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Cuba Deserves Nobel Prize for Sharing Medicine With the World
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
18 Aug 2020
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journalist · Cuba Deserves Nobel Prize for Sharing Medicine With the World

“Cuba should be a shoo-in” to win a Nobel Prize for sending doctors to health trouble spots and poor countries around the globe, said Don Fitz, a scholar and Green Party activist whose most recent book is titled “Cuban Healthcare: The Ongoing Revolution.” However, “given how much influence the United States has,” Fitz wouldn’t be surprised if Cuba doesn’t get the Prize.

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