2026-05-20: Cuba Roundup

So far today: 2026-05-20 09:15am GMT

Ed Newman (2026-05-20). Cuba denounces serious health impact of the U.S. energy blockade before the World Health Organization. radiohc.cu During her address to the 79th World Health Assembly, the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), Cuba's First Deputy Minister of Health, Tania Cruz, denounced the damage suffered by the island's healthcare system due to the total fuel embargo imposed by the United States, which has been added to the already intensified economic blockade. | "This is an action with a serious impact on our healthcare system, causing extraordinary harm to every Cuban family, to our children, the elderly, and the sick," emphasized the official, who added that "causing shortages and extreme hardship for mi…

Ed Newman (2026-05-20). Canadian mining company Sherritt International reverses course and maintains joint investment project with Cuba. radiohc.cu The Canadian mining company Sherritt International has finally decided to maintain its joint project with Cuba, reversing the dissolution plan announced days earlier amid the tightening of US sanctions against the island. | The company, which has been operating in Cuba for 32 years, reported that it halted the process after consulting with advisors, government authorities and other stakeholders, as well as receiving new information about the future of the operation and possible alternatives to preserve the value of the business. | Sherritt indicated that it has preliminarily identified "a possible opportunity to…

Nuria Barbosa (2026-05-20). Hospitales de Pinar del Río reciben ayuda de cubanos residentes en Estados Unidos. radiohc.cu Los cubanos patriotas en Estados Unidos ayudan a su pueblo y un ejemplo lo tenemos con la organización Zunzún que envío recientemente a los hospitales pinareños León Cuervo Rubio y Abel Santamaría, medicamentos e insumos médicos. | Desde el sur de La Florida, en Miami Dade, los cubanos dignos desafiaron el criminal bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero que impone la Casa Blanca por más de seis décadas y recrudecido en la actualidad con más medidas decretadas por la administración de Donald Trump. | A través del Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP), el donativo llegó a su destino y fue entregado…

Martha Rios (2026-05-20). Cuba adecua curso escolar a complejidades por bloqueo energético de EEUU. radiohc.cu Los titulares de los Ministerios de Educación y Educación Superior de Cuba, Naima Trujillo Barreto y Walter Baluja García, respectivamente, informaron este martes sobre el cierre del actual período lectivo, en medio de las complejidades que impone la situación nacional debido al bloqueo energético impuesto por el Gobierno de Estados Unidos. | En el espacio televisivo Mesa Redonda, Trujillo Barreto explicó que se disminuirá, en la medida de las posibilidades, la doble sesión, los servicios de seminternado y la presencialidad, de acuerdo a factores de movilidad y transportación. | Informó que se adelantará el cierr…

Teresa Elena Frontado (2026-05-19). US plans to charge Raul Castro increases Trump administration's pressure on Cuba. scmp.com The United States is expected to unseal criminal charges against former Cuban leader Raul Castro on Wednesday in a move that could further deepen tensions between Washington and Havana and inject new strain into an already volatile regional relationship. | Multiple US media outlets, citing US Justice Department sources, have reported that federal prosecutors in Miami are preparing an indictment tied to Cuba's 1996 shooting down of two civilian aircraft operated by the Miami-based exile group…

Javier Perez Jimenez (2026-05-19). Cuba Climbs in Triathlon with Solid Leadership from Alejandro Rodríguez. radiohc.cu Havana, May 19 (RHC) — Cuban triathlon continues its upward trajectory in the world and continental rankings, driven by a weekend where Alejandro Rodríguez set the course for progress. | Rodríguez's gold medal at the Ixtapa Americas Cup acted as a competitive spark, propelling him to 87th in the elite world rankings, after climbing 27 positions, and to 16th in the Americas, gaining five places and accumulating 1596.69 points. | Beyond the immediate brilliance, the numbers reveal great efficiency, as the Cuban has built his ranking with a reduced international schedule, maximizing every competition as if each…

Ed Newman (2026-05-19). Cuba is not a threat to the United States: U.S. Councilman Mark Conway. radiohc.cu By Deisy Francis Mexidor | "I am very disappointed, very disappointed to see the escalation and aggression of the United States toward Cuba," expressed Conway, who opposes the energy blockade imposed on the Caribbean nation as part of the unprecedented strengthening of the economic, commercial, and financial embargo imposed by Washington more than six decades ago. | For the public official of Maryland's most populous city, it is regrettable to hear what is happening in Cuba, "the millions of people who have no electricity and are trying to figure out how to obtain basic resources, in part due to decisions by the…

Maria Candela Hechavarria Carmenate (2026-05-19). Dirigente dominicano Miguel Mejía resalta estirpe de pueblo cubano. radiohc.cu El secretario general del Movimiento Izquierda Unida (MIU) de la República Dominicana, Miguel Mejía, resaltó este martes que Cuba ha resistido durante 67 años un bloqueo criminal e inhumano, con severos impactos económicos y comerciales. | mayo 19, 2026 | 12: 25 | Mejía afirmó que esa situación ha fortalecido la estirpe del pueblo, al que definió como firme y combativo, cualidades demostradas a lo largo de importantes hechos históricos. | En su más reciente artículo "Cuba, vencer o morir", sostuvo que el bloqueo que se empeña en mantener Estados Unidos, junto a sus aliados, recrudecido por la política del presiden…

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