Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba. • Cuba denounces usurpation of the clinic by putschist In the afternoon of July 21, the Bolivian de facto authorities publicly informed that the facility known as “Clínica del Colaborador” (Cooperation Workers’ Clinic), which is owned by the Republic of Cuba and had been raided by law enforcement authorities on November 15, 2019, would be fitted out to assist Bolivian COVID-19 patients. This unilateral decision, which is portrayed as a humanitarian gesture, is a violation of the rights of the Republic of Cuba as the legal owner of the aforementioned facility and has been preceded by a complete disregard for the rules of International Law and the relentless campaigns of lies and distortions against Cuba, particularly targeting the medical cooperation that our country offered to Bolivia, which was denounced by this Ministry in a declaration issued on January 25, 2020. It must be recalled that in November of 2019, the Bolivian authorities, acting under the guided and with the support of the US embassy in La Paz, arrested several Cuban health cooperation workers under false allegations and searched and raided their houses while publicly inciting violence against our health personnel. That campaign has not stopped and has been used instead for domestic electoral purposes. Follow the link: http://www.minrex.gob.cu/en/cuba-makes-its-clinic-la-paz-available-boliv...
