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Las Tunas News

Patria Colloquium Attended by Media Repr…

A representation of the press and communication media of Las Tunas is attending the third edition of the Patria International Colloquium, which begins today and will be held in Havana...

Construction Materials Company, on New P…

The Las Tunas Building Materials Company is one of the most antiquated in the country, equipped with obsolete technology, so its workers do everything they can to fulfill their contracts...

Lay Judges Are in Invested in Their Post…

All the pre-candidates for lay judges, including those of the Military Court, presented to the municipal assemblies of the People’s Power in Las Tunas received the approval of the delegates...

The Harvest at the Antonio Guiteras Suga…

Continuing to implement alternatives that contribute to improving staff service, fundamentally concerning food in the mill's dining room and cafeterias, and strengthening control to increase the use of agricultural and...

Plant Health in Las Tunas, the Struggle …

Three research projects focused on pest management and biological analysis in the agri-food system are among the priorities of the Provincial Laboratory of Plant Health in Las Tunas this year.

Las Tunas Women Farmers, from Passion to…

Mileidy Crespo Pérez, Addys Oliver Moreno, and Moraima Martínez Reynaldo proudly parade their gender and their peasant roots in the streets of the towns and villages of the province of...

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United States authorities approved an additional sum of more than 50 million dollars for subversive actions against Cuba, with emphasis on media manipulation campaigns, Cubadebate’s website reported on Sunday.

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Cuba Protests against U.S. Interference

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Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated the will to confront the U.S. blockade and boost the country's economic development; he also reaffirmed the government's commitment to the population.

HeberFeron Drug Improves Life of Albinos…

The use of the drug HeberFeron improves the quality of life of the albinos community in Cuba, the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) announced today.

Cuba Continues to Work to Clarify Fate o…

Cuba continues to make pertinent efforts to clarify the situation of kidnapped Doctors Assel Herrera Correa and Landy Rodríguez Hernández, whose alleged deaths were disclosed on February 17.

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Dr. Eliéser Escalona GuerraNiger is in West Africa. The life expectancy of its inhabitants is 44 years, the average number of children per woman is 7.37, and infant mortality is one of the highest in the world. Its disadvantaged economy catapults it into extreme poverty.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- This explains the presence there of a Cuban medical brigade, and in it, Eliéser Escalona Guerra.

He hastened to write to me: "I am from Las Tunas." And so, as a faithful sister of motherland and ideas, I decided to write everything I know about this internationalist and lifesaver for the 26 Newspaper.

Dr. Eliéser Escalona GuerraHe arrived in Niger in July 2017, but his experience in previous missions in Timor Leste and Guinea Conakry endorsed him as a henchman to serve as head of the brigade.

He is a specialist in Hygiene and Epidemiology at the Aquiles Espinosa Polyclinic. When he has been in danger he always thinks of his family, to which he says he owes a lot.

He confesses that calm is his perfect ally to make the right decision. He did so when he faced Ebola, the toughest of all his battles, and from which he emerged victoriously.

Since he was little he thought that the doctor has in his hands the health and life of people. And consequently, he acts.

The brigade he leads is dispersed in different regions, but at the moment he does not directly attend to patients with COVID-19. However, and following the indications of the Central Medical Collaboration Unit of Havana, he maintains his usual activities, taking extreme measures as if he were facing positive patients.

Every day, when he communicates the daily report to our Ministry of Public Health, he says goodbye with a Cuban flag and one from Niger together, as if with the two symbols like this he would reveal again and again his very essence, the one that our professionals defend of Health today in 59 countries and of which Las Tunas, through it, can feel proud.

Dr. Eliéser Escalona Guerra