Instituto de la Ciencia y Tecnología en América Latina (ICTAL) - Tag - CubaPortal dedicado a la ciencia, el desarrollo, y los derechos humanos... 2024-03-18T13:03:04-04:00urn:md5:c3c53f2c54ac152a71614d9b9f660d3dDotclearArgentina, Cuba sign bilateral deals to foster food sovereigntyurn:md5:b1d9c4d0afa85663fcc9059f83c34cc92022-01-08T07:42:00-04:002022-01-08T07:42:00-04:00cguajonNoticieroArgentinaCubaPolitica <p><br />
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<p>Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and Santiago Cafiero, Foreign Ministers of Cuba and Argentina respectively, Thursday signed in Buenos Aires a bilateral cooperation agreement for Agricultural Development “to promote the food sovereignty of Cuba,” it was announced.</p>
<p>The treaty provides for the creation of an Agricultural Technology Training and Transfer Center which would allow the Caribbean island to increase its agri-food productive capacity, through the development of direct sowing in addition to focusing on small and medium-sized producers.</p>
<p>In return, Argentine companies will have access to benefits granted by the legislation in force in Cuba.</p>
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<a href="https://en.mercopress.com/2022/01/07/argentina-cuba-sign-bilateral-deals-to-foster-food-sovereignty">https://en.mercopress.com/2022/01/07/argentina-cuba-sign-bilateral-deals-to-foster-food-sovereignty</a></p>
<p> </p>Probable cause for strange symptoms among US, Canadian diplomats in Cuba foundurn:md5:fa92da517aa5bcb2cd7c3ccfa0cb93022019-09-23T08:13:00-04:002019-09-23T08:13:00-04:00cguajonDerechos humanosCubaInternacionalMedicina <p><br />Source: Mercopress<br /><br /><br /><br />Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority scientists Thursday claimed to have discovered the cause of strange symptoms found in recent years among US and Canadian diplomats in Havana, it was reported Thursday.<br /><br /> According to the research, neurotoxin exposure is believed to have been behind the mysterious cases of lack of balance and vertigo. The sickening chemicals are easy to be found in pesticides used to eradicate mosquitoes.<br /><br />The mysterious symptoms suffered since 2017 caused a diplomatic crisis between Cuba and the United States after Washington that year pulled non-essential embassy staff from the Cuban capital.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cont'd.<br /><br />LINK:<br /><a href="https://en.mercopress.com/2019/09/20/probable-cause-for-strange-symptoms-among-us-canadian-diplomats-in-cuba-found">https://en.mercopress.com/2019/09/20/probable-cause-for-strange-symptoms-among-us-canadian-diplomats-in-cuba-found</a><br /></p>Infected travelers reveal Cuba’s ‘hidden’ Zika outbreakurn:md5:7c9969d86f7c13588a4dcb8b5ba70b752019-08-26T08:51:00-04:002019-08-26T08:51:00-04:00cguajonGenéticaBiologiaCubaMedicina <p><br />Source: Science Magazine<br /><br /><br />As Zika virus raced through the Americas and the Caribbean in 2015 and 2016, it infected an estimated 800,000 people and left nearly 4000 newborns with serious brain damage. But by mid-2017, the virus had all but disappeared from the region—or so it seemed. A new analysis of Zika-infected travelers who returned to the United States or Europe in 2017 or 2018 has found that 98% had visited Cuba, which did not report any cases to world health officials at the time the country’s outbreak apparently peaked.<br /><br />“It was startling,” says Kristian Andersen, a genomic epidemiologist at Scripps Research in San Diego, California, who led the work conducted by 38 researchers from five countries. The group estimates that Cuba had 5707 unreported Zika cases, with most occurring in 2017. Those numbers are similar to counts in other Caribbean islands with comparable populations 1 year earlier.<br /><br />In February 2016, the Zika outbreak was so severe in South America and the Caribbean that the World Health Organization (WHO) took the rare step of declaring it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. But by November 2016, cases in the region had fallen steeply and WHO lifted the emergency.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cont'd.<br /><br />LINK:<br /><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/infected-travelers-reveal-cuba-s-hidden-zika-outbreak">https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/infected-travelers-reveal-cuba-s-hidden-zika-outbreak</a><br /><br /></p>Brazil says it has covered 84% of vacancies left by the Cuban doctorsurn:md5:b8681b9494dbc4b22e104cffc2ed33542018-11-26T08:02:00-04:002018-11-26T08:02:00-04:00cguajonNoticieroBrazilCubaMedicina <br />Source: MercoPress<br /><br /><br />As Cuban doctors in Brazil begin to head home amid a diplomatic spat between Havana and the Brazilian far-right president-elect, the health ministry of the country said nearly 84% of the resulting vacancies had already been filled.<br /><br /> The first of thousands of Cuban doctors left Brazil on Thursday after criticism by incoming President Jair Bolsonaro prompted Cuba's government to sever a cooperation agreement.<br /><br />In a press release issued on Friday, the health ministry said it had managed in three days to procure 19,994 Brazilian doctors to take the Cubans' places, often in poor, rural areas.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cont'd.<br /><br />LINK:<br /><a href="http://en.mercopress.com/2018/11/24/brazil-says-it-has-covered-84-of-vacancies-left-by-the-cuban-doctors">http://en.mercopress.com/2018/11/24/brazil-says-it-has-covered-84-of-vacancies-left-by-the-cuban-doctors</a><br /><br /><br />Cronología del terrorurn:md5:0b2ac6e2aee1470a2b90f28c9cb274b32018-06-01T07:31:00-04:002018-06-01T07:31:00-04:00cguajonDerechos humanosAmérica LatinaCuba <p><br />Fuente: Claridad<br /><br /><br /><br />Por Sergio Alejandro Gómez | sergio@granma.cu<br /> <br />Luis Posada Carriles, fallecido el miércoles 23 de mayo en la ciudad de Miami, tiene un historial de acciones terroristas, atentados y vínculos con el narcotráfico que recorre prácticamente todo el continente americano.<br /> <br />15 de febrero de 1928<br />Nace Luis Faustino Posada Carriles en la ciudad de Cienfuegos, Cuba<br /> <br />Años 50 del siglo pasado<br />Luego de trasladarse a La Habana, hace relaciones con personas del círculo cercano al dictador Fulgencio Batista.<br /> <br />1959<br />Se vincula a grupos contrarrevolucionarios cubanos que protagonizan diversos sabotajes en la Isla.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cont'd.<br /><br />LINK:<br /><a href="http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=BB95C48509F88FAC77FF8A2B2CBC3B4E">http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=BB95C48509F88FAC77FF8A2B2CBC3B4E</a><br /><br /><br /></p>U.S. diplomats in Cuba have unusual brain syndrome, but there’s no proof they were attacked, study saysurn:md5:f6894ecd441c1ec638ed3487a1b1a2b62018-02-22T07:12:00-04:002018-02-22T07:12:00-04:00cguajonDerechos humanosCubaEstados UnidosMedicinaPolitica <p><br />Source: Science Magazine<br /><br /><br /><br />U.S. diplomats who fell ill in Cuba are victims of a new neurological syndrome, according to brain researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn). But the team was unable to shed light on the malady’s mysterious cause, which the U.S. Department of State has characterized as a “health attack.”<br /><br />From late 2016 through August 2017, as many as 24 U.S. citizens affiliated with the U.S. Embassy in Havana reported symptoms ranging from vertigo and sleeplessness to cognitive impairment. Many described hearing loud or disconcerting sounds before the onset of symptoms, or pressure sensations in their ears akin to the baffling that occurs in a moving car with the windows cracked open. “They felt something weird going on,” and when they moved away from the perceived exposure, some of “the symptoms abated,” says Douglas Smith, director of UPenn’s Center for Brain Injury and Repair. The State Department called in the UPenn group after initial examinations of diplomats at the University of Miami in Florida revealed persistent and inexplicable symptoms. The UPenn team’s report on the diplomats’ health appears in today’s issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).<br /><br />The coincidence of the diplomats’ impairment and the auditory phenomena fueled speculation they were victims of a “sonic attack.” Last summer, citing what it saw as Cuba’s inability to protect U.S. diplomats, the State Department pulled most of its personnel out of Cuba and expelled from the United States a corresponding number of Cuban diplomats. The Cuban government has denied knowledge of an attack and has cooperated with the U.S. investigation, which is being spearheaded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cont'd.<br /><br />LINK:<br /><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/us-diplomats-cuba-have-unusual-brain-syndrome-no-there-s-no-clear-proof-they-were">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/us-diplomats-cuba-have-unusual-brain-syndrome-no-there-s-no-clear-proof-they-were</a><br /><br /></p>Uber Wishes Its Followers a Happy Puerto Rican Flag Day With the Cuban Flag [Updated]urn:md5:031b3dc7f51d700f0d5aba410d8cc44d2017-12-23T06:31:00-04:002017-12-23T06:32:49-04:00cguajonNoticieroCubaCulturaEstados UnidosPuerto Rico <p><br />Source: Gizmodo<br /><br /><br />On Friday, Uber tried to celebrate the anniversary of the Puerto Rican flag’s creation on social media. Unfortunately, the company commemorated Puerto Rican Flag Day with an image of the wrong flag.</p>
<p><blockquote><p>Ay @Uber!!! Trying to congratulate Puerto Rico, using the Cuban flag. Even in Shutter stock says “View on the window with the Cuban flag“ #fail pic.twitter.com/xW0CZFyAJT<br /><br />— lechancle (@lechancle) December 22, 2017</p>
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<p>As people on Twitter were quick to point out, the image Uber used was a photo of the Cuban flag, not the Puerto Rican flag. And as one Twitter user noted, the description of photo on Shutterstock explicitly notes that it is, in fact, the Cuban flag. The original tweet by Uber Puerto Rico, and a Facebook post bearing the same image, appear to have since been deleted.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cont’d.<br /><br />LINK:<br /><a href="https://gizmodo.com/uber-wishes-its-followers-a-happy-puerto-rican-flag-day-1821535489">https://gizmodo.com/uber-wishes-its-followers-a-happy-puerto-rican-flag-day-1821535489</a><br /></p>What the Hell Is a 'Covert Sonic Device' and Why Is It Deafening Diplomats in Cuba?urn:md5:f08bd08ae39b8b546e9681ce14ade39e2017-09-15T06:45:00-04:002017-09-15T06:45:00-04:00cguajonDerechos humanosCubaDerechos HumanosMedicinaTecnología <p><br />Source: Gizmodo<br /><br /><br /><br />Russia is a boogeyman once again, and the threat of nuclear war looms in the background of our daily lives, but it wouldn’t be a real reboot of the Cold War unless the US was having problems with Cuba. On Wednesday, officials confirmed that two Cuban diplomats were expelled from the US embassy following an “incident” that, well, apparently involved a secret “sonic device” giving diplomats hearing loss? <br /><br />State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert appeared to be taken off guard at a briefing with the press pool on Wednesday. A packed room had expected questions regarding Trump’s “fire and fury” comments about North Korea, but CBS News wanted clarification on the “incidents going on in Havana affecting US workers there.” Nauert stumbled to give an answer with as few facts as possible. By that evening, the Associated Press, which has an office in Havana, reported an exceedingly strange situation.<br /><br />According to the news agency, a number of US diplomats at the embassy in Havana began to experience hearing loss in the fall of 2016. The embassy reopened in 2015 when Barack Obama began to establish new diplomatic ties with Cuba, and many of these employees were new to the job.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cont’d.<br /><br />LINK:<br /><a href="http://gizmodo.com/what-the-hell-is-a-covert-sonic-device-and-why-is-it-de-1797720057#">http://gizmodo.com/what-the-hell-is-a-covert-sonic-device-and-why-is-it-de-1797720057#</a><br /><br /></p>Reports of Cuba's Deafening 'Covert Sonic Device' Are Only Getting Strangerurn:md5:5a23dfbb82826d0f3f00a509ae77cad12017-09-15T06:43:00-04:002017-09-15T06:43:00-04:00cguajonDerechos humanosCubaDerechos HumanosMedicinaTecnología <p><br />Source: Gizmodo<br /><br /><br />The State Department has remained tight-lipped about the strange circumstances in which US diplomats to Cuba reportedly suffered permanent hearing damage from an “inaudible covert sonic device.” But new details reveal that “a deafeningly loud sound similar to the buzzing created by insects or metal scraping” was also used to harass the American envoys. What’s more, the number of people who were harmed is reportedly even greater than was previously known.<br /> <br />According to government sources speaking to CNN on the condition of anonymity, at least 10 US diplomats and family members have been treated for various symptoms following the unexplained attacks that are believed to be part of a concerted harassment campaign. Five Canadian diplomats and their family members have also experienced some sort of “symptoms.” From the report:<br /><br />In some of the attacks a sophisticated sonic weapon that operated outside the range of audible sound was deployed either inside or outside the residences of US diplomats living in Havana, according to three US officials.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cont’d.<br /><br />LINK:<br /><a href="http://gizmodo.com/reports-of-cubas-deafening-covert-sonic-device-are-only-1798154666">http://gizmodo.com/reports-of-cubas-deafening-covert-sonic-device-are-only-1798154666</a><br /><br /></p>The Case of a Brain-Damaging 'Sonic Weapon' in Cuba Is Only Getting Stranger and Scarierurn:md5:f1042d08c196c047dba8f5e2c3ccb87d2017-09-15T06:40:00-04:002017-09-15T06:40:00-04:00cguajonDerechos humanosCubaDerechos HumanosMedicinaTecnología <p><br />Source: Gizmodo<br /><br /><br />Image Source: Getty<br />The baffling story of US diplomats in Cuba suffering hearing loss and brain damage in some sort of covert “health attack” just gets stranger and more terrifying with every new report. The Associated Press has learned that victims’ recollections and symptoms are even more varied and serious than we previously knew. <br /> <br />The AP spoke with more than a dozen people from the US and Cuba who have been briefed on the investigation into exactly what’s happening to the diplomats that have been sent to Havana. The attacks allegedly began in late 2016 and Washington has spent this year trying to understand how these envoys could sustain permanent hearing damage, mild traumatic brain injury, and even possible damage to the central nervous system. The State Department has remained tight-lipped on details citing the ongoing investigation and privacy of the victims.<br /><br />Previous reports claimed that US officials had concluded that “an advanced sonic weapon that operated outside the range of audible sound” had been used to target US diplomats and family members. They believed that the device was either deployed inside or outside the US embassy or the diplomats’ homes. But inspections of those locations by the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have turned up nothing. And one incident reportedly occurred at the Hotel Capri in Havana.<br /><br />According to the AP, the US government is uncertain about nearly every aspect of this case. It doesn’t know how the attacks happened, who is responsible, or why they did it. The officials who were not authorized to speak on the record said that “at least some of the incidents were confined to specific rooms or even parts of rooms with laser-like specificity, baffling U.S. officials who say the facts and the physics don’t add up.”<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cont’d.<br /><br />LINK:<br /><a href="http://gizmodo.com/the-case-of-a-brain-damaging-sonic-weapon-in-cuba-is-on-1809501927">http://gizmodo.com/the-case-of-a-brain-damaging-sonic-weapon-in-cuba-is-on-1809501927</a><br /><br /><br /></p>Fascinante la historia de la biotecnología en Cubaurn:md5:46485f3a88034ea16f97714812b684652017-06-08T06:02:00-04:002017-06-08T06:02:00-04:00cguajonNoticieroCubaEstados UnidosHistoria de la cienica <p><br />Fuente: El Nuevo Dia<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />La Habana, Cuba - La historia del Heberprot-P, el medicamento cubano que cura las úlceras diabéticas que busca entrar al mercado estadounidense, está directamente ligada a los inicios de la genética molecular en Cuba, una que por sí misma es fascinante.<br /><br />Todo comenzó en los años 80, esa década en la cual la guerra fría estaba en pleno desarrollo y cuando Estados Unidos decidió sabotear los Juegos Olímpicos de Moscú.<br /><br />El entonces presidente cubano Fidel Castro Ruz vio la necesidad estratégica de desarrollar la producción del fármaco interferón para poder enfrenar una posible epidemia de dengue hemorrágico en el país, pues temía que por el bloqueo o embargo económico de Estados Unidos se impidiera a Cuba importar el medicamento en experimentación.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cont’d.<br /><br />LINK:<br /><a href="https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/mundo/nota/fascinantelahistoriadelabiotecnologiaencuba-2328985/">https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/mundo/nota/fascinantelahistoriadelabiotecnologiaencuba-2328985/</a><br /><br /></p>This Cuban lung cancer drug is giving some U.S. patients hopeurn:md5:c8eb5ccd013945a56076bb26a2dfbc292017-05-10T07:38:00-04:002017-05-10T07:38:00-04:00cguajonDesarrolloCubaInternacionalMedicina <p><br />Source: PBS NewsHour <br /><br /><br />A promising lung cancer treatment from Cuba is getting attention from U.S. patients, some of whom are already traveling there to try the drug in hopes of stopping their cancer from growing. American doctors can't prescribe CIMAvax because the Food and Drug Administration won’t approve it until U.S. clinical trials can prove its effectiveness. Special correspondent Amy Guttman reports.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mca6NXV58R8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>4urn:md5:98edc4ea0425a344618ec155592d06062015-04-04T18:15:00-04:002015-04-04T20:03:30-04:00Rodrigo FernosICTAL 2002-2008América CentralAmérica LatinaAntigua y BarbudaArgentinaBarbadosBeliceBoliviaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorGrenadaGuatemalaGuayanaGuayana FrancesaHaitiHispanos en EUHistoria de la cienicaHistoria de la medicinaHistoria de la tecnologíaHondurasJamaicaLesser AntillesMartiniqueMexicoNicaraguaPanamaParaguayPeruPuerto RicoRepublica DominicanaSta. LuciaSurinameTrinidad y TobagoUruguayUS Virgin IslandsVenezuela <p>4</p>