Army General Raul Castro delivers the main report to the 8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, this April 16, 2021.

The First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, denounced the intensification of the U.S. blockade against Cuba, which continues its fierce financial persecution and the consequent damage to the standard of living of the Cuban people.

Given the difficult situation, adjustments to the 2020 Economic Plan were necessary. Photo: Julio Martínez Molina

Despite the economic contraction in 2020, we remain committed to achieving the growth projected for the second stage of the National Plan for Social Economic Development, for the period 2022- 2026

For Cuban health authorities it is a challenge to vaccinate a large part of the population by the middle of the yearBy mid-year, 70 percent of the Cuban population will be immunized against the SARS-Cov-2 virus as part of a vaccination strategy by population groups, scientists and health authorities explained Tuesday.