National news

Havana, Cuba_ A note of the Ministry of Finance and Prices indicates the reduction in prices, effective as of today, will be around 20 percent in the chain of stores selling in hard currency and the parallel market of the Ministry of Domestic Commerce (Mincin in Spanish) for a group of items, mainly food products, Prensa Latina reports.

Santa Clara, Cuba_ Members of the Public Health sector in Villa Clara, will pay tribute to Dr. Erick Omar Perez de Alejo, one of the three doctors who died in Ecuador, victim of the earthquake, Radio Reloj publishes.

Havana, Cuba_ A brigade of doctors specialists in facing disasters and epidemics, and a group of Cuban rescuers arrived today in Ecuador to support the South American country after the earthquake that hit the coastal region last Saturday, Prensa Latina reports.

Taken from Granma Newspaper

Havana, Cuba_ Cuban President Raul Castro congratulated his counterpart of Vietnam, Tran Dai Quang, and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on their recent election for these positions, Prensa Latina publishes.

Havana_ The 7th Iberoamerican Congress of Nuclear Cardiology and Imaging Cardiac began today in the Cuban capital, with the participation of about 200 specialists from 16 countries, Cubasi publishes.