Madrid, November 3 - The State Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MESC, for its acronym in Spanish) has launched a fundraising campaign for the Caribbean island to provide aid following Hurricane Melissa.
Camagüey, November 3 - An unusual silence, heavy with apprehension, had filled the hallways of Camagüey's schools in the preceding days. The threat of Hurricane Melissa, which forcefully struck the eastern part of the country, kept the province on edge, with eyes fixed on the skies and bated breath.
Havana, November 3 - The memories of the infernal wind, the relentless rain, the swollen river, and the possessions lost in less than 12 hours have not yet faded. One cannot ask for more courage in rescuing children, the elderly, pregnant women, and men and women than what has been witnessed these days in the eastern lands. It is impossible to think about what the Cuban east has lived through and is still experiencing without searching our memories for that supportive strength that has always lifted us up after other hurricanes.
Camagüey, Nov. 1. - A contingent of 60 electrical workers from the province, named after patriot Ignacio Agramonte, departed this Saturday toward the eastern province of Granma to aid in restoring services after Hurricane Melissa's passage.
El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, November 1st - The 18,699 inhabitants of El Cobre, a town that symbolizes the Cuban spirit, endured twelve terrible hours.
Havana, 1st place. Nov.- There are men and women standing up to the danger, exposing their lives to save others, making their own that phrase of the Liberator Simón Bolívar: if nature opposes it, we will fight against it.
Havana, October 31 - Cuban authorities are intensifying recovery efforts today in the eastern provinces affected by Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour and Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
Havana, October 31 - Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and Secretary of Organization, described as outrageous, on his Facebook profile, the statement by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding the offer of humanitarian aid to the victims of Hurricane Melissa in eastern Cuba.
Havana, October 31- Today, Venezuela is once again demonstrating its commitment to the well-being of the Cuban people, stated Yvan Gil Pinto, the South American country's Minister of Foreign Affairs, in this capital, following the shipment of 26 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba to support recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa.
Havana, October 30. - The National Defense Council evaluated the preliminary damages after Hurricane Melissa's passage through a videoconference with the provinces where the main impacts occurred: Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Holguín, Las Tunas, and Guantánamo.
Holguín, October 30. - Miguel Díaz-Canel, president of the National Defense Council (CDN, for its acronym in Spanish), is today verifying the level of impacts on socioeconomic sectors left in the wake of Hurricane Melissa's passage through Holguín province, the territory where the meteorological phenomenon exited.
Havana, October 30. - Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, thanked today for the displays of affection and support following the recent victory in the United Nations General Assembly (AGNU) against the United States blockade.