Cuban drug could save thousands of lives in coronavirus pandemic

March 17, 2020 The Morning 0

CUBAN medicine could treat thousands of coronavirus patients as production of a “flagship” drug known to combat the disease is set to increase significantly, pharmaceutical bosses said at a press conference on Friday. President of the BioCubaFarma group Eduardo Martinez explained that the socialist island has developed 22 drugs that Read more

Cuba Confirms Three Positive Cases of Coronavirus

March 12, 2020 Telesur 0

The people who had contact with the three patients were transferred to an isolation center. The Cuban Ministry of Public Health confirmed Wednesday night that three Italian tourists who arrived on the Caribbean island last Monday tested positive for the new coronavirus. Four Italian tourists from Lombardy were identified by the Read more

Cuba Has No COVID-19 Cases so Far but Remains Alert

March 9, 2020 Telesur 0

The Cuban health system has professionals and medicines to successfully face epidemiological challenges. Cuba’s National Public Health System authorities Thursday reported that its nation does not register cases of Covid-19, a disease that affects 114,000 people in more than 100 countries and territories around the world. espite the U.S. blockade against their revolution, the Cubans have Read more

Neighbors

December 29, 2019 John Miksad 0

The sun rises eyes open the market opens too a worker stocks shelves with corn, tomatoes, and onions preparing for the day a mother makes breakfast her little girl washes her face and dresses for school she eats breakfast while watching cartoons on television  good bye kisses and hugs are Read more

90 miles of heart: Food also builds bridges at Atelier

December 17, 2019 Cubapaladar 0

When I was a child and someone told me not to do something and I couldn’t understand why, eventually I would end up finding a way to do it. This is precisely what CODEPINK’s leader Medea Benjamin is doing. She is defying all these incomprehensible Trump’s adiministration restrictions, and she’s Read more

Five-Year Anniversary: Forward Then Backward

December 7, 2019 Beverly Burke 1

In one week, CODEPINK and ProximityCuba will lead a large group of travelers to Cuba on a meaningful visit in support of the Cuban people and to commemorate a significant anniversary. December 17 will be the fifth anniversary of the restoration of normal diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba. Read more

Twitter joins the anti-Cuba movement – Progreso Weekly

October 15, 2019 Progreso Weekly 0

On the eve of a major conference to discuss the country’s deepening economic crisis, Cuba’s leadership suddenly found themselves without the use of one of social media’s most ubiquitous platforms. The incident occurred [recently] when Twitter, utilized by more than 100 million people around the world, inexplicably shut down the Read more

Travel to Cuba in December

October 8, 2019 Medea Benjamin 1

Dear friends, I want to personally invite you to travel with me to Cuba from December 14-21 (or December 14-18 if you can’t stay that long). We at CODEPINK set these dates to commemorate better times, when President Obama restored diplomatic relations on December 17, 2014, and to call for Read more