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.

Medical personnel of the National Institute of Oncology and Radiology paid tribute here today to Dr. Carlos Lorenzo Vázquez, who the day before denounced links of organizers of an illegal march with foreign services and terrorist groups.