Coronavirus: Cuba once again exceeds a thousand discharges while the new infections drop to 580

Cuba surpassed a thousand daily discharges with the 1,099 patients who recovered from COVID-19 today, the highest figure after the one reported on February 1, according to the report published today by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). The MINSAP also reported four deaths this Monday as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with whom …

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Cuba: housing construction plan exceeded the goals proposed for 2020

The Ministry of Construction (MICONS) general director of housing, Vivian Rodríguez, reported this weekend that 47,297 homes were built in Cuba in 2020, which represents 115% of the plan for the year. According to the official, the state housing construction program was fulfilled by 92%, with 13,865 homes completed, while subsidized buildings only reached 61% …

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Doing the math and “creatively living”: from “updating” to the economic reorganization

“It is assumed that there are no big losers,” “there can’t be unprotected people,” “no one will be left unprotected,” are some of the official statements of January 2021. They are enunciated in relation to “the reorganization task” of the Cuban economy. At the same time, it has been stated that it is necessary to …

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Cuba’s COVID-19 Vaccines Serve the People, Not Profits

Photograph Source: Dennis Noel López Sosa – CC BY 2.0 Cuba’s socialist approach to developing vaccines against COVID-19 differs strikingly from that of capitalist nations of the world. Cuba’s production of four vaccines is grounded in science and dedicated to saving the lives of all Cubans, and to international solidarity. The New York Times’s running …

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