The present edition of The Havana Reporter features the call to the IX Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, to be held next year, and several articles on the debates conducted at the National Assembly of People’s Power (Cuban parliament).

In this regards, this issue also features the details MPs were provided on the current situation Cuba faces and proposals to ease difficulties, with emphasis on economic problems, which have worsened because of the U.S. blockade and the measures taken by president Donald Trump.

Cultural topics include the holding of the Caribbean Festival, in the Santiago de Cuba province; the journey visual artist Ares undertook to follow the imprints of his Mambí grandfather; Cuban researcher María del Carmen Zabala’s work, and this summer’s special schedule of activities.