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Infinite thanks Cuba for the Abdala vaccine that is on my shoulder
By Habibou Jallow (Gambian doctor recently graduated in Cuba) Cuba, a small country in dimension, but huge for its ideas of brotherhood, equality and solidarity with other nations because it shares the little it has, not its left over. Many like me were received and embraced as children of its own with much love and Continue reading
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Cuban Medical Brigade in the Gambia refuses to subversive act of the US
With the triumph of the Cuban Revolution more than 60 years ago, a series of social, political and economic transformations began on the Caribbean island that are still continuing under the premise of a prosperous and sustainable Socialism, despite the aggressions and blockade imposed by successive White House regimes. Currently the world is affected by Continue reading
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We honor the Hero of Yaguajay on the occasion of his physical disappearance
By María Inés Álvarez Garay (*) Commander Camilo Cienfuegos was very loved for his humility, simplicity and frank smile. History highlights him as one of the most important leaders during the revolutionary process that led Cuba to its definitive independence in 1959. The man of a thousand battles contributed to the political education of the Continue reading
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More Cuban doctors in the Gambia, more mutual solidarity
Banjul, Oct 24th.- A new group of Cuban health professionals arrived in the Gambia this Sunday to reinforce the Medical Brigade of the Caribbean island (CMB) that for more than two decades heals and saves lives in this sister nation of West Africa . The doctors and graduates were received at the Banjul airport by Continue reading
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Habibou Jallow, a young Gambian-Cuban defender of Fidel’s Homeland
Cuban Ambassador announces the arrival to the Gambia of new health professionals from his country Banjul, Oct 19.- «I am a Gambian-Cuban defender of Fidel’s Homeland,» said Habibou Jallow, a young man from this West African nation who graduated as doctor in Medicine in 2021 on the Caribbean island. Jallow concluded his studies at the Continue reading
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Health professionals in the Gambia demonstrate their humanitarian work with real deeds
By MSC. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) «(…) In the doctor we need three things: human quality, intellectual quality and the indispensable political-moral quality (…)» Fidel Castro. In Farafenni, a town in the interior of the Gambia, we find Dr. Marcial Reborido Calvi, a First Degree specialist in Comprehensive General dentistry and Master in Community Continue reading
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The Point: Gambian receives highest prestigious medal from Cuba
Oct 14, 2021, 2:03 PM | Article By: Momodou Jawo Modou Grant, a retired accountant and a resident of Kanifing South, who doubles as the president of The Gambia-Cuba Friendship Association has been awarded the highest prestigious medal of Cuba. The award is given to institutions, individuals and organisations including governments who collectively or individually support Continue reading
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Emotions in the Gambia
By Rubén G. Abelenda (*) Banjul. – How many emotions and feelings of mutual brotherhood emerged in an activity that we celebrated this October 8th at the headquarters of our embassy here, where we imposed on the president of the Gambia-Cuba Solidarity Association, Joseph Modou Peh Grant, the Medal of Friendship awarded by the Council Continue reading
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President Díaz-Canel thanks the Virtual Solidarity Meeting of Africa with Cuba
– President of the Cuban Parliament, Esteban Lazo, insists on strengthening relations with Africa Havana, Oct 7 (Agencies) The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, thanked the celebration of the VII African Continental Meeting of Solidarity with the Caribbean nation, which took place this Thursday virtually. Díaz-Canel highlighted the common roots, the struggles and the shared Continue reading
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Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency
The Gambia’s candidate to occupy this high profile position is Dr. Omar Touray. It is the first time in the history of the ECOWAS Commission that The Gambia will occupy the presidency. The position rotates among the member states of the organisation. President Adama Barrow received the news today with delight, saying it is a Continue reading
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They will celebrate African Continental Virtual Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba
– Africa for Cuba Oct 5 – With the aim of continuing to strengthen relations between Africa and Cuba, to raise our voices in defense of truth, unity, peace and in rejection of imperialist threats, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) will celebrate this Thursday, October 7, an African Continental Virtual Meeting Continue reading
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Brave doctors who take lives from death in the Gambia
(*) By. MSC. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay Dr. Carlos Alberto Rosabal Ramírez has in his long professional life two missions in Africa, Angola (2011-2013) and the Republic of the Gambia from 2015 to the present. He graduated from General Practitioner in 1987, and Gynecologist in 1990, he also has a Diploma in Intensive Therapy and Continue reading
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Gambia urges U.S. to end embargo on Cuba
Sep 30, 2021, 12:01 PM | Article By: Pa Modou Cham Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray in her address at the United Nations General Assembly emphasised that The Gambia believes in friendly relations between states as the bedrock of international solidarity and cooperation. In this regard, VP Touray called on the United States to end the Continue reading
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Cuban Health heroes in the Gambia: Dr. Marubia, three missions saving lives in The Gambia
By. Msc. Maria Inés Alvarez Garay Dr. Marubia Rosales Sánchez is a Medicine graduate in 1990, a First and Second Degree specialist in Comprehensive General Medicine, and a Master in medical urgencies and emergencies. In 1999 she arrived in the Republic of the Gambia for the first time, then she returned in 2007 and now Continue reading
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Gambia called on Africa to intensify solidarity with Cuba
Banjul, Sept. 16.- The President of the Gambia-Cuba Friendship Association, Mr. Joseph Modou Peh Grant, called on the peoples and governments of Africa to intensify their solidarity with the Caribbean Island, at a time when the United States is raging. the prolonged and criminal blockade that has been imposed on it for 60 years, in Continue reading
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The Gambia and Cuba advocate for solidarity, friendship and peace
Banjul, Sept. 14th. The Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Mamadou Tangara, and the Cuban Ambassador, H.E. Rubén G. Abelenda, agreed that solidarity, friendship and peace must prevail, more than ever, in these difficult pandemic that humanity lives. The Chancellor of this West African nation received in his office the diplomat of the largest of Continue reading
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CONVOCATION : African Continental Virtual Event of Solidarity with Cuba
Dear friends, The effects of the pandemic prevent the holding of the Seventh African Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, which was agreed to take place in the sisterRepublic of Mozambique from November 23 to 25, 2021. In the face of this situation, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples invites you to participate Continue reading
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Pride for Cuba and The Gambia
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay «The most important thing will have to be their total consecration to the most noble and humane of the trades: saving lives and preserving health. More than doctors, they will be jealous guardians of the most precious of the human being; apostles and creators of a more humane world.» Continue reading
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New Cuban health professionals arrived in the Gambia
By Maria Inés Álvarez Garay (*) Banjul, June 20. – The resurgence of the blockade, the discrediting campaigns against the Cuban Medical Brigades (BMC), nor the continuous attacks by the United States against the largest of the Antilles do not matter. We Cubans continue with firm and gigantic steps by the course that our history Continue reading
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