Category Archives: Regulation

Responses to ‘Bad Cuban medicine’

(January 27, 2003) Re: Lawrence Solomon’s article, “Bad Cuban medicine,” published in the Jan. 18, 2003, issue of the National Post. Continue reading

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Fidel Batista!

(January 25, 2003) Over at the Museo de la Revolucion, Fidel Castro’s case against the dictator he overthrew 44 years ago is vividly on display. Continue reading

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Responses to ‘Cuba’s cruel joke’

(January 20, 2003) Re: Cuba’s Cruel Joke, Lawrence Solomon, National Post, Jan. 11. I am truly impressed that a Canadian newspaper has finally captured the very essence of the survival of the Cuban people. Continue reading

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Bad Cuban medicine

(January 18, 2003) The shelves in the neighbourhood pharmacy, like those in the other neighbourhood pharmacies I had seen in Havana, were half empty and full of dust, the small section of medicines on display arranged in lonely rows of old-fashioned little bottles. Customers were as scarce as the medicines. Continue reading

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Cuba’s cruel joke

(January 11, 2003) “Can I have your bones?” the old woman asked my eight-year-old daughter, pointing to the gnawed remains of the chicken leg that had been her lunch. Continue reading

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