British academic, Helen Yaffe, has nominated Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Contingent to receive the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for their contribution to tackling COVID-19 in 39 countries around the world. “Having researched the development of Cuba’s public healthcare system and its ‘medical internationalism’, I appeal to the Nobel […]
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Britain and Cuba: union and solidarity
The need to show solidarity with Cuba, which not only faces a decades-long blockade, but also a smear campaign against its progress in its fight to confront the coronavirus, is the topic to be discussed on September 30. The virtual meeting is “United in solidarity: building friendship and understanding […]
Covid cannot end dancing
With the pandemic, time seems to move slower for a ballerina like Viengsay Valdés, who used to go from theatre to theatre around the world. Martha Sánchez She has never been away from the stage for such a long time, but it was inevitable with the pandemic and […]
Ascanio Cuba: muralist and immigrant
He is 32 years old and since he left his country, he has had a very personal mission: to capture it in his works and create an ‘artistic bridge’ between his homeland and his host country. Frank González A dozen murals made by himself or with other painters […]
Seduced by Cuba and the heroes of silence
Fabrizio Sansoni arrived in Cuba at the end of 2019, when Havana was celebrating the 500th anniversary of its founding. It was love at first sight.