By Duane Stilwell

HAVANA, Cuba, May 1, 2025 — About 5.3 million people, nearly half of the country’s population of 11 million, filled the streets of cities, towns, and municipalities across the Caribbean island today to celebrate International Workers’ Day. Estimates of the turnout came from eyewitness accounts and reports in the Cuban media.

The United States calls Cuba’s medical internationalism "human trafficking" — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the Global South.

By Helen Yaffe
March 8, 2025

"On February 25, US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced restrictions on visas for both government officials in Cuba and any others worldwide who are “complicit” with the island nation’s overseas medical-assistance programs. A US State Department statement clarified that the sanction extends to “current and former” officials and the “immediate family of such persons.”"

Abraham Marquez January 30, 2025

By Ed Augustin
Dec 20, 2024

Oct 01, 2024

from World Outlook
By Mark Friedman
November 29, 2024

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/23115538

from the Cuban online publication CUBADEBATE [contains many photos]
Translated by Irais Maria García Portelles for CubaNews

By EDITH M. LEDERER
Updated 5:05 PM EDT, October 30, 2024