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The Mexican Candidate to Lead PAHO is the Wife of a Cuban Accused of Slavery

14ymedio, Madrid, 4 April 2022 — French-Mexican doctor Nadine Gasman was proposed by the Government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico’s president, as a candidate to lead the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for the period 2023-2028, a designation that the Madrid-based organization Prisoner Defenders (PD) considers scandalous. The applicant is the wife of Joaquín … Continue reading “The Mexican Candidate to Lead PAHO is the Wife of a Cuban Accused of Slavery”

San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, Without Water ‘and With the Plague in Our Souls’

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Havana, 11 March 2022 — Retired engineer, María de los Ángeles Alfonso cannot find an answer to the question that torments her: When is the water supply problem going to be solved in San Antonio de los Baños? In the municipality of Artemisa seven months after the protests broke out on July 11, … Continue reading “San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, Without Water ‘and With the Plague in Our Souls’”

Group of Cubans Denounce Scammer Who Offers Visas and Entry to United States for $6,000

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 13 January 2022 — “It’s a scam,” Facebook users warned Roberto when he asked how reliable the announcement that Andrés Ramiro Naranjo Pardo uploaded to social networks might be, in which he offered to cross migrants to the United States. “I’ll pass you to the US with ’parole’* included,” read this … Continue reading “Group of Cubans Denounce Scammer Who Offers Visas and Entry to United States for $6,000”

The Mexican President Comes Out of the Closet and Makes His Castroism Public

14ymedio, Joel Ortega Juárez, Mexico, 17 September 2021 — Miguel Díaz-Canel, nominal president of Cuba, appointed by Raúl Castro, Fidel’s brother, both of the dynasty in power since 1959, has been invited by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known familiarly as AMLO) to the ceremonies celebrating the beginning of the Independence of Mexico. The … Continue reading “The Mexican President Comes Out of the Closet and Makes His Castroism Public”

With its National Health System Collapsed, Cuba Continues to Export Medical Brigades

14ymedio, Havana, 26 August 2021 — Cuba’s national health system has collapsed throughout the country, but the Cuban government is committed to continuing to send doctors abroad. In the last hours, 23 health workers joined the brigades working in Haiti and Ghana. The Ministry of Public Health announced this Wednesday that “11 collaborators” from the island, members … Continue reading “With its National Health System Collapsed, Cuba Continues to Export Medical Brigades”

‘It is Torture to Intubate Patients Without Sedating Them, As is Being Done in Cuba Now’

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 22 August 2021 — “Imagine your mouth being forced open to shove a tube down your throat and all this without a sedative.” The Cuban doctor asks to keep his name in reserve before telling 14ymedio about his traumatic experience with Covid-19 patients in collapsed hospitals, without oxygen, without medicines for patients and without means … Continue reading “‘It is Torture to Intubate Patients Without Sedating Them, As is Being Done in Cuba Now’”

Diaz-Canel Offended by Biden’s Suggestion to Send Vaccines to Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 16 July 2021 — The suggestion made on Thursday by US president Joe Biden to send vaccines to the island has provoked an angry reaction from Miguel Diaz-Canel. Without alluding at any time to the matter at hand, the Cuban president has responded this Friday with a series of tweets in which he … Continue reading “Diaz-Canel Offended by Biden’s Suggestion to Send Vaccines to Cuba”

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”

Surviving in the Cuban Jungle / Ivan Garcia

Ivan Garcia, Havana, 10 May 2021 — It is the law of survival of the fittest: only the most quarrelsome, opportunistic, and worthless citizens can get ahead. From top to bottom, today’s Cuban society is a jungle. A failed state that lives off ideological propaganda, promises it never keeps, and a chaotic subsistence economy. If you … Continue reading “Surviving in the Cuban Jungle / Ivan Garcia”

Cuba Will be the Last Country on the Continent to Vaccinate its Population

14ymedio, Havana, 25 February 2021 — Fabrizio Chiodo, the only foreign researcher involved in the development of Cuba’s Soberana 02 vaccine for Covid, reported to the international press this Wednesday on the promising development of the vaccine candidate, which will pass to phase 3 of clinical trials this coming Monday. This announcement confirmed that Cuba … Continue reading “Cuba Will be the Last Country on the Continent to Vaccinate its Population”

Cuban Prosecutor asks for 12 Years Imprisonment for the Nurse who Vaccinated the Girl Paloma Dominguez

14ymedio, Havana, 18 October 2020 – Yaima Caballero, mother of the girl Paloma Domínguez, announced that the trial of the nurse who vaccinated her daughter was held on Friday. After the vaccination the little girl, only 1 year old, died on October 9, 2019. “They have already tried the nurse who killed Paloma; she acknowledged … Continue reading “Cuban Prosecutor asks for 12 Years Imprisonment for the Nurse who Vaccinated the Girl Paloma Dominguez”

In Santa Clara Online Private Sales Triumph

14ymedio, Laura Rodríguez Fuentes, Santa Clara, 31 May 2020 — José Daniel is not called that, but he liked that pseudonym to create a fictitious profile on Facebook and on the messaging platforms that he uses to sell home products whose marketing has been banned by the Government since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. … Continue reading “In Santa Clara Online Private Sales Triumph”

The Impact of the Pandemic Will be Devastating for Cuba, Economists Warn

14ymedio, Havana, 4 May 2020 —  With the arrival of the coronavirus, Cuba has entered a phase of great difficulties that affect the tourist industry, imports and families’ standard of living. Experts agree on this, trying to predict the impact of the pandemic on an economy weakened over many years. “One internal factor and three … Continue reading “The Impact of the Pandemic Will be Devastating for Cuba, Economists Warn”

14ymedio’s Faces of 2019: Yaima Caballero, Mother of Paloma Dominguez

14ymedio, Havana, December 27, 2019 — Yaima Caballero’s life took an unexpected turn in a little more than two months. At the beginning of October she took her one-year-old daughter, Paloma, to a medical center in Havana for the MMR vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella. A few days later, the little girl died from … Continue reading “14ymedio’s Faces of 2019: Yaima Caballero, Mother of Paloma Dominguez”

Number of Cubans Seeking Asylum at US Southern Border Triples

14ymedio/Mario J. Penton, Havana/Miami, October 12, 2019 — Through August of this year at least 20,700 Cubans arrived at the US border with Mexico, according to data published by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), triple the number for the same period in the previous year (7,079). The avalanche of migrants coincides with the worsening of … Continue reading “Number of Cubans Seeking Asylum at US Southern Border Triples”