Cancer patients in Cuba are victims of the cruelty of the blockade. Photo: José Manuel CorreaResults in controlling the disease "have been affected in recent years by the limitations and restrictions of the blockade". Despite the severe limitations imposed by the economic blockade imposed by the U.S. government, Cuba maintains and develops its Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, reaffirming its constant commitment to the life and health of its people.

The Inejiro Asanuma Spinning Plant in the province of Holguín strengthens production for the health sector in Cuba as a way to replace imports in the face of the tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the island more than six decades ago.
Read more Spinning plant in Holguín strengthens production for the health sector
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Specialized forces of the forest ranger corps, flora and fauna and the Agroforestry Company are fighting a forest fire in areas of Pinares de Mayari, which started on Sunday in the area of Loma de los Ñames de Guamuta, in the eastern Holguín municipality of Cueto.
Read more Specialized forces fight forest fires in eastern region
The Ministry of the Interior in the province of Holguín announced the identity of the two individuals who died in a train accident in the town of Los Quintos on June 12.
Read more Victims of train accident in Holguín ID’d
Cuba marched against the US blockade and sanctions. Photo: Enrique González (Enro)/ Cubadebate.In the stillness of a Havana night, the only sounds are the hum of a generator at a distant hospital and the murmur of a family gathered by candlelight. For them, “US national security” is not an abstract concept debated on American cable news; it is the tangible reality of a 20-hour blackout, the smell of spoiled food, and the fear for a child’s refrigerated medicine. This is the face of a policy that the United States government characterizes as a response to an “extraordinary threat.” The real threat, however, is not military. It is the 67-year-old defiance of a small island nation that has refused to relinquish its sovereignty.
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