Cuba struggles to get oxygen to the sick, vaccines to the healthy
Havana, CubaReuters Cuba has turned to the military to provide oxygen amid a surge of the coronavirus even as doctors rush to administer locally developed vaccines to the population. The government announced on Sunday that the Caribbean island’s main oxygen plant had broken down in the midst of a Delta variant-driven coronavirus surge that has […]
Cuba arrests activists as government blames unrest on US interference; church leaders reportedly among detained
Havana, CubaReuters Cuba blamed historic protests that took place over the weekend on US “economic asphyxiation” and detained some of the highest profile activists, while the Biden administration said it supported the Cuban people’s right to demonstrate. The streets of Havana were quiet on Monday, although there was a heavy police presence and the capitol […]
Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Cuba
Havana, CubaReuters Thousands of Cubans took to the streets from Havana to Santiago on Sunday in rarely seen protests, expressing frustration over economic conditions, the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations and what they said was government neglect. President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who also heads the Communist Party, blamed the United States for the unrest in a nationally […]