Faced with the intensification of the illegal economic, financial, and energy blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, the Government and the State are making enormous efforts to promote an energy program that guarantees electricity generation. This is a necessary and essential service, a right of the people, and key to citizen well-being and the proper functioning of the economy.

Cuba’s firm rejection of the intensified blockade imposed by the U.S. government against the island was evident on Tuesday in the voices of hundreds of women who gathered in Havana’s Mariana Grajales Park to condemn this hostile policy that limits the Cuban people’s development and exercise of their basic rights.

The Cuban Petroleum Union (CUPET) has reported that the crude oil shipment that arrived Tuesday morning at the port in the western province of Matanzas, originating from Russia, will be refined in the country to produce diesel, fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and gasoline.

As part of the process of granting prison benefits established by law and in accordance with Article 90, Section II of the Constitution of the Republic, it was decided to release 2,010 prisoners through a pardon approved by the Cuban Government.