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Cuban Doctors Announce a Gallbladder Surgery in a Hospital in Mexico Where Nurses Are Lacking

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 23 May 2023 — The Government of Mexico updated the number of Cuban specialists who are working in hospitals. According to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, there are 700 health workers who “provide their services for the benefit of the Mexican people,” but he did not offer details about the remote … Continue reading “Cuban Doctors Announce a Gallbladder Surgery in a Hospital in Mexico Where Nurses Are Lacking”

Fifty of the 500 Cuban Doctors Hired in August Arrive in Italy

14ymedio, Havana, 29 December 2022 — A first group of 50 Cuban doctors hired by Calabria last August has arrived at their destination three months late. In an announcement through his social networks, the president of that Italian region, Roberto Occhiuto, took the opportunity to defend the controversial decision to import health workers from the Island. … Continue reading “Fifty of the 500 Cuban Doctors Hired in August Arrive in Italy”

‘The Revolution is Lucidity,’ says Silvio Rodriguez on Receiving a Prize at the Film Festival in Havana

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 10 December 2022 — The Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez was awarded, this Friday, with the Choir of Honor at the awards gala of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana. The gala was the culmination of the festival, which since December 1 has screened hundreds of films, and … Continue reading “‘The Revolution is Lucidity,’ says Silvio Rodriguez on Receiving a Prize at the Film Festival in Havana”

Cuba’s Medical Brigade in Kuwait Performs With its Eyes on the Nobel Peace Prize

14ymedio, Madrid, 9 June 2021 — Every medical brigade that returns to Cuba is an opportunity for promotion with a view to the Nobel Peace Prize. This Tuesday the returning brigade was the last contingent that remained in Kuwait, where the Cuban government sent more than 300 healthcare workers in the last year to reinforce … Continue reading “Cuba’s Medical Brigade in Kuwait Performs With its Eyes on the Nobel Peace Prize”

Lies and Half-truths about a Donation from China to Cuba to Fight Coronavirus

14ymedio, Katia Monteagudo/Mayli Estévez, México/Madrid, April 14th, 2020 — On the first day of April, the official daily of the Communist Party of Cuba, Granma, published an article entitled “The Untold Story of How an Airplane with Medical Supplies from Cuba was unable to enter Cuba”. The source of the information was the Cuban embassador … Continue reading “Lies and Half-truths about a Donation from China to Cuba to Fight Coronavirus”

Cuba Offers Canada Doctors to Care for Indigenous Populations

14ymedio, Havana, 5 March 2020 — A Cuban doctor arrived last Monday in the Canadian province of Manitoba as an advance guard for a project for the hiring of Cuban health personnel to serve the native populations of that country. To compensate for the forced withdrawal of its medical missions in several Latin American countries, … Continue reading “Cuba Offers Canada Doctors to Care for Indigenous Populations”

Cuban Emigration Carries On / Iván García

Ivan Garcia, 26 January 2018 — When it seems that all the doors for emigration to a first world country are closed, that the blue Cuban passport is not welcome at most border crossings, and putting yourself into a boat to get to the United States is not just useless but suicidal, Mayra, a university … Continue reading “Cuban Emigration Carries On / Iván García”

The Cold War Returns to Cuba / Iván García

Ivan Garcia, 3 October 2017 — “The worst thing after a hurricane is that the food is lost,” says high school teacher Liana, 37, after making the rounds of several farmer’s markets and stores in the old part of Havana. “There are no eggs in the whole city, not even a package of hotdogs. More … Continue reading “The Cold War Returns to Cuba / Iván García”

Desertions, Love Affairs and Political Crises Rock Cuba’s Overseas Medical Services Business / Juan Juan Almeida

Juan Juan Almeida, 25 July 2017 — The Cuban government brought together all the heads of its overseas medical missions to analyze the work done during the previous year, provide guidelines and outline new strategies. It was the seventeenth such meeting of its kind. The event was held from July 17 to 21 at the … Continue reading “Desertions, Love Affairs and Political Crises Rock Cuba’s Overseas Medical Services Business / Juan Juan Almeida”

Cuba: Forbidden Fruit / Iván García

Iván García, 11 May 2017 — Scarcely a block away from the majestic Grand Hotel Manzana Kempinski, whose inauguration is expected next June 2nd, next to the Payret cinema, a state-owned cafeteria sells an acidic and insipid hamburger with bread for the equivalent of 50 centavos. Workers in the neighbourhood and beggars who survive on asking … Continue reading “Cuba: Forbidden Fruit / Iván García”

Cuba’s Children of Power Take Possession / Juan Juan Almeida

Juan Juan Almeida, 13 March 2017 — The appointment of architect Perla Rosa Rosales Aguirreurreta to succeed historian Eusebio Leal as head of Havana’s Office of the Historian is the most recent example of the Cuban regime’s making strategic decisions whose sole purpose is to implement a very well-organized dynastic succession plan. In order to further … Continue reading “Cuba’s Children of Power Take Possession / Juan Juan Almeida”

Cuba: Renting Out Medical Specialists / Iván García

Ivan Garcia, 4 March 2017 — Twenty years later, Nivaldo (names changed), 43, an orthopedist, still remembers the hot morning when his parents said goodbye to him in the old train station in a small village in the depths of Cuba. The economy of his native village, with narrow streets of cracked asphalt and the … Continue reading “Cuba: Renting Out Medical Specialists / Iván García”

Cubans Wanting To Emigrate See The United States As First Option / Ivan garcia

Ivan Garcia, 19 January 2017 — There are few things that spontaneously bring Cubans on the island together. For example, if the provincial team is crowned champion in the national baseball series, where, in between the infamous beer and a noisy reggaeton, in Communist Party-arranged pachangas, people celebrate at the tops of their voices. It’s also … Continue reading “Cubans Wanting To Emigrate See The United States As First Option / Ivan garcia”

Havanans Comment on "The Wonder" of Their City / Iván García

City of Havana – One of the New7Wonder Cities of the World. Ivan Garcia, 6 June 2016 — From Miraflores, south of Havana, Sergio comes twice a week with his wheelbarrow to the dump on Calle 100 in Marianao to pick up old junk that he later sells for a few pesos in a traveling … Continue reading “Havanans Comment on "The Wonder" of Their City / Iván García”

“You Have To Have Eyes To See The Wonder” / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 8 June 2016 — As if it were a Michelin star, tour operators, hotel managers and those who rent private rooms will exhibit, starting Tuesday, Havana’s status as one of the “New7Wonder Cities” of the modern world. Although the rain intruded on the unveiling of the plaque a few yards from … Continue reading ““You Have To Have Eyes To See The Wonder” / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar”