US designates Cuba as a “sponsor of terrorism”
Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Padilla criticized the move and called it hypocritical and cynical
Why Cuban doctors deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
Amid continued attacks on Cuban doctors who are on the front-lines of battling COVID-19 across the world, Vijay Prashad makes a case for why they deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
Cuba’s vaccine candidate “Sovereign” begins clinical trials today
Cuba’s vaccine candidate is the first from the Latin America and the Caribbean region and marks a continuation of its pioneering work in combating COVID-19 across the world
Cuba’s doctors to the rescue
The efforts by Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade have been the most significant example of medical internationalism during the COVID-19 pandemic. The brigade was set up in 2005 by Fidel Castro.
Why should Cuban doctors receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK discusses the campaign to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Cuba’s Henry Reeve medical brigade
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