Cuba – El Hemisferio

Cuban Flag hoisted on a goverment building in a corner of Carretera Central, June 12, 2017 / Iezumbalaberenjena / Flickr

United States, Cuba Bilateral Commission Meets in Washington, DC

By on June 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

Officials from the United States State Department and the Foreign Ministry of Cuba for the seventh Bilateral Commission.

Cuban cigars / July 23, 2005 / Alex Brown / Flickr

China’s Growing Appetite for Cuban Cigars

By on March 30, 2018 • ( 0 )

Cuban cigars are internationally recognized for their quality and their cost. Over 2,000 people from 70 countries came to the 20th Habanos Cigar Festival in Havana earlier this month. Festival-goers had the opportunity to purchase premium cigars from the island… Read More ›

If You Give a Doctor an Idea

By on March 26, 2018 • ( 0 )

In 2016 and 2017, University of Illinois Cancer Center doctors and a team of Cuban Ministry of Health representatives observed healthcare practices in each other’s countries with the hope of addressing maternal and child healthcare in underserved Chicago communities. Dr…. Read More ›

Studying the Horizon

By on March 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

Despite the progress the UIC-Cuban Ministry of Health collaboration has made for patients and diplomacy, the path ahead for US-Cuban healthcare partnerships is far from sure. Political and policy changes have already begun, and they have the potential to completely reshape… Read More ›

Healing in a Blockade Context

By on March 1, 2018 • ( 0 )

Cuban doctors have been deployed all over the world to heal and to strengthen bilateral relations. In 2017, they came to Chicago to address extreme disparity and an urgent community need. The University of Illinois Chicago-Cuban Ministry of Health collaboration… Read More ›

President Trump Says He Believes Cuba is Responsible for Recent Attacks on US Personnel in Havana

By Nathan Davis on October 16, 2017 • ( 1 )

President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell held a press conference in the White House rose garden on Monday. During the conference, President Trump said that he believes that Cuba is responsible for the attacks on diplomatic personnel… Read More ›

Trump Takes Aim at Cuba and Venezuela in Speech to the UN

By Nathan Davis on September 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

The 72nd United Nations General Assembly began last week at its headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly provides Presidents and Prime Ministers a platform to speak as equals about the issues facing their nation and the world. In his… Read More ›