Desperate to save her mother, a friend of mine paid 1,500 pesos for a blister pack (three pills) of Azithromycin. Two days ago, a colleague decried on Facebook the illegal sale of the same pills at a price of 4,000 pesos! As if their value in the black market was proportional to the worsening of the pandemic.
US Blockade Prevents Cubans from Accessing the Internet
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that the US blockade prevents Cubans from freely accessing the Internet.
Cuban foreign minister calls for unity to tackle global warming
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla called today for international cooperation and the full implementation of the Paris Convention and Agreement to curb global warming and noted that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that failure to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions will make it impossible to reach the goal of limiting global warming to around 1.5ºC or even 2ºC.
Not one pregnant woman died in Cuba of COVID-19 in 2020
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez remarked today that the Island mourned no deceases of pregnant women in 2020.
Cuban science has risen to the COVID-19 challenge, says Díaz-Canel
“In an innovative and altruistic manner, Cuban science has been able to cope with the challenges posed by COVID-19,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote today on his Twitter account.
Cuba on early alert for Tropical Storm Fred, President says
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote today on his Twitter account that the island is on early alert due to the formation of Tropical Storm Fred and remarked that increasing rainfall is expected Thursday.
Virtual contest on the ozone layer is announced again
The Ozone Technical Office (OTOZ) renewed its call for the second virtual contest on the preservation of the Earth’s shield against the sun’s UV radiation, which damage people’s immune system, eyesight, skin, and life in general.
Newly graduated medical students to fight COVID-19 in Cuba’s worst hit provinces
Silveira Cañamero is one of the members of the Ernesto Che Guevara Contingent of young graduates from the Isle of Youth who will soon be fighting the pandemic in the most affected provinces.
Two eternal young men, Frank and Fidel, evoked on a single date
Two eternal youths: Frank and Fidel is the theme chosen by local institutions under the province of Santiago de Cuba’s Center for Cultural Heritage (CPPC) to evoke these two great men of history on Youth Day—August 12—and on the following day, the 95th birthday of the Commander in Chief.
Tropical Storm Fred nears Dominican Republic
The Institute of Meteorology reports in its tropical cyclone warning No. 2 that during this early morning tropical storm Fred was moving south of Puerto Rico and bringing heavy rains formed near its center of circulation. Fred has gained in organization, although its maximum sustained winds remain at 65 km/h and its minimum central pressure is still 1009 hP.
New measures to curb COVID-19 in western Cuba
Urban quarantines in several municipalities and more isolation units for positive and suspected cases are two of the main measures suggested by the province of Artemisa’s Temporary Working Group (GTT) to tackle COVID-19 transmission in the region.
Cuba Recalls Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel recalled on Monday the atomic bombardment of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, at the orders of the United States administration.
Cuban President Welcomes Olympic Delegation Back Home
Cuban President and top Communist Party Leader Miguel Diaz-Canel welcomed the island’s athletes who contested Tokyo’s Olympics after taking the 14 position by countries.
Cuba's Institute of Meteorology informed of forecasts of low-pressure areas in the Atlantic Ocean
The Cuban Institute of Meteorology reported today on two areas of low pressure, one east of the Lesser Antilles Arc and the other over central Atlantic waters, which could reach some tropical development in the coming hours.
Diaz-Canel presides over exchange with the legal sector
The first secretary of the central committee of the communist party of Cuba and president of the country, Miguel Diaz-Canel, presides over today in Havana an exchange with representatives of the legal sector, including academicians and students.
Transportation of food donations guaranteed in eastern Cuba
More than 65 means of transport from different local production and service centers are ready to distribute the goods donated to Cuba by friendly countries in solidarity with the complex epidemiological situation in the Island.