“You are a symbol of the country that trained you,” stated President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, at an act to honor doctors who returned to Cuba after the island’s withdrawal from Brazil’s More Doctors program
“Today is a happy day for Cuban baseball, for the world, the people of Cuba and the United States,” stated Higinio Vélez Carrión, president of the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB), referring to the agreement to allow Cuban players to sign with the Major Leagues
Speech by Miguel M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, at the close of the Second Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of People’s Power’s Ninth Legislature, Havana International Conference Center, December 22, 2018, “Year 60 of the Revolution”
(Council of State transcript, GI translation)
Dear Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Party Central Committee;
Compañeros Machado and Lazo;
Deputies;
Compatriots:
They have become quite popular with patients, earning their trust and confidence.
When Aselerera Korea, a family physician from Cuba, arrives at the Mandera County Referral Hospital at 8am, there are 15 patients in line waiting for him.
Taken aback, he greets them and apologises for being late. In the consultation room is a mother and her child, one of more than 20 that he treats every day.
