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Gambian members of the parliament demand lifting of the US blockade of Cuba
Banjul, June 18th. – Members of the Gambia-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group today called on the United States to lift the blockade that it has imposed on the largest of the Antilles for six decades. The legislators of this West African nation expressed that the economic, commercial and financial siege of Washington prevents the Caribbean island Continue reading
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The Gambia acknowledges the work of Cuban doctors in Bansang region
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) – The grateful accompany each other Bansang, The Gambia, June 6th. The Cuban Medical Brigade in the Gambia (CMB) posted in all regions throughout this West African nation, carries out a meritorious work, raising health indices, and improving the quality of life of the population. This weekend, in Continue reading
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¡Long live the brotherhood between Cuba and Africa!
Message from the President of the Cuban National Assembly (ANPP), Esteban Lazo Hernández, to the Pan-African Parliament on the occasion of this May 25, Africa Day Sisters and brothers: On the occasion of Africa Day, a celebration that has a special significance for Cuba given the deep and unbreakable ties uniting us, I would like Continue reading
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The Gambia will always be with Cuba, said honorable Tangara, Minister of Foreign affairs
Banjul, May 25th. -The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Gambia, Mamadou Tangara, reiterated that his country and his people will always be at the side of Cuba, a nation that he described as noble and very supportive. Honorable Tangara received this Monday the Cuban ambassador here, Rubén G. Abelenda, to whom he expressed that Continue reading
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Cuba, 58 years saving lives all along the world
By: MsC. María Inés Álvarez Garay (*) Since the triumph of their revolution, the Cuban people have maintained solidarity with numerous nations on the five continents, a legacy of the humanist thought of the National Hero, José Martí, the Heroic Guerrilla Ernesto Guevara, and the historical leader Fidel Castro. International Cuban medical aid officially began Continue reading
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May frames four memorable dates for the Cuban Medical Brigade in the Gambia
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) Jose Marti, National Hero of Cuba, apostle of independence, politician, philosopher, journalist and poet, promoted the democratic and popular revolution towards the independence of the Caribbean nation against Spanish rule in his country in the 19th century. Founder of the Revolutionary Party in Cuba, Martí fed his spirit Continue reading
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Cuba State Council honored with a Friendship Medal to an outstanding Gambian friend
Banjul, May 18th. – The Council of State of the Republic of Cuba awarded the Medal of Friendship to the president of the Gambian Association of solidarity with the Caribbean nation, Joseph ModouPeh Grant, for his historical and unconditional support to the people of the island and its Revolution. This high decoration, awarded at the Continue reading
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Gambia-Cuba: 42 years of solidarity and mutual cooperation
By Rubén G. Abelenda (*) On May 19th, Gambia and Cuba will celebrate 42 years of the establishment of their diplomatic relations, based from the beginning on the precepts of friendship, solidarity and mutual cooperation. While it is true that Cuba has selflessly collaborated with the Gambia in the health spheres, in the training of Continue reading
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A Cuban child conceived in the Gambia was born
By: MSc. Maria Inés Álvarez Garay (*) This May 5th, a beautiful child was born as a result of the love of two members of the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) in Gambia, Doctors Manuel Yamil Baez, specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology, and Glenis del Carmen Ramírez López, dentist. Both excellent young doctors worked, first, in Continue reading
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The sweetness of a look
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) In the Gambia, one of the smallest countries in West Africa, we find Dr. Minerva Reina Perez, a pediatrician who works at the Farafenni hospital, one of the inland regions of this sister nation. She has dedicated several years of her life assisting Gambian children, they are countless Continue reading
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Unique and successful Health Caravan in the Gambia against the US blockade of Cuba
Banjul, Apr 25.- Gambian health professionals in solidarity with their colleagues from the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) staged in different regions of this West African nation a unique Caravan against the blockade imposed by the United States on the Caribbean island for 60 years. In the middle of Ramadan, a month of fasting, prayer and Continue reading
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Alert Africa! An eventual new neocolonial wave is coming
By Patricio Montesinos In its desperate race to recover lost land on a global level and as part of the geopolitical contest that it stars, the United States organizes an eventual new neocolonial wave in Africa, a region that it has always despised, but in which it has proposed to increase its influence before the Continue reading
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A Gambian doctor friend of Cuba
By MSc. Maria Inés Álvarez Garay (*) Solidarity is, according to the dictionary of the Spanish language, the bond that unites men and peoples in such a way that the well-being of some determines that of others, it is union, adhesion and joint responsibility. «Cuban doctors and I are great friends. They have played a Continue reading
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Massive Caravan in Cuba for global solidarity against the US blockade
– The world demanded this weekend the end of the Washington blockade to the dignified and supportive island of the Caribbean. Havana, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, who participated this Sunday in the caravan against the economic blockade of the United States, thanked the expressions of solidarity with the island received Continue reading
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Ambassador of Cuba in Gambia: Congratulations The Gambia on your historic football triumph
I join in the immense joy of the Gambian people for the great victory of their football team “Scorpions” against their similar “Palancas Negras” from Angola, which allowed them to qualify for the first time in history to the African Cup of Nations, to be celebrated next year in Cameroon. After more than 50 years Continue reading
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Homeland and Life in Africa
By: MSc. María Inés Álvarez Garay (*) «I am going to use a phrase, not definitive, because we must not renounce the idea of Homeland or Death, or the idea of Socialism or Death, and I am going to say as a young deputy said in the National Assembly: Homeland and Life !, Life for Continue reading
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Foreign Minister of Cuba thanks the African Union for its support against the US blockade
Addis Ababa, March 2 .- The Cuban Embassy in this capital delivered a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla addressed to the President of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Hon. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, in which he thanked that regional organization for the adoption of the «Resolution Continue reading
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From Cuba more messages of Congratulations to the Gambia for its Independence Day
Banjul. – The National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba (ANPP) and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People (ICAP) joined in the congratulations sent from the Caribbean island to Gambia for the 56th anniversary of its independence, celebrated this February 18th. On behalf of all the deputies, the president of the ANPP, Esteban Continue reading
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Congratulations Gambia on the Independence Day
Banjul, Feb 18.- On February 18th, 1965, The Gambia achieved its independence from the United Kingdom and on April 24th, 1970, it became a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. The Cuban Medical Brigade in the Gambia congratulates the Gambian people and its government for the Independence Day this February 18th, joining them in their Continue reading
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Cuba Congratulates The Gambia on the 56th Anniversary of its Independence
Banjul, Feb 17.- The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean island, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, congratulated their counterparts from the Gambia, Adama Barrow, and Mamadou Tangara, in separate messages sent on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of the independence of this West African nation. The respective Continue reading
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