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Medical brigade that worked in Dominica returns to Cuba

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The Cuban medical brigade that served in the Commonwealth of Dominica in the confrontation with Covid-19 will return to Cuba this Sunday, after six months of solidarity work in that neighboring country. The group made up of 35 health specialists from the internationalist Henry Reeve contingent treated 4,627 patients, saved 52 lives and carried out 23,997 nursing procedures.

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President Díaz-Canel reaffirms Cuba’s interest in strengthening relations with Dominica

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The prime minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, urged citizens to respect the majority vote in last Friday’s general elections, giving the Labor Party, which he leads, the victory. According to Prensa Latina, announced preliminary results indicate that this party won 18 electoral districts, three more than held previously.

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Dominica is in shock

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dominica-huracanTwo weeks after Dominica was devastated by Hurricane Maria’s winds of over 250 kilometers per hour, the island remains in a state of shock. “It looked like a tornado,” Debora Bowerstold Granma. Aged 70, she clearly remembers when Hurricane David struck the island four decades ago. “This was twice as bad,” she stressed.