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European Solidarity Convoy to Cuba - Let Cuba Breath!

Cuba: European Solidarity Convoy Arrives in Havana! (18.3.2026)

Also a French MEP, Emma Fourreau, insisted that the first thing to do for the cause of the Caribbean nation is to talk to the whole world about it and how it is affected by the economic war that is being applied to it.

In this way, she pointed out that by knowing first-hand the Cuban reality they will be able to be better spokespersons for the Cuban struggle at the international level.

“The most important thing is to listen and learn what Cubans have to say; This is a first step, a symbolic action that will attract the attention of the rest of the planet,” she concluded.

Cuba’s ambassador to Italy, Jorge Luis Cepero, went to Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Tuesday to bid farewell to the members of the European Solidarity Convoy that left for Havana.

The diplomat highlighted in statements to reporters at that air terminal the relevance of the gesture, a sign of the close ties of friendship that unite the peoples of Italy and Cuba, and of the strong rejection in this nation of the genocidal economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against the island.

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The Cuban Doctors' Brigade is one of the humanitarian policies of the island's government. They began in the 60s after the triumph of the revolution led by Fidel Castro. They have served hundreds of thousands of people in more than 150 nations around the world. Photo: Cristina Rodríguez

Mexico: Cuban Doctors Have Saved More Than 700,000 Patients in the Country! (15.3.2026)

The more than 3,000 doctors who make up the mission collaborate in 570 municipalities in 29 states, a figure equivalent to 23 percent of the 2,478 municipalities in the national territory. That is, they are in one out of every four demarcations in the country.

“The greatest impact of the Cuban brigade has been to contribute, together with Mexican specialists, to the expansion of medical coverage to populations that previously did not have medical specialists,” according to the sources consulted.

During their stay in Mexico, they have carried out more than 7,500,000 consultations, 114,000 surgeries, 280,000 dialysis sessions and nearly 65,000 high-tech studies.

The Cuban Doctors’ Brigade is one of the humanitarian policies of the island’s government. They began in the 60s after the triumph of the revolution led by Fidel Castro. They have served hundreds of thousands of people in more than 150 nations around the world.

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Havana, March 6, 2026.- At the José Martí International Airport, 172 health professionals were received by the authorities of the sector with the recognition of their noble, humane and sensitive work in Honduras.

Cuba: Ungrateful Honduras Expels “Free” Medical Care in Service of the Racist Trump! (8.3.2026)

More than 30 million consultations and almost 900 thousand surgical interventions were carried out by doctors who return to Honduran lands since 2024 in the interest of the government of that country. This was part of a contract signed with Cuba by the then progressive executive of President Xiomara Castro who, among other benefits, installed five free eye clinics in Honduras for free care for the neediest sectors.

However, the neoliberal government of Honduras, headed by the conservative Nasry Asfura, announced in the last weeks of February the cancellation of the agreement with Cuba, which put an end to the permanence of more than a hundred doctors who provided their services in this country during the last two years.

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