Cuban Doctors

Fidel Castro’s Legacy Lives on as Cuba Keeps Sending ‘Doctors, not Bombs’ All across the World

March 2, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Imperial Wars, Paths to Emancipation

by Daniel Kovalik, published on Resumen English, February 19, 2023 In the immediate aftermath of the recent devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, Cuba dispatched medical teams to the affected areas to provide care to victims. Their departure was marked by a farewell ceremony, which featured a large photo of Fidel Castro. It was quite appropriate, for the international medical[…]

Mexico’s AMLO Announces Campaign Against US Blockade of Cuba

February 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Latin America, Mexico

by Ben Norton, published on Geopolitical Economy, February 13, 2023 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Mexico will lead an international movement to end the US government’s “inhumane” blockade against Cuba. Praising Fidel Castro as a “visionary”, AMLO denounced neoliberalism and pledged support for universal public healthcare and education. Mexico’s progressive President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that his country[…]

Capital of California Seeks Medical Exchange with Cuba

November 16, 2020 UNAC Editor Cuba, Public Health, Resistance

Published on TeleSUR English, November 11, 2020 This little bit of news from TeleSUR shows that regardless of the US Government stance, the US people would like to open up to Cuba. These people, all members of local governments, are not fooled by federal government propaganda, and when their personal welfare is at issue, they will break with the state[…]

US Failure to Recognize Cuba’s Medical Efforts

October 11, 2020 UNAC Editor Cuba, Socialism

by Dan Kovalik, published on MLT, September 29, 2020 As clamor grows for Cuban doctors to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their international work during the pandemic, the US continues to oppose their efforts. It cannot be seen to endorse the idea that the socialist system works. In his book, In Cuba, the late Liberation Catholic priest Father Ernesto Cardinal[…]

A Decaying Empire: Residual Terrorism and Barbaric Fundamentalism

May 6, 2020 UNAC Editor Cuba, US Hypocrisy

by Stella Calloni, published by Internationalist 360°, May 1, 2020 The attack against the headquarters of the Cuban Embassy in Washington in the early hours of this Thursday, April 30 could never have taken place without the complicity of the powers-that-be, since it is an area in the neighborhood of the heavily guarded diplomatic headquarters, a reminder that without the[…]

Cuban Solidarity Combats the Pandemic From Italy to Angola

April 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Cuba, Healthcare, Public Health, Socialism

by Kathy Durkin, published on Workers World, April 15, 2020 What country can always be counted on to show international solidarity and provide concrete aid in a crisis? The people of the world know that it is socialist Cuba. It has shown the world what solidarity means, sending multiple medical teams around the globe to help in humanitarian crises. This[…]

Cuban Doctors Provide Healthcare To Those In Need

June 14, 2019 UNAC Editor Brazil, Cuba, Latin America, US Hypocrisy

Photo from Socialist Voice, Cuban doctors unable to carry out their mission in Brazil: Declaration by the Ministry of Public Health, Cuba by Moon of Alabama, June 12, 2019 The Trump administration wants to reassert hegemony over Latin America. Cuba is one of its main targets. Through right wing allies and by its own means it targets Cuba’s most successful[…]