to the rhythm of contagious Cuban popular music. Speaking with Prensa Latina, the representative of the Caribbean nation's Ministry of Tourism, Carmen Casal, considered it very important to attend the now traditional Parisian show to share the destination's benefits with an audience eager to plan vacations and experience individual and family adventures.

The Amazon rainforest, the unmissable Machu Picchu, the beaches of Cuba and the Bahamas, and Chilean Patagonia are among the attractions promoted today at the start of the 48th edition of the Paris World Tourism Show. As is traditional, Latin America and the Caribbean are participating in the general public event, which runs for four days at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in the City of Light, this time with booths showcasing destinations in the Bahamas, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, and Peru. From Chile, the company Turismo Burgos invites French tourists to visit several glaciers and the Isle of the Dead, with different packages and lengths of stay.

Cuban Tourism Minister Juan Carlos García emphasized the country's commitment to recovering and strengthening the travel industry this Wednesday, speaking before ambassadors from Western Europe and Canada.

The National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) is preparing for its 13th Congress, which takes place every five years, and whose delegates will discuss the main challenges facing Cuban agro-producers today in order to increase the country's food production. The conclave, which will analyse the burning issues and come up with proposals to address them, “will be an enormous challenge,” Felix Duartes, ANAP president, said during a meeting with the press at the Aristides Estevez Credit and Services Cooperative in western Havana.

Cuba is preparing today for the 16th International Meeting on Criminal Sciences and the 4th Legality, Law, and Society 2025 Event, scheduled for March 26-28 at the Havana Convention Center. According to its organizers, the biannual event, the oldest on the subject held in Latin America, will be attended by more than 350 national delegates and a yet-to-be-determined number of foreign participants. The chief prosecutor of the International Legal Cooperation Directorate of the Attorney General's Office (FGR), Patricia Rizo, announced at a press conference that prosecutors, general attorneys, comptrollers, ombudsmen, lawyers, and other professionals from related fields will be attending the event.

Empowering the new generations in the digital field is the focus of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s Global Youth Summit (GYS-25), which opens in this Cuban resort on Tuesday.

Those who love quiet vacations as a way to relax, rest or receive treatments to overcome pain in different parts of the body or nervous conditions. have a new program in Cuba, thanks to the Canadian hotel group Blue Diamond Resorts, in 4 destinations in the country, specially designed for these specialties. Under the name of Vital Cuba Resonance Blu, the Canadian entity, through an agreement with the Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos (CSMC), has highly qualified specialists to treat different physical ailments, different pains, strong or rapid heartbeats and unexplained discomfort.

Every March 8th for more than a century, International Women's Day has been celebrated -initially International Working Women's Day-, a commemoration approved at the II International Conference of Socialist Women held in Copenhagen in 1910. It was from the following year that this day was celebrated for the first time in the world as a way of defending the right to gender equality for women in all areas of social and work life.

The International Congress on Law, Abogacia 2025, is winding up in Havana on Friday with a plenary session in which renowned legal professionals will give three keynote lectures.

Six accommodations operated by Meliá Hotels International in Cuba are among the candidates for the 2025 World Travel Awards, renowned international awards that this year reach their thirty-second edition, according to information published this Tuesday by the Spanish entity. Meliá Cohíba and Meliá Cayo Coco -both five-star hotels- are nominated as Cuba's Leading Hotel, while as Cuba's Leading Resort there are two jewels of Caribbean luxury: Paradisus Varadero and Paradisus Princesa del Mar.

Cuba celebrates Hotel and Tourism Workers' Day on Tuesday, with the country's highest authorities calling for innovative initiatives to improve the sector and generate more income. Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero considered this force crucial for the revival of the national economy, which is experiencing adversities due to the tightening of the US blockade.

In the context of World Seagrass Day, Cuba's Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma) in Camagüey continues today to strengthen its work for the conservation of these vital marine ecosystems in Cuba. Precisely in the country’s largest province, which occupies more than 20 percent of its beaches, this activity is essential for the environmental balance and protection of Cuba’s coasts.