Category Archives: Healthcare

Solidarity activists send million-dollar aid to Cuba

December 19, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Cuba solidarity organizations have sent a million dollars’ worth of medical aid and hurricane relief to Cuba from California. The initiative includes the L.A. Hands Off Cuba Committee, the Pan American Medical Association, Global Health … Continue reading

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Health Under Sanction

Harsh US sanctions push Cuba’s healthcare system to breaking point | People & Power Documentary November 5, 2025 — Belly of the Beast In our latest documentary, we speak with Cuban patients and healthcare workers who are struggling to get … Continue reading

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Essential Medical Supplies to Arrive in Cuba to Support Immediate Response in Areas Affected by Hurricane Melissa

Supplies will benefit 90,000 people, with a focus on children, adolescents, and pregnant women UNICEF Havana, 31 October 2025. – As part of the immediate response following Hurricane Melissa’s passage through eastern Cuba, a shipment of essential medical supplies procured by … Continue reading

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Tribute in Cuba to the 20th anniversary of the Henry Reeve medical contingent 

Havana, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) The first deputy minister of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Tania Cruz, today praised the courageous and humanistic work of the Henry Reeve internationalist contingent of doctors specializing in disasters and major epidemics, on … Continue reading

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Cuba and East Timor sign Medical Cooperation Agreement

Havana, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Ambassador Alina Aldama and the Deputy Minister for Institutional Strengthening of Timor Leste, José dos Reis Magno, signed today the Cooperation Agreement between the two countries. Also present at the signing of the agreement … Continue reading

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Pacemakers Campaign Saves Lives in Cuba

​September 3, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Global Health Partners and mediCuba Europa have raised over $500,000 to donate nearly 600 pacemakers to Cuba. Amid an unprecedented economic crisis fueled by U.S. sanctions, Cuba’s universal and free healthcare system is struggling to … Continue reading

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U.S. Penalizes Grenada Minister Over Cuban Doctors

August 27, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Grenada’s Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall has become the latest government official to have his U.S. visa revoked over Cuba’s medical cooperation, according to The New Today. Last February, Secretary of State Marco Rubio … Continue reading

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China rejects US sanctions on Cuban medical cooperation

Beijing, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) China reaffirmed its rejection of the sanctions imposed by the United States on Cuba’s international medical cooperation and called for an immediate end to the economic blockade Washington maintains on the island. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson … Continue reading

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Rubio Goes After Brazil + Africa over Cuban Missions

August 22, 2025 — Belly of the Beast The U.S. has imposed visa restrictions on government officials – and their families – from Africa, Brazil, Cuba and Grenada for their role in Cuba’s medical cooperation teams, which the U.S. deems “forced labor.” … Continue reading

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Why U.S. Youth Are Studying Medicine in Cuba

December 14, 2023 — Belly of the Beast Why are dozens of US students getting their medical degree in Cuba? What are they learning that they wouldn’t be in the US? We asked these questions and more to four US … Continue reading

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