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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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President Díaz-Canel underscores Cuba’s unity and talent to face Covid-19
Havana, May 11 (Prensa Latina) The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, emphasized that the anti-Covid-19 vaccination of 70 percent of the population for August, despite the United States blockade, shows the unity and talent of the town. Through his Twitter account, the President urged «to dedicate our body and soul to achieve a vaccination strategy 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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Religious Organizations in the US reject sanctions against Cuba
Washington, May 5 (Prensa Latina) US Religious and Faith Organizations asked in a letter to the Government of President Joe Biden, the lifting of the sanctions imposed by the administration of former President Donald Trump that are still in force. A total of 16 entities of this type signed the letter addressed to the secretaries Continue reading
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Cuba thanks international solidarity in the midst of the blockade and Covid-19
Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez thanked those from different parts of the world, who amid the impact of the US blockade and the Covid-19 pandemic, send aid to the Caribbean Country. Through his official Twitter account, the Foreign Minister also expressed gratitude to those Cubans living abroad who support their 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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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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President Díaz-Canel elected as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
Havana, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) elected this Monday the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, as the first secretary of the leading political formation of the Caribbean nation. In its first plenary meeting, the new Central Committee voted by the delegates to the 8th Congress Continue reading
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Raúl Castro announces his retirement, but ready to always defend Cuba and just causes
– Raúl ratified Cuba’s solidarity with Africa and the Caribbean Havana, Apr 18 (Agencies) No one doubts it, that as long as I live, I will be ready to defend the Homeland, the Revolution and Socialism, said Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, who announced the conclusion of his task as First Secretary of the Communist Continue reading
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A Giron just the same but different
By MSc. Maria Inés Álvarez Garay (*) «That the tanks do not stop until the mats are wet with the water from the beach, because every minute that these mercenaries are on our soil entails an affront to our country.» Fidel Castro Between April 17th and 19th , 1961, troops from the 2506 brigade under Continue reading
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Cuba’s Soberana Plus vaccine protects against Covid-19 reinfection
Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) A single dose of Cuba’s vaccine candidate Soberana Plus can protect people against Covid-19 reinfection and improve their immune response to variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, health authorities announced on Tuesday. At a press conference on Cuban television, Dr. Rolando Ochoa, a researcher with the Finlay Vaccines Institute (IFV) and Continue reading
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Cuba will virtually celebrate International Workers’ Day
Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina)- The Cuban Workers’ Central (CTC) and its national unions convened this Monday the virtual celebration of the upcoming May 1 with the slogan United: We do Cuba. The International Workers’ Day, preceded by the days of the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, will focus its activities on Continue reading
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Como Girón, los candidatos vacunales cubanos son otra gran victoria
Por Rubén G. Abelenda (*) Como el triunfo alcanzado en Girón, en 1961, frente a la invasión mercenaria de EE.UU., los proyectos de fármacos cubanos contra la Covid19 son hoy ya otra gran victoria del pueblo de la mayor de Antillas, en medio del arreciado bloqueo que le mantiene Washington desde hace 60 años. La Continue reading
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Cuban President highlights European solidarity against US campaign
Havana, Apr 8 (Agencias) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today highlighted the solidarity that Europe is demonstrating against the ruthless and infamous US campaign to denigrate the island. Through his Twitter account, the president also ratified the position of defense of the sovereignty and independence of the largest of the Antilles. «We face severe difficulties without Continue reading
"An Island on a Continent" 