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Marcus IM

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1. Cuba has a similar long history of sending relief aid and emergency recovery teams.

Reply to Richard D (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2024, 02:37 PM

May 2024

Cuba's most famous disaster relief brigade is named in commemoration to a heroic American doctor. Dr Henry Reeve.

Even under the austere conditions that the US's cruel extraterritorial sanctions create, Cuba still responds to disasters all over the world.

Yet, Cubans are still being collectively punished by the US gov't.

From 2021 ...

Cuba’s Henry Reeve Brigades, 16 years of solidarity missions
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2021/09/19/cubas-henry-reeve-brigades-16-years-of-solidarity-missions/

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