Feb
03
2023
Cuba: U.S. blockade hurts medical patients in both countries
The blockade of Cuba limits its ability to share its scientific and technological advances with the rest of the world.
The blockade of Cuba limits its ability to share its scientific and technological advances with the rest of the world.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today condemned the millions of dollars in economic losses suffered by his country as a result of the blockade imposed by the United States more than 60 years ago.
Through his Twitter account, the president cited the most recent report on the effects of the economic, commercial and financial siege on the Caribbean nation, which states that "the accumulated damages in 60 years amount to 144 billion 413.4 million dollars."
"The suffering of the Cuban people cannot be quantified," the president said.
With a call to build regional consensus for educational quality in the post-Covid-19 pandemic context, Cuba's Minister of Education, Ena Elsa Velázquez, today opened a forum of ministers from the Group of 77 plus China.
The meeting takes place in a hybrid way during the sessions of the International Congress Pedagogy 2023 and has as central axis of the dialogue the challenges of nations to meet the Sustainable Development Goals in education after the impact on education systems of the crisis caused by the new coronavirus.
The City Council of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, demanded the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and the Congress, to remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, where it was unjustly included.
In a letter addressed to the director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Julie Chávez Rodriguez, the activists recounted how since 1960 Washington imposed an economic, commercial and financial blockade against the neighboring country.
Cuba is betting today on investments in science, technology and innovation within the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry because it is a driving force for development, said health sector executives.
The directors of Science and Innovation of the Ministry of Public Health, Ileana Morales, and of the Biocubafarma Business Group, Rolando Pérez, respectively, explained the island's efforts in scientific research and the reasons why government authorities prioritize this activity.