Cuban Medical Team in The Gambia held the 15th National Scientific Meeting
Banjul, September 2, 2016.- Members of the Cuban Medical Team providing services in The Islamic Republic of The Gambia held the 15th National Scientific Meeting at the School of Medicine, attached to the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, in this capital.
Cuban Ambassador to The Gambia denounces the permanence of the blockade
Gambia, September 28, 2016.- The Cuban Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of The Gambia, Lázaro Herrera, offered plentiful information about the United States blockade against Cuba which continuity was denounced during a meeting with the Managing Director of the Daily Observer newspaper organized in the diplomatic mission. Daily Observer is the main newspaper in The Gambia.
Cuba and The Gambia celebrated 20 years of medical collaboration
The Cuban Medical Brigade in The Gambia dressed in its best to close the programme of activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the arrival of the first collaborators of the island to the small African country and the beginning of the medical collaboration between the two nations.
Daily Observer publishes article about effects of the blockade in the agriculture
Banjul, October 10, 2016.- Gambian newspaper Daily Observer published an extensive article in his Commentary section entitled "US embargo leaves Cuban farmers waiting for modernity", which assures that “nowhere in Cuba are the effect of the continuing US economic embargo more apparent than in the countryside, where farming cooperatives relay on outdated tools and processing plants can´t obtain spare parts”.