Cuban authorities are scrambling to contain a cholera outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in Havana, the capital city of 2.2 million residents and a popular tourism destination. In a brief communiqué issued on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said the outbreak was first detected on Jan. 6, and was being contained. "Fifty-one cases have been confirmed to date," the statement read, without mentioning fatalities.
Cuban health officials verified Tuesday a small cholera outbreak in Havana, the capital city of Cuba, the largest occurrence of the disease on the island nation in decades.
In August authorities confirmed the potentially deadly disease was gone, but a new statement by the Cuban Health Ministry today said 51 cases had been confirmed. "Fifty-one cases have been confirmed to date," the statement read.
It's unclear if anyone has died, according to CNN. However, the BBC reported a 46-year-old man died early January of what they suspect to be cholera.
GENEVA, Switzerland, CMC – A branch of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has urged Cuba authorities to immediately free jailed US government subcontractor Alan Gross, claiming that the Spanish-speaking Caribbean island’s judicial system is not independent or impartial. The UNHRC’s Task Force on Arbitrary Detention also charged that the national security law under which Gross was charged was vague and violated human rights agreements.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in a "stable situation" in a Cuban hospital receiving treatment due to a severe respiratory infection, his government said Monday.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The regional integration movement has become stronger as a result of the relations between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.
Speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the National Academy of the Performing Arts (NAPA), Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the host Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the Summit was proof that the vision of the founding fathers who went to Cuba in 1972 had been fulfilled.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday 8 December, CARICOM-Cuba Day.
All independent Member States of the Community will be represented with ten at the level of Head of Government. The Cuban delegation will be led the President, His Excellency Raoul Castro Ruz.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Long-standing relations between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba have served to enhance the standard of living of citizens of both CARICOM and Cuba, and represent a celebration of true fraternity.
WE, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Republic of Cuba (hereinafter collectively called the Parties), meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 8 December 2005 on the occasion of the Second CARICOM-Cuba Summit;
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba (hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”):
INSPIRED by the indestructible ties of friendship and brotherhood among the People of the Caribbean;
RECOGNISING the need for cooperation among the countries of the Caribbean Region in order to strengthen their socio-economic and political ties;
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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba (hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”):
INSPIRED by the indestructible ties of friendship and brotherhood among the People of the Caribbean; RECOGNISING the need for cooperation among the countries of the Caribbean Region in order to strengthen their socio-economic and political ties; |