The government of the Republic of Ecuador informed the decision to terminate and not renew the six agreements signed with the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba.

The Cuban medical cooperation in Ecuador began in 1992. In June 2006 the cooperation agreement was signed for the start of the “Operation Miracle”, with the participation of 153 employees. Through this program 168 thousand 543 surgical interventions were carried out, including 4 thousand 609 cataracts and 118 thousand 575 pterygium.

During the last few hours, several acting authorities in the Plurinational State of Bolivia have presented the idea that Cuban collaborators are encouraging protests taking place in Bolivia, along with a similar campaign on social media, through accounts of doubtful origin and false profiles, inciting violence against health personnel.

With indignation we have received the news related to the incidents of the authorities acting in Bolivia against our brother collaborators of health in that country.

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The government of the Republic of Ecuador informed the decision to terminate and not renew the six agreements signed with the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba.

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• The anti-Cuban hate campaign, the instigation of violence, must cease, and for this we require that the Bolivian authorities, the acting authorities, do so.

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During the last few hours, several acting authorities in the Plurinational State of Bolivia have presented the idea that Cuban collaborators are encouraging protests taking place in Bolivia, along with a similar campaign on social media, through accounts of doubtful origin and false profiles, inciting violence against health personnel.

MINREX statement

In the last hours different authorities acting in the Plurinational State of Bolivia have presented the idea that Cuban collaborators encourage the protests that are taking place in Bolivia, to which a similar approach in social networks is joined, through accounts of doubtful origin and false profiles that incite violence against health personnel.

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The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, sent congratulatory messages on the occasion of the National Holiday of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to His Majesty Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, and to Premier Hun Sen. The Cambodian people celebrated the 66th anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence on November 9.

Cuba became the first country in the region to ratify the Convention establishing the Caribbean Customs Organization and on mutual administrative assistance in Customs matters. This step was formalized last Friday at the headquarters of the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council located on the island of Saint Lucia. Albert Sandy, Permanent Secretary of this institution, received the instrument of ratification issued by the Republic of Cuba from the Ambassador, Alejandro Simancas.

Havana, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Friday described as slanderous the accusations against four Cuban medical collaborators detained in Bolivia for allegedly financing protests, and demanded their immediate release.

In a post on Twitter, the head of Cuban diplomacy also demanded respect for the physical safety of Cuban personnel in the Andean country and requested guarantees for collaborators' safe return to Cuba.

He called for an end to the political campaign to instigate acts of violence against Cuban personnel.