News from Cuba

News from Cuba

Selected domestic and international news items relating to events or issues affecting Cuba.

The Heberferon project was a colossal, rewarding effort that has saved lives.

Interferon in Cuba, a prophecy come true

Fidel inaugurated the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in 1986, where interferon was first produced 39 years ago, now…
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Cuban Epidemiologist

Cuba in favorable range on COVID-19 evolutionary curve, but strict preventative measures remain in place

Cuba in favorable range on COVID-19 evolutionary curve, but strict preventative measures remain in place The country’s national director of…
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Díaz-Canel: In facing Covid-19, everyone depends on every one of us

Díaz-Canel: In facing Covid-19, everyone depends on every one of us

Díaz-Canel: In facing Covid-19, everyone depends on every one of usDíaz-Canel emphasizes majority support for measures adopted and recognized the…
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Medical team from Cuba

Cuba offers its hand to the Caribbean

Cuba offers its hand to the CaribbeanOver the last week, brigades from the Henry Reeve International Medical Contingent have departed…
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Medics and paramedics from Cuba

US pressures countries to reject Cuban aid during coronavirus pandemic

US pressures countries to reject Cuban aid during coronavirus pandemic THE United States has launched a stunning attack on Cuba’s…
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Cuban doctors are flown to several countries around the world to help combat the coronavirus outbreak.

Cuba Comes to Italy's Aid by Sending Team of Doctors and Nurses

Cuba Comes to Italy's Aid by Sending Team of Doctors and NursesPublished: 22 March 2020“We are all afraid but we…
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Eulogio Pimentel, director of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB)

Cuba has medicines for thousands of possible cases of COVID-19

Cuba has medicines for thousands of possible cases of COVID-19The protocol envisaged on the island to deal with the coronavirus…
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Cuba will accept and assist travelers on British cruise ship MS Braemar

Cuba will accept and assist travelers on British cruise ship MS Braemar

Cuba will accept and assist travelers on British cruise ship MS BraemarMinistry of Foreign Affairs Statement Author: MINREX | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,…
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Contacts of Italian tourists with Covid-19 are asymptomatic and quarantined

Contacts of Italian tourists with Covid-19 are asymptomatic and quarantined

Contacts of Italian tourists with Covid-19 are asymptomatic and quarantinedAuthor: Escambray Digital | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 12, 2020All have been placed under…
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Cuban health system ready for Covid-19

Cuban health system ready for Covid-19

Cuban health system ready for Covid-19 Author: Abel Reyes Montero | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. march 9, 2020 Training of health professionals and…
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The Los Pinos mini-processing plant produces the best guava paste distributed by Ceballos, and possibly the best in Cuba.

The socialist state enterprise is key to the country’s prosperity

The socialist state enterprise is key to the country’s prosperityThe Ceballos Agroindustrial Combine in Ciego de Avila has been praised…
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Last October, Russian President Vladimir Putin received his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel at the Kremlin in Moscow.

Russia and Cuba sign largest contract in recent history and Putin accepts Diaz-Canel’s invitation to visit Cuba

Russia and Cuba sign largest contract in recent history and Putin accepts Diaz-Canel’s invitation to visit CubaAuthor: International news staff…
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