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Another British MP nominates Cuban doctors for Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

London, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The campaign to grant the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban internationalist doctors was joined on Saturday by British lawmaker Sam Tarry, the twentieth member of the United Kingdom’s Parliament who formalizes the nomination. As … Continue reading →

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Abdala vaccine clinical trial is going well in Cuba

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Santiago de Cuba, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) The clinical trial of the vaccine candidate Abdala, one of the four underway in Cuba, is going well today at the Saturnino Lora Hospital in this eastern city, where it has been taking … Continue reading →

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Barbados, Cuba to discuss two-way collaboration issues

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Bridgetown, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Barbados’ Foreign Minister Jerome Walcott and the Cuban ambassador Sergio Jorge Pastrana on Saturday discussed issues of bilateral collaboration and assessed the state of relations between both nations. Walcott and Pastrana debated on sports cooperation … Continue reading →

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Guatemala’s Committee requests Nobel for Cuban medical brigades

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Guatemala, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) The Guatemalan Pro-Nobel Peace Prize Committee for the Henry Reeve Medical Contingent joined on Friday the voices that support Cuba’s historic solidarity work. On a press briefing in this capital, various social organizations, indigenous peoples … Continue reading →

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Cuba and Iran sign an agreement on Sovereign vaccine 02

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Havana, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Finlay Vaccines Institute and the Pasteur Institute of Iran signed a collaboration agreement here to complement the clinical evidence of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine candidate from the Caribbean island, Soberana02. In its official Twitter account, … Continue reading →

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Cuba´s President thanks Chinese people and government´s solidarity

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Havana, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Saturday thanked the Chinese people and government for their solidarity, after a recent donation of 38 ventilators. Miguel Díaz-Canel tweeted that ‘China donates 38 lung ventilators to Cuba. Our gratitude … Continue reading →

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Cuban Doctors To Arrive in Mexico Once Again

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

The Henry Reeve Brigade will be deployed in the capital district which has become one of the epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jan 8 (teleSUR) Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced the upcoming arrival of the second group of … Continue reading →

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Lopez Obrador thanks Cuba for sending doctors to Mexico

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Mexico, Jan 7 (Prensa Latina) Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday thanked the Cuban government for sending around 500 healthcare professionals to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. In his morning press briefing at the National Palace, the President … Continue reading →

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Cuba, Malaysia sign deal for distribution of Heberprot-P

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Havana, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and Malaysia signed deal for the distribution in that country of Heberprot-P, a drug for the healing of complex wounds, ischemic ulcers and those resulting from diabetic foot, was announced here on Wednesday. The … Continue reading →

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German scholar nominates Cuban doctors for Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Berlin, Jan 7 (Prensa Latina) German scholar Norman Paech nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize the Henry Reeve Medical Contingent, which Cuba has sent to several countries to assist in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, diplomatic sources said … Continue reading →

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