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Learning Medicine the Cuban Way
The Bay Area is a hub for new doctors who want to practice family medicine and help the poor, yet had to leave the country to learn how to do it.
Melissa Rose Mitchell was discouraged. After taking the Medical College Admission Test, she was uneasy about applying to medical schools. In prep courses for the exams, she had glimpsed her future as a doctor, and she didn't like the environment she saw. "People were like, 'What kind of doctor do you want to be?' and it was all based on how much money you make," the Oakland resident recalled. "It was a really scary moment, because this thing that all my life I had wanted to do without question, all of a sudden I'm thinking, 'I don't know if I want to do this.'"
Peace Concert Bridges Borders and Differences
"Music should be able to travel as freely as air, no matter what we think, no matter what our religion. Above and beyond all our differences, we are all brothers and sisters. The future is in your hands: let's change it for the better," said the 38-year-old internationally renowned Colombian singer, visibly moved by the size of the mass audience.
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Cuba Undertakes Reforms in Midst of Economic Crisis
A first-hand account of how Cuba's current economic hardships are forcing the country's government to re-evaluate how it conducts business.
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Harlem-based Pastor Meets with Cuban leaders Raul and Fidel Castro
Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr., founder and
executive director of IFCO/Pastors for Peace, had the unusual opportunity to
have extended meetings with Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz and with
ex-President Fidel Castro Ruz. The meetings took place when Rev. Walker
was in
Cuba
recently with the 20th Pastors for Peace Caravan.
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IFCO/ PASTORS FOR PEACE
Since 1992 the Interreligious Foundation for Community Cooperation (IFCO) has sponsored an annual caravan to bring humanitarian aid to Cuba and to contest the United State’s embargo against Cuba.
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The New York Philharmonic in Cuba
Adding yet another international destination to their
already impressive repertoire, the New York Philharmonic has been invited to perform in Cuba. By Daniel J. Wakin. .
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Letter to President Obama from the Venceremos Brigade
The Open Letter to President Obama from the Venceremos Brigade calls for a more humane foreign policy towards Cuba including lifting the trade and travel restrictions to Cuba for all U.S. citizens and residents. .
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