Cuban Medicine, U.S. sanctions on Cuba

The United States announced visa restrictions related to Cuba’s international medical cooperation.

The United States announced visa restrictions related to Cuba’s international medical cooperation.

U.S. Secretary of State accuses Cuba of exporting “exploited labor”, as part of a campaign to discredit the prestige of Cuban medical missions

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february 26, 2025 11:02:35

The decision of the U.S. Government intends to affect the health services of millions in Cuba and the world. Photo: Araquém Alcántara 

The United States will expand the policy of restricting visas related to Cuba, which will now involve the suspension of those associated with the island’s international medical cooperation agreements.

This would restrict the issuance of visas to Cuban and third country government officials, qualified as “alleged accomplices”, as well as to persons responsible for this international medical care program.

The action, which constitutes the seventh aggression against the Caribbean nation in a month, was announced on Tuesday by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who once again puts his personal agenda ahead of the interests of his government.

This is how the position of the American politician was described by the member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who also pointed out in X that the announced decision, based on falsehoods and coercion, intends to affect the health services of millions in Cuba and in the world, to benefit special interest groups for which Rubio does guarantee the squandering of funds of the American taxpayer.

The U.S. Secretary of State accuses Cuba of exporting “exploited labor”, as part of a campaign to discredit the prestige of Cuban medical missions, launched during Donald Trump’s first presidential term (2017-2021).

In that period, during which the pandemic of Covid-19 was raging, 58 Cuban medical brigades worked in 42 countries in Europe, America, Africa, Asia and Oceania in the care, treatment and prevention of this scourge.

As the Cuban Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stated, these accusations seek to associate the island with practices of “modern slavery” and “human trafficking” for the purpose of exploitation, or alleged interference in the internal affairs of the States in which they are located.

The U.S. persecution began in Latin America, and has forced the end of cooperation programs in Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia.

IN MORE THAN 60 YEARS:
Since 1963, more than 600,000 health workers have provided their services in all latitudes.

ASSISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
Peru (1970).
Nicaragua (1972),
Mexico (1985),
Armenia (1988),
Iran (1990),
Algeria (2003),
Pakistan (2005);

AFTER HURRICANES, FLOODS AND TSUNAMIS
Honduras (1974-1998),
Nicaragua (1988-1998),
Guatemala (1998),
Venezuela (1999), Guyana (2005).
Guyana (2005).
Sri Lanka and Indonesia (2005)

DENGUE EPIDEMIC IN CENTRAL AMERICA:
In El Salvador, Ecuador. Nicaragua and Honduras (2000-2003)

Ministry of Public Health

Cuba sovereign and independent

The 130th anniversary of the beginning of the struggle for independence was commemorated in Baire

The spirit of Baire needs to be multiplied

The 130th anniversary of the beginning of the struggle for independence was commemorated in Baire, the historic town of Santiago de Cuba, and in Santa Ifigenia there were offerings from Raúl, Díaz-Canel, Lazo and the Cuban people

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february 25, 2025 10:02:29

The new generations reaffirmed their commitment to the Revolution, unique in historical continuity. Photo: Estudios Revolución

Baire, Santiago de Cuba. -Once again, the mambisa reveille and the call of Freedom or Death echoed from the Revolution Park of Baire, along with the words of Colonel Florencio Salcedo, 130 years ago: “Enough of cockfights, it is time to fight with men and not with animals for the independence of Cuba. If you want to see Cuba free, come with us to the square”.
This is how the Homeland celebrated, in Baire, the date that marked the continuity of the struggle for independence -February 24, 1895, with the beginning of the Necessary War conceived by José Martí-, in an act headed by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez; the member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee, Roberto Morales Ojeda; Party and Government leaders at different levels, and military chiefs.
The commitment of the new generations with the Revolution, unique, by historical continuity, was ratified by the young Yetsi Gamez Marín.
That date, whose unquestionable symbolism is maintained throughout history -as in the proclamation of the 1976 and 2019 constitutions-, was “the demonstration that the flame of rebellion had not been extinguished (…) charged with sense for justice (…) consensus and unity”, expressed Roberto Morales Ojeda, in the central words.
That is why we returned to Baire, he affirmed, “as the Commander-in-Chief did days before the triumph of the Revolution (…) and we confirmed that our struggle has not ended (…) Cuba requires that we do things right. The spirit of Baire needs to be multiplied”.
Floral offerings were placed by the President before the busts and the obelisk located in the Revolution Park -built by the veterans in the first years of the Republic-, and the people made the traditional and multitudinous pilgrimage, led by the cavalry to the local cemetery, where four generals and several fighters of the independence war rest.
It could not miss, in such a significant day, the homage to the Apostle José Martí in his mausoleum, located in the patrimonial cemetery Santa Ifigenia. There they placed floral offerings sent by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution; by President Díaz-Canel; by the head of the National Assembly of People’s Power, Esteban Lazo Hernández, and one on behalf of the people of Cuba.

Cuban Sovereignty

Cuba denounces that USAID allocated more than $120 million dollars to destabilize the country

Cuba denounces that USAID allocated more than $120 million dollars to destabilize the country

Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, revealed on Tuesday the amount of millions of dollars that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) allocated to promote a government transition on the island

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february 20, 2025 08:02:47

The U.S. government has backed financially and in large amounts, several initiatives both internal and external to Cuba, all with the objective of dismantling the Cuban Revolution. Photo: Hispan TV 

USAID is in the middle of an investigation for possible corruption.

Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, revealed on Tuesday the millionaire amount that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) allocated to promote a government transition on the island.

Through his account in X, the Cuban Foreign Minister indicated that USAID used more than 120 million dollars to support several projects with the aim of destabilizing the Caribbean island.

The Foreign Minister repudiated the constant pressure and economic exhaustion of the United States towards the Cuban population, but insisted that they will not succeed in annihilating the Revolution.

Over the course of the month, both Rodriguez and Miguel Diaz-Canel, the Cuban president, have denounced in X the USAID support to subversive activities. According to them, the agency allocated 61 million dollars between 2001 and 2006 to 142 projects and illicit actions directed against the island.

Currently, USAID is in the midst of a possible corruption investigation, after the new administration of Donald Trump in the United States decided to freeze funding for the agency.

For decades, the U.S. government has supported financially and in large amounts, various initiatives both internal and external to Cuba, all with the goal of dismantling the Cuban Revolution.

Cuban Education

When knowledge becomes a solution

When knowledge becomes a solution

The Carlos J. Finlay Order was awarded to 28 personalities of the Cuban scientific community

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february 21, 2025 09:02:46

Urgent results are needed from the scientific community in all branches of society. Photo Photo: Estudios Revolución

Twenty-eight prominent men and women of science were awarded, on Thursday afternoon, with the Carlos J. Finlay Order, in an act headed by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
The Order was awarded to researchers from the Ministries of Public Health, Science, Technology and Environment, Interior and the BioCubaFarma Group, by means of Presidential Decrees 950 and 952, and at the proposal of the Ministers of Minsap and Citma.
In the Portocarrero Hall of the Palace of the Revolution, the award was presented by the Cuban President, as well as by the members of the Political Bureau, Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister, and Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, General Secretary of the Workers’ Central Union of Cuba.
The Carlos J. Finlay Order is awarded to Cuban and foreign citizens, in recognition of extraordinary merits and valuable contributions to the development of natural or social sciences, scientific or research activities, which have contributed in an exceptional way to the progress of sciences and for the benefit of humanity, and especially to the preservation and improvement of health, and the welfare of the people.
The ceremony, attended by Party and Government leaders, was a moment of great significance for the Cuban scientific community; it was a tribute to women and men with a high scientific performance and significant contributions in their areas of knowledge.
Dr. Santiago Dueñas Carrera stressed that in the history of Cuba there are enough and important examples of people dedicated to science, and among them Dr. Carlos J. Finlay, so he thanked, on behalf of the laureates, this Order, while it is a responsibility, he said, with the hundreds and hundreds of women and men who do science in Cuba today.
He stressed that the award is a recognition to the collective work and dedication of professionals from different areas of knowledge who work from a scientific and innovative approach, so that now the challenge that is on us, he said, is to achieve greater impact in the scientific work.
It is a challenge, he added, to find solutions to the problems that Cuba faces as a society; and results are urgently needed from the scientific community in all branches.
Dr. Dueñas Carrera also praised the work with young people, because youth, he said, is a relay and a fundamental link to promote development.