Health Care in Cuba and America by Stephen Lendman Tuesday Jul 5th, 2011 12:57 AM Under Article 50 of Cuba’s Constitution: “Everyone has the right to health protection and care. The state guarantees this right: — by providing free medical and hospital care by means of the installations of the rural medical service network, polyclinics, […]
July 6, 2011
Reflections by Comrade Fidel A BRILLIANT AND COURAGEOUS STATEMENT Attending to other matters that are now top priority, I momentarily strayed from the frequency with which I had been writing reflections in the year 2010; however, Hugo Chávez Frías’ proclamation last Thursday the 30th, obliges me to write these lines. The president of Venezuela is […]
June 21, 2011
Haitian president’s pick for prime minister rejected Martelly’s first, big political defeat. Given that both Bill and Hillary Clinton are Martelly’s new, best friends, I imagine they will try to find a way to dissolve Parliament. Martelly Launches Health Week in Haiti, Travels to U.S. for Routine Check-up Martelly could have stayed in Haiti and […]
July 30, 2010
The translation is a bit rough, but the message comes through clearly. GRANMA INTERNATIONAL Havana. July 29, 2010 SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE Cuba has not forgotten Haiti Leticia Martínez Hernández SIX months have passed, but it seems like yesterday when, on that January 12, the faces of this agitated, forgetful world turned toward Haiti, […]
July 16, 2010
Below is an excerpt of the Doctors Without Borders six month report on Haiti. The full report is available here. Introduction: One Million Under Canvas The disaster in Haiti was such an intense blow to a poor and densely packed urban population that it presented new challenges of scale and complexity on every level […]
April 1, 2010
Cuban FM, Bruno Rodriguez Parilla, at 3/31 Haiti donors’ confernce, United Nations Most of the participants in yesterday’s donor meeting repeated one another and pledged money that may or may not be donated to Haiti reconstruction. In stark contrast, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez had to race through his speech in order to cover the long list […]
July 6, 2011
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