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.
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.
Cuba’s Economy and Planning Ministry approved 106 new applications of micro, small and medium private companies.
Doctor Argelio Hernández was the first to receive the dose of the vaccine candidate Abdala in Gibara. Photo: Gibara Vision
The health intervention with the anti-Covid-19 Abdala vaccine candidate began today in the province of Holguín with health workers, students of Medical Sciences and other vulnerable people exposed to the transmission of the disease in the territory.
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The Cuban Casas de Cambio S.A. Mercantile Company (CADECA) has suspended the foreign currency exchange at the island's airports.
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