1,324,599 Cubans will benefit of the announced pension increase.

Deputy Gerardo Hernández, national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), praised the Cuban government's decision to increase pensions for over a million people.

Ex minister of Labor and Social Security, Martha Elena Feitó.

A Tuesday prime-time news program on Cuban TV aired the following announcement: "The Political Bureau accepts resignation of the Minister of Labor and Social Security."

The permanent commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power are in session for two days.

The Fifth Ordinary Session of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) in its 10th Legislature is expected to feature intense and substantive debates as lawmakers assess government measures aimed at addressing economic distortions and revitalizing the struggling economy.

The four tank destroyed during the catastrophic fire are being gradually replaced.

Nearly three years after the catastrophic fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, Cuba has made significant progress in restoring the 200,000 cubic meters of fuel storage capacity lost in August 2022.

 Deputies will also review the performance of the economy in the first half of the year.
Deputies will also review the performance of the economy in the first half of the year. Photo: Ricardo López Hevia

On July 16, the Fifth Ordinary Period of Sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP, for its Spanish acronym) in its 10th Legislature will begin at the Havana Convention Palace, in a complex economic and social context for the country.