‘Doctor diplomacy’ Cuba seeks to make its mark in Europe amid Covid 19 crisis
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Italy’s worst-hit areas welcome medical brigades, but critics say they are being exploited by Cuba’s authoritarian regime
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They have jetted into some of the most horrifying calamities in recent history, clutching the red, white and blue flag of their small island home.
Earthquakes in Indonesia and Pakistan; a cholera outbreak in Haiti; and the Ebola epidemic in west Africa, where they won international plaudits for their hazardous, frontline work. Continue reading...