Protest erupts in eastern Cuba amid blackouts, food shortages
Havana, Cuba Reuters Hundreds in Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago, took to the streets late Sunday in a rare public protest, according to social media and official reports, and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel called for an “atmosphere of tranquility and peace”. Protesters in Santiago chanted “power and food,” according to videos posted on social media, as […]
Sri Lankan medicine shortage a death sentence for some, doctors say
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals are forced to postpone life-saving procedures for their patients because they do not have the necessary drugs. Sri Lanka imports more than 80 per cent of its medical supplies but with foreign […]
Postcards: Cubans turn to herbal remedies, barter amid medicine scarcity
RODRIGO GUTIERREZ, of Reuters, reports from Havana on the impact of medicine shortages amid Cuba’s worst economic crisis in decades…