The Coronavirus Pandemic, Cuba’s Elderly and Havana’s Response
The pandemic underscores the serious limitations of Cuba’s care for the elderly, a cohort greatly impacted by the virus around the world.
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Opinion
Nicaragua Needs Massive Testing for COVID-19
Although the Nicaraguan government currently reports only 5 positive cases, the true number of COVID-19 cases remains unknown.
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West First Policies Expose Myths
As the epicentre of the COVID-19 shifts from China to the developed West, all too many countries are acting selfishly, invoking the ‘national interest’…
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Is Cuba’s Health System Ready for Covid-19?
The number of Covid-19 cases in Cuba is rising fast, and the population – as well as family, friends and compatriots abroad – are quite worried.
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Nicaragua Is Safe Thanks to God and Compañera Rosario
While the world scrambles to come up with prevention strategies to contain the coronavirus, Nicaragua’s acting president, Rosario Murillo, has a novel plan…
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Nicaragua Enters a Twilight Zone after First Coronavirus Fatality
The country demands transparency, an end to censorship and secrecy, and urgent preventive measures to avoid the spread of the virus.
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The Future has Quickly Arrived
Thinking of Italy, with deep angst. All of the social and economic structures that existed before covid-19 are faltering.
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Nicaragua: University Autonomy in Times of Coronavirus
How is it that a center of thought, with the country’s chief medical school, hasn’t been able to protect its students, staff and administrative employees?
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A COVID-19 Quarantine Diary from Havana
Over the course of the past week surrealism has spread almost as quickly as the COVID-19 virus. At least in Havana…
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Cuba’s Etecsa Telecomunications Co. Should be Helping
When will Cuba’s monopoly telecomunications company, ETECSA, lower its exhorbitant Internet rates to help Cuban families in these times of crisis?
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