Carlos J Finlay: the imprint that makes him unique
Havana, 14 August 2022. When on August 14, 1881 Carlos J Finlay discovered the mode of transmission of infectious diseases by sucking insects, he did not calculate then, how much good he did to humanity.
At the Royal Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences in Havana, the world-class scientist from Camagüey revealed that yellow fever was transmitted through the female Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Cuba continues search for missing persons after fire
Havana, 14 August 2022. Experts of Forensic Medicine and Criminalistics, as well as anthropologists, are on Saturday searching for those missing in the large-scale fire in the western Cuban province of Matanzas.
About 60 specialists are working in several delimited quadrants, where the remains of the firemen who tried during the first hours to prevent the spread of the flames caused by a lightning on August 5, on a fuel tank at the Matanzas Supertanker Base are supposed to be.
Cuba evokes Fidel Castro, a world-class leader of the Revolution
Havana, August 13, 2022. Considered one of the decisive figures of the 20th century, Fidel Castro and the Revolution he led surpassed the borders of Cuba, which is paying tribute to him on Saturday on his 96th birthday.
The anti-imperialist and national liberation movement that led to victory on January 1, 1959, became the stage for him to deploy his genius as a strategist and statesman when the world was going through the tensions of the Cold War between the United States and the then Soviet Union.
Cuban Foreign Minister received Colombian government delegation
Havana, 11 August 2022. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla received on Thursday a delegation from the Colombian government that traveled to Havana to begin talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN) to resume peace talks.
On a Twitter thread, Rodriguez appreciated the statement made by Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva, in which he called for an end to the illegitimate designation of Cuba as a State sponsor of terrorism by the U.S. Government.
US blockade, major obstacle to aid Cuba
Washington, 11 August 2022. The US blockade against Cuba is regarded nowadays as major drawback for solidarity organizations to aid Cuba following a devastating fire in Matanzas, the Common Dreams website said.