Cuba on Friday approved its homemade Abdala coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.
The communist country is the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to successfully develop a coronavirus vaccine.
The Cuban health regulator, CECMED, approved the shot after the manufacturers announced last month that their vaccine was more than 92% effective against COVID-19 infections when three doses were given.
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COVID: Cuba approves emergency use of own Abdala vaccine | News | DW | 09.07.2021
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Showing posts with label Cuba. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 18, 2019
Canada - EU pushing back on controversial US law over seized Cuban properties
Canada pushes back after U.S. clears the way for lawsuits over seized Cuban property
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
US - Cuba - EU relations: New US policy on seized property in Cuba threatens ties with EU
New US policy on seized property in Cuba threatens EU ties
Note EU-Digest: This "new" Trump policy obviously must also be seen as part of Trump's 2020 reelection campaign strategy, in getting the Florida Cuban/Latino population into his camp .
However, given his controversial financial aid withholding policies against El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. This, in addition to his empty threats against the Maduro regime in Venezuela don't carry much weight.
It is obvious that Mr. Trump's latest declaration on Cuba must once again be classified as the President "talking the talk, but not walking the walk"
Note EU-Digest: This "new" Trump policy obviously must also be seen as part of Trump's 2020 reelection campaign strategy, in getting the Florida Cuban/Latino population into his camp .
However, given his controversial financial aid withholding policies against El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. This, in addition to his empty threats against the Maduro regime in Venezuela don't carry much weight.
It is obvious that Mr. Trump's latest declaration on Cuba must once again be classified as the President "talking the talk, but not walking the walk"
Friday, January 5, 2018
EU - Cuba Relations: As U.S. Retreats, EU Moves to Strengthen Ties With Cuba
The European Union’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, arrived in
Cuba on Wednesday to help strengthen member countries’ economic and
political ties with the Communist-run island.
Mogherini’s visit “reconfirms the strong EU-Cuban relationship,” and she will press for an “ambitious and swift joint implementation of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement,” the EU said in a statement.
As the U.S.-Cuba rapprochement unfolded in 2015-2016 the EU dropped all sanctions and negotiated the agreement, the first accord between Cuba and the 28-nation bloc.
Signed in December 2016 and ratified in November, the EU said at the time that it hoped to position its companies for Cuba’s transition to a more open economy and allow the EU to press for political freedoms on the island.
Read more: As U.S. Retreats, EU Moves to Strengthen Ties With Cuba | Fortune
Mogherini’s visit “reconfirms the strong EU-Cuban relationship,” and she will press for an “ambitious and swift joint implementation of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement,” the EU said in a statement.
As the U.S.-Cuba rapprochement unfolded in 2015-2016 the EU dropped all sanctions and negotiated the agreement, the first accord between Cuba and the 28-nation bloc.
Signed in December 2016 and ratified in November, the EU said at the time that it hoped to position its companies for Cuba’s transition to a more open economy and allow the EU to press for political freedoms on the island.
Read more: As U.S. Retreats, EU Moves to Strengthen Ties With Cuba | Fortune
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Cuba: Europe’s new market - by Beatriz Beiras
French President Francois Hollande was, in May last year the first Western head of state to visit Cuba after the thaw in relations between the Caribbean island and the US.
It was an investment for the future, a pragmatic move by the president to lay foundations to grow political and economic partnerships.
French companies are already operating in Cuba with the Pernod Ricard group part of a joint venture with Havana Rum. The company’s subsequent global growth has been hailed as an unbridled success by International Managing Director Jerome Cottin-Bizonne. Around 500 million bottles of rum were sold last year.
But France is only the fourth foreign investor with Spain top of the league followed by Canada and Italy.
French tourists number in the region of 117,000 a year and though that figure will rise it is still far behind those travelling from Canada.
They represent over a third of the three and a half million who visited the island in 2015 a rise of 17 percent since 2014.
But accommodation is a problem. There are just 63,000 rooms at the moment putting the tourist industry under strain.Authorities aim to take that number to 85,000 by 2020.
Foreign investment will be vital to help build Cuba’s infrastructure to cope with tourists. Industry experts have voiced their concern the island will not be able to absorb an even greater surge when US commercial airline and ferry services start later this year.
Read More: Cuba: Europe’s new market | euronews, world news
It was an investment for the future, a pragmatic move by the president to lay foundations to grow political and economic partnerships.
French companies are already operating in Cuba with the Pernod Ricard group part of a joint venture with Havana Rum. The company’s subsequent global growth has been hailed as an unbridled success by International Managing Director Jerome Cottin-Bizonne. Around 500 million bottles of rum were sold last year.
But France is only the fourth foreign investor with Spain top of the league followed by Canada and Italy.
French tourists number in the region of 117,000 a year and though that figure will rise it is still far behind those travelling from Canada.
They represent over a third of the three and a half million who visited the island in 2015 a rise of 17 percent since 2014.
But accommodation is a problem. There are just 63,000 rooms at the moment putting the tourist industry under strain.Authorities aim to take that number to 85,000 by 2020.
Foreign investment will be vital to help build Cuba’s infrastructure to cope with tourists. Industry experts have voiced their concern the island will not be able to absorb an even greater surge when US commercial airline and ferry services start later this year.
Read More: Cuba: Europe’s new market | euronews, world news
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