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Let Cuba live!
Cuba’s achievements in spite of the blockade are phenomenal – imagine what it could do if the blockade were lifted, says NATASHA HICKMAN

AS the US blockade enters its 60th year, one can only imagine the strides Cuba could have made at home and internationally if it had not been held back by vicious economic warfare and an unrelenting policy of intervention from its northern neighbour.

As of December 1, Cuba had fully vaccinated more than 83 per cent of its population, including almost two million children over two years old.

Over 10.5 million Cubans (93 per cent of the population) have received at least one dose of the country’s two homegrown vaccines, and booster jabs are currently being administered to the most vulnerable groups. Clinical trials of a nasally administered vaccine are also under way.

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