Vaccines, Protests and the Cuban Youth

Guest: La Jornada journalist Angel Guerra Cabrera


This episode is bi-lingual: Spanish and English


On October 18-19  in Qingdao, Cuba was
introduced as a new member of the Belt and Road Energy
Initiative Partnership during the partnership’s second
ministerial conference.


Cuba joins Bolivia, Venezuela and Suriname as the fourth Latin
American country to become a member of the energy partnership.


In 2019, officially joined the then four-year old Belt and
Road initiative, which is planning to disburse $8 trillion for
infrastructure projects mostly in developing nations around the
globe.


On October 20, 2021:  


A shipment of the Cuban Abdala and Soberana Covid-19 vaccines was
received in Nicaragua. Health Minister Martha Reyes reported
that "the shipment contains 1.2 million doses authorized by MINSA
for voluntary immunization of children and adolescents between
the ages of 2 and 17. " The Minister also noted that the Soberana
and Abdala vaccines have a triple dose application protocol
showing an efficacy rate above 90% in preventing severe cases.
This is the first shipment of the 7 million doses purchased by
Nicaragua through the Cuban organization of Biotechnology and
Pharmaceutical Industries (CUBAFARMA). 


November 15: the Cuban government will fully open its borders to
tourism by expanding arrivals from around the world including the
United States.


To discuss these recent developments and more, we are joined by
La Jornada journalist Angel Guerra Cabrera who is from Cuba and
currently lives and works here in Mexico City