Cuban workers honor Lenin

Cuban workers honor Lenin and convoke May Day mobilization

Cuban workers honor Lenin and convoke May Day mobilization
On Havana’s Lenin Hill, a small group of trade union leaders dedicated a floral tribute to the legendary Bolshevik and convoked May Day celebrations at home and in workplaces where essential operations continue

Yenia Silva Correaapril 23, 2020 10:04:08

Fidel and Raul attend inauguration of the Lenin Monument in the Havana park bearing the Russian revolutionary’s name.

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Reverence and mobilization – as tributes to great leaders of the historical struggles for social justice should always be – was Cuban workers’ commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of universal proletarian leader Vladimir Ilich Lenin, in whose honor this year’s May Day mobilization was called.

On Havana’s Lenin Hill, a small group of trade union leaders, headed by Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, Party Political Bureau member and general secretary of the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC), dedicated a floral tribute to the legendary Bolshevik, who played a key role in the Russian Revolution, the greatest lesson in the annals of history of what the emancipated working class can achieve in unity of thought and action, guided by socialist principles. Continue reading Cuban workers honor Lenin and convoke May Day mobilization →

COVID-19: The need to cooperate

The COVID-19 pandemic: The need to cooperate despite political differences

The COVID-19 pandemic makes clear the need to cooperate despite political differences
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statement

Author: MINREX | internet@granma.cu
april 16, 2020 12:04:37

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The impact of COVID-19 can already be measured and will be assessed in the future by the striking numbers of people infected, the unacceptable numbers of deaths, the unquestionable damages to the world economy, production, trade, employment and personal income of millions of people. It is a crisis that goes well beyond the scope of health.

The pandemic has emerged and spread amidst a scenario previously marked by overwhelming economic and social inequalities within and among nations. With the unprecedented wave of migrants and refugees, xenophobia and racial discrimination have reemerged. The remarkable advances of science and technology, particularly in the area of health, focus in the pharmaceutical business and commercialization of medicine, rather than in securing the wellbeing and healthy living of majorities.

COVID-19 has come into a world overburdened by production and consumption patterns, especially in highly industrialized countries and among the elites of developing countries, that are unsustainable and incompatible with the finite character of natural resources upon which life on the planet depends. Continue reading The COVID-19 pandemic: The need to cooperate despite political differences →

BioCubaFarma COVID-19 battle

BioCubaFarma in the COVID-19 battle

BioCubaFarma in the COVID-19 battle
To learn about progress being made in scientific research to identify new products to treat COVID-19, Granma interviews Dr. Eduardo Martínez Díaz, president of BioCubaFarma Enterprise Group

Author: Orfilio Peláez | informacion@granmai.cu
april 15, 2020 10:04:11

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To learn about progress being made in scientific research to identify new products to treat COVID-19, Granma interviews Dr. Eduardo Martínez Díaz, president of the BioCubaFarma Enterprise Group:

-What has the Cuban biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry been doing to confront COVID-19?

-Our Enterprise Group has a specific plan with four fundamental components which are

*Supply medicines included in the COVID-19treatment protocol established by the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap).

*Research and development to provide new products and knowledge to combat this virus

*Cooperation with other countries in supplying drugs to fight the pandemic

*Take steps internally within our companies to protect workers and guarantee operations under current circumstances

-How many products does BioCubaFarma currently provide for Cuba’s COVID-19 treatment protocol?

-At the beginning, 22 medicines were identified, several anti-virals, primarily Interferon, and an important group of drugs for hospital use with patients in different phases, including those in serious and critical condition. We currently have stocks of these for thousands of patients and continue to expand production capacity.

BioCubaFarma companies have added production of face masks and sanitizing products such as medicinal soaps, hypochlorite solution, hydroalcoholic solutions, etc. Continue reading BioCubaFarma in the COVID-19 battle →

Cuba Ventilator Coronavirus

US prevents the sale of ventilators to Cuba

U.S. company buys ventilator supplier and cancels shipments to Cuba citing blockade
Cuba has attempted to acquire medicine and supplies with 60 U.S. firms – only two have replied

Walkiria Juanes Sánchezapril 13, 2020 10:04:44

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While Cuban medical collaboration is extended around the world to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the insane blockade imposed by the United States on our country, has just denied our public health system access to two regular suppliers of ventilators, key to the care of the most serious cases of the disease.

In another twist of this genocidal, inhumane policy, the manufacturers IMTMedical AG and Acutronic, announced the end of commercial relations with Cuba, after the companies were acquired by the U.S. firm Vyaire Medical Inc.

“Unfortunately, the corporate guideline we have today is to suspend all commercial relations with Medicuba,” both stated, according to the director for Latin America and the Caribbean at Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex), Eugenio Martínez Enríquez, on his Twitter account.

The Cuban diplomat also denounced that fact that the blockade prevents Cuba from purchasing medicines from U.S. firms, as recently confirmed by Lázaro Silva, vice president of Medicuba, the entity that imports drugs, equipment and medical supplies for the country’s public health system.

This new blow, promoted by the Trump administration, comes just hours after the director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called for putting sanctions “in quarantine,” since “thousands of lives are at stake,” alluding to the danger posed by the new coronavirus.

Unfortunately, this it is just another sign of the U.S. government’s contempt for life and hatred of the Cuban people.

Just days ago, the Cuban government denounced the loss of a donation of medical supplies to combat COVID-19, from the Chinese foundation Alibaba, which was not delivered because the U.S. company contracted for the task backed out, at the last minute, citing blockade regulations.

Over the last year, Cuba has suffered damages of 160 million dollars as a result of U.S. sanctions in the field of health, alone, obliged to make purchases from distant countries and thus incurring higher shipping costs.