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President Díaz-Canel, Raul Castro

Raúl Castro and Díaz-Canel lead tribute to guerrilla front in eastern Cuba

Raúl Castro and Díaz-Canel lead tribute to guerrilla front in eastern Cuba
The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro Ruz, and the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel led a celebration on Monday for the 65th anniversary of the Third Eastern Front ‘Mario Muñoz’, in the Sierra Maestra.

Author: Radio Habana Cuba | internet@granma.cu

march 7, 2023 08:03:21

Photo: Estudios Revolución
Havana, March 6 (RHC)– The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro Ruz, and the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel led a celebration on Monday for the 65th anniversary of the Third Eastern Front ‘Mario Muñoz’, in the Sierra Maestra.

The top leaders talked with local authorities and the population. They recalled that the rebel command was opened by the then guerrilla commander Juan Almeida Bosque (1927-2009), recognized as one of the legends of the Cuban heroic deeds.

In the middle of the mountainous massif, the main one of the national geography, the mausoleum to the martyrs of that enclave of the Rebel Army, among them the mausoleum of its chief, stands in the Loma de la Esperanza.

With 57 combatants and in an area of more than six thousand kilometers, the guerrilla detachment took the name of the doctor of the assault on the Moncada barracks, led by young revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro Ruz, on July 26, 1953 in pursuit of the overthrow of dictator Fulgencio Batista (1952-1958).

The Third Front was decisive in the strategic conception to face the offensive of the Batista Army, which with about 10 thousand members intended to defeat the rebel forces with a powerful deployment of men and means in the eastern mountains.

Likewise, it was decisive in the actions of the so-called Santiago Operation and in the combats that made possible the revolutionary victory on January 1, 1959, announced that night by Fidel from the balconies of the City Hall in the heart of the city of Santiago de Cuba.

Photo: Estudios Revolución
 

Cuban industry, Cuban Medicine

Cuba develops new hip prosthesis

Cuba develops new hip prosthesis
Cuba presented a homegrown hip prosthesis to meet the domestic demand, especially among the elderly, a demographic segment that represents a little more than 20 percent of the population.

Author: Radio Habana Cuba | internet@granma.cu

february 17, 2023 08:02:50

Photo: Estudios Revolución

Havana, Feb 16 (RHC) Cuba presented a homegrown hip prosthesis to meet the domestic demand, especially among the elderly, a demographic segment that represents a little more than 20 percent of the population.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel described as a success of Cuban science the prototype that was unveiled during the regular meeting of experts and scientists on medical issues.
According to information from the Presidency of the Republic, the project is the result of collaboration among several institutions, including the Public Health Ministry and the Union of Military Industry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).
Companies, universities, and private stockholders also participated, among them the self-employed worker Osbel Fleitas, who devised a welding machine, an innovative and essential element for the production of the prostheses.
In November 2022, the Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED) granted Exceptional Use Authorization to this product, which is currently in Phase III of Clinical Trials, which has allowed its use in 38 patients.
The specialist in orthopedics and traumatology Roberto Balmaseda said that the people treated at the Fructuoso Rodriguez Hospital have not presented any technical complications during the surgical procedure, nor are there any adverse reactions or infections after the implants.
The expert considered that in the medium term, Cuba will be in a position to obtain technological sovereignty regarding these prostheses, since the industry is currently capable of producing 150 of these devices every month.
Diaz-Canel pointed out that beyond what has been achieved, this work opens the way for the development of other kinds of prostheses that are also needed in the country. (Source: PL)

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Cuba /Africa

Cuba thanks Africa for its support against the U.S. blockade

Cuba thanks Africa for its support against the U.S. blockade
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez today thanked the peoples and leaders of African nations for their permanent support for the island in the face of the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial blockade.

Author: Radio Habana Cuba | internet@granma.cu

february 20, 2023 10:02:02

Havana, Feb 19 (RHC) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez today thanked the peoples and leaders of African nations for their permanent support for the island in the face of the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial blockade.

In his Twitter profile, the top representative of Cuban diplomacy highlighted that the XXXVI Summit of the African Union (AU) adopted, for the 14th consecutive time, a resolution rejecting the illegal U.S. blockade.

The AU Heads of State Assembly, held in Ethiopia, culminated today after two days of debates with the theme Accelerating the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Zone, aimed at creating a single market, as well as an area of free movement of people and monetary union.

Constituted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, the AU summit is the supreme decision-making body, whose responsibility is to determine policies, set priorities and adopt its annual program. (Source: Prensa Latina)

CUBA, Mexico, Solidarity

López Obrador ratifies to lead the movement against the US blockade of Cuba

López Obrador ratifies to lead the movement against the US blockade of Cuba
The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ratified he will lead an international movement against the blockade of Cuba, which he described as an offense against humanity.


Author: Radio Habana Cuba | internet@granma.cu

february 14, 2023 08:02:17


Mexico City, Feb 14 (RHC) The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ratified he will lead an international movement against the blockade of Cuba, which he described as an offense against humanity.
In his press conference at the National Palace, the president said that the United States blockade against Cuba is inhuman, an issue that has to do with an ideological charge that nullifies the right of people to act independently and freely.
López Obrador described that with the incorporation into the list of terrorist countries, promoted by the government of Donald Trump and maintained by Joe Biden, food or medicines cannot reach the Island.
He said that Cubans living in the United States are not allowed to send support. When they put Cuba on a list of terrorist countries, he explained, it means that institutions or embassies cannot even open a bank account because they are on the list of allegedly terrorist countries. It is an offense to the Statue of Liberty, it is an offense to human dignities, he affirmed.
He recalled that in the past, under the government of Barack Obama, actions were carried out that reduced its impact, but later it hardened.
Cuba has helped other countries achieve peace agreements, but it is singled out as such due to pure ideological charges, self-interest, pure electoral politics or to obtain other concessions. We are going to try to persuade the United States to change this policy, he said.
On the other hand, in immigration matters, more and more Americans are speaking out against the practices covered by the Monroe Doctrine, but in electoral situations, other sectors radicalize their speeches by pressing to obtain more votes, they want to seize undocumented workers as pretexts. (Prensa Latina)

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