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The battle with a massive fire at an oil depot in the western Cuban city of Matanzas entered its 3rd day on Monday.
The night brought uncertainty after a huge blast past 11 pm, provoked by the collapse of a second storage tank.
Local authorities informed that the feared collapse of the third tank had not occurred and that an oil spill from the second tank had exceeded the expected area.
As a result of this blast, the most powerful since the beginning of the fire on Friday, three people were slightly injured.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning and Central Bank of Cuba President Martha Sabina Wilson Gonzalez appeared Wednesday on the radio and TV program Mesa Redonda to report on the implementation of the first step of the future foreign exchange market on the island.
As of Thursday, August 4, national and foreign individuals, the self-employed, private micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and cooperatives will be able to sell foreign currency, including the U.S. dollar in cash, to the country's banking institutions.
Cuban health authorities announced that the Caribbean nation would produce some injectable antibiotics in high demand at to save on their high price.
The list includes drugs such as Meropenem, Rocephin, and Cefotaxime, essential antibiotics for hospital use "with a broad spectrum of treatment for bacterial infections, pneumonia, and meningitis," according to the state-owned Empresa Farmacéutica 8 de Marzo.
Cuba will start up a cephalosporin plant to produce a series of injectable beta-lactam antibiotics that are widely used in intensive therapies.
Among them are antimicrobials Meropenem, Ceftriaxone (Rocephin), Cefotaxime, Cefazolin, Cefuroxime, Ceftazidime and Cefepime.
According to Granma newspaper, the plant should start producing those antibiotics before ending 2022, and it will be the only one of this kind in the country.
The source clarifies that 90 percent of the equipment to be used is already in Cuba.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez today expressed his rejection of any action that harms the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the People's Republic of China and condemned interference in its internal affairs.
On his Twitter account, the Foreign Minister also expressed “concern about the increase in tensions and aggravation of the situation around Taiwan.”
On the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, Cuba reiterated its zero-tolerance policy to this scourge.
On the occasion of the commemoration that takes place every July 30, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed on Twitter the firm commitment of the State and Government of the island to the prevention and confrontation of this serious crime.
Cuba has recognized international prestige, the result of exemplary work in response to this phenomenon, said Rodriguez.
Cuba commemorates this Saturday, the Day of the Martyrs of the Revolution, in remembrance of Frank País and Raúl Pujol, two young men assassinated by henchmen of the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship on July 30, 1957.
Throughout the country, there will be ceremonies, tributes, and shows of respect to those who offered their lives so that the homeland could conquer its true independence.
Electoral bodies at different levels continue to be formed in Cuba as part of preparations for next September's popular referendum on the new Family Code.
Last week, the National Assembly of People's Power approved to take to this democratic exercise the 25th version of the legal text, for which the National Electoral Council and its institutions at different levels will develop training actions and other preparations.
Cuba is working on the creation of a government policy for the care of children and youth, local media reported.
The purpose of this tool is to articulate the different programs, projects and legal frameworks to improve attention to a population segment that has always been a priority for the Cuban state.
A Cuban television report stated that the document should be completed by the end of this year and sets short- and medium-term objectives with a view to 2030.
La neuvième session de la neuvième législature de l’Assemblée du Pouvoir Populaire a commencé aujourd’hui ses travaux par le sujet concernant la marche, les difficultés et les résultats du développement économique à Cuba.
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