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A brigade of health professionals, who volunteered to travel to the West Indies, raise their right fist as they sing their country's national anthem, in Havana, Cuba
CUBA has hit out at the United States’ international response to the coronavirus crisis, branding its actions “politically calculated and opportunistic.”
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez criticised the Trump administration’s pronouncements and actions of the US government, warning: “With the [US presidential] election in mind, the country is today the epicentre [of the Covid-19 pandemic] and threatens millions.”
Washington has come under fire for using the global health emergency to exert pressure on countries, including Venezuela and Iran, where it seeks regime change. Both have been targeted with increased sanctions and threats.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Where normally only the US and its ally Israel vote to strangle Cuba economically, there have been special efforts to slander and isolate the besieged socialist island nation year — so we must redouble our solidarity, writes TARIQ ANDERSON
