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Nearly 50 Percent of Cubans Vaccinated Against COVID-19
Source: TeleSur | Click here for original article In addition, the Caribbean island leads the list of Latin American countries with the highest percentage of people vaccinated. Cuba on Tuesday reached 48.9 percent of its population (5,470,999 people) with the complete Covid-19 vaccination scheme, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported. The scheme includes people…
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Vaccine Developers Declared As 'Work Heroes' In Cuba
Source: TeleSur | Click here for original article Ten Cuban scientists developed the Abdala, Sovereign 02, Sovereign 01, Sovereign Plus COVID-19, and Mambisa vaccines. Cuba’s scientists Gerardo Guillen, Eulogio Pimentel, Marta Ayala, Vicente Verez, Yury Valdes, Dagmar Garcia, Belinda Sanchez, Tammy Boggiano, Eduardo Ojito, and Lorenzo Perez were named “Work Heroes” for their merits in…
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Professor María Guadalupe Guzmán Tiradofor wins UNESCO award for pioneering work in environmental and life sciences
UNESCO and the L’Oréal Foundation have unveiled the winners of this year’s International Prize for Women in Science, which honours five eminent women scientists with exceptional careers from the five regions of the world, as it has done annually since 1998. The importance of science in meeting the major challenges facing us become more compelling…
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Solidarity at Labour Party Conference
After eighteen months and twenty online public meetings CSC was delighted to participate in and host our first face-to-face public meetings, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, in September. At the Labour Party Conference in Brighton we were invited to speak at ‘The World Transformed’, the Young Labour rally, as well as organising a…
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The European Left Rejects The European Parliament’s Proposed Resolution Against Cuba
Source: | Click here for original article THE EUROPEAN LEFT REJECTS THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S PROPOSED RESOLUTION AGAINST CUBA In view of the new resolution against Cuba proposed in the European Parliament today, 16 September 2021, the European Left considers that this resolution constitutes an unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of a country. This is…
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Draft of Cuba's new family code opens door for gay marriage
Source: The Independent | Click here for original article Cuba has released the draft of a new family code that would allow same-sex to marry and adopt as well as give children greater participation in decisions that affect them The draft of a new family code for Cuba released Wednesday proposes allowing same-sex couples to…
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End the Criminal Blockade of Cuba – Bernard Regan, Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Source: Labour Outlook | Click here for original article Bernard Regan, Cuba Solidarity Campaign Secretary, called for support for the Cuban people against the US blockade. He was speaking at a recent solidarity event – “Latin America’s Struggle: Opposing US intervention, Neoliberalism & the Far-Right.” Read his contribution in full below. Cuba has been the…
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Manchester CSC members out in the street to support Cuba last weekend
Manchester CSC members ran a street stall in support of Cuba last weekend. For details of August’s International Caravan Against the Blockade events in Britain please click here. If your CSC group is running any events and want us to publicise them please send details to communications@cuba-solidarity.org.uk.
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Event: Latin America's Struggle: Opposing US Intervention, Neoliberalism & the Far-Right
Source: | Click here for original article Latin America’s Struggle: Opposing US Intervention, Neoliberalism & the Far-Right, with guests from across the region. Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 6:30pm(UK Time) An in depth look at the some of the most important struggles in the region, from Peru’s electoral victory to ending the blockage on Cuba PLUS…
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Cuban Scientists Write Letter to Biden Rejecting ‘Failed State’ Claim
Source: Resumen | Click here for original article President Biden: You recently referred to Cuba at a White House saying: ‘I would be prepared to give significant amounts of vaccines if… an international organization would administer those vaccines and do it in a way that average citizens would have access to those vaccines.’ You also…