US newspaper highlights training of doctors in Cuba
Washington, February 14
A United States newspaper today highlighted the training program at the Latin American School of Medical Sciences (ELAM) in Cuba, especially for students residing in less favored communities in this country.
The North Carolina newspaper The Herald Sun published a report entitled "To become the doctor she wants to be, the Raleigh native will study medicine in Cuba," in which it delved into the subject through the story of the young African American Joyce Malanda.
Seattle caravans call for the end of US blockade against Cuba
Washington, February 15
Caravans calling for the end of the US blockade against Cuba will take to the streets of Seattle on February 27, as part of a movement in support of Cuba.
“Help us spread the word that it is time to stop punishing the Cuban people for making a revolution. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, it is rather important than ever to stop stifling the Cuban people,” organizers said.
Prosecutions stemming from July 11-12 disturbances advance
All defendants attended their trials with the representation of a lawyer, either one they hired or one appointed by the court as needed
Photo: Courtesy of the People’s Supreme Court
Thousands of requests to Biden to lift US blockade on Cuba
Messages from people in the United States, Cuba and other parts of the world went directly to Biden's Twitter account with the exhortation to eliminate the coercive measures that cause suffering to the Cuban family
WASHINGTON, February 10. — Instead of walls, what is needed today is to build bridges of love, according to the feelings of thousands of people who asked President Joe Biden to lift the United States blockade on Cuba.
Cuba, world’s third country with one Covid-19 vaccine dose
Havana, February 8
Cuba reports 10,581,126 people with at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, a figure that places the country in the third place among the world in this indicator.
The updated figures from Oxford University’s statistics website, Our World in Data, show that only the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Portugal are ahead of Cuba, which is followed by Brazil, the United States, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Bangladesh and Russia, in the top 10.