La Paz, April 17 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian channel Abya Yala today dedicated its most important international politics program to the interview granted by President Miguel Díaz-Canel to Spanish journalists about Cuba’s conflictive relations with the United States.
Hosted by political scientist Ricardo Bajo, Contextos Salvajes, an hour-long program, is considered by Bolivian journalists to be one of the most important television programs dedicated to international issues.
Through brief remarks, Bajo introduced a broad selection of the Cuban president’s remarks in response to questions from his Spanish counterparts, José Manzaneda, Pascual Serrano, Carlos González, and Javier Couso.
The passage in which the Cuban dignitary asserted that the United States is bothered by the example of Cuban medical brigades’ collaboration around the world, which he described as humanistic and supportive, stood out.
Referring to this humanitarian work that benefits many people around the world, the head of state stated that what bothers the White House most is the example set by Cuba.
When the United States comes to a country and intervenes with military forces, Cuba does the opposite, it goes with doctors, with an army of white coats, he asserted.
These professionals, he said, are not just doctors by profession, they are doctors of the soul, because they become friends and advisors to their patients.
In this regard, Díaz-Canel wondered why so many countries are demanding the presence of these healthcare personnel.
Despite the obsession with manipulating the issue in the public eye by officials of the Donald Trump administration, the Cuban president reaffirmed the gratitude of the nations receiving this collaboration, which he described as humanistic and supportive.
The United States government is also bothered by the fact that the country is also raising revenue to improve the health and living conditions of the Cuban people.
The selected fragments occupied most of the hour-long broadcast and included other topics such as the decades-long encouragement of migration to North America by the privileged Cuban population, with the aim of using this phenomenon in campaigns to denigrate the image of the Revolution internationally.
They also reflected on the illegal use of the naval base in the Cuban province of Guantánamo as a prison and the deportation policy of the current US administration.
Díaz-Canel’s conversation with the Spanish media professionals took place in the context of the IV Patria International Colloquium held last March, which brought together some 400 media professionals and academics in Havana.
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