In 2026, I cannot believe we are being asked to respond to the suggestion that the descendants of the enslaved should pay for the machinery that oppressed them.
The Caribbean does not owe Britain for slavery, for colonial extraction, or for laws that treated African people as chattel. We are not asking for charity. We are asking for justice, and history itself has already told the truth.
Those who wish to speak on this matter should first take the time to read enough history to understand it. The Caribbean will not be used as a prop for anyone’s politics. We know who we are, we know what was done, and we will continue to speak for repair with clarity and dignity.
Jamaican American actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, who is the goddaughter of former Prime Minister PJ Patterson, has joined the conversation surrounding the discontinuation of the Cuban Medical Brigade programme in Jamaica.
“Will America now send the doctors so badly needed in Jamaica?” Ralph queried on FridayX in response to a Jamaica Gleaner news report.
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🇨🇺🇯🇲Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
Cuba regrets the decision of the government of Jamaica to cease medical cooperation, yielding to pressure from the U.S.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba reports that, on March 4, the Foreign Ministry of Jamaica communicated to our Embassy in that country the unilateral decision of its government to terminate the health cooperation agreement that has linked both nations for decades.
With this action, the government of Jamaica yields to the pressures of the government of the United States, which is not concerned about the health needs of the Caribbean brothers.
Cuba deeply regrets that in this way a history of fruitful and sustained collaboration is disregarded, one that has brought countless benefits to the Jamaican people, who are now deprived of receiving the basic and specialized health services that Cuban collaborators provided.
In response to the step taken by the government of Jamaica, the government of Cuba has made the sovereign decision to proceed with the return of the Cuban Medical Brigade. These health professionals leave behind an indelible mark and return to Cuba with the satisfaction of a duty fulfilled and the permanent willingness to assist wherever their spirit of solidarity is required.
Cuba’s work in Jamaica is an eloquent example of genuine cooperation. In the last 30 years alone, more than 4,700 Cuban collaborators have provided medical assistance on the Caribbean island. Currently, the Brigade was composed of 277 professionals whose work has had a tangible and profound impact on strengthening the Jamaican health system.
The historic results of this collaboration speak for themselves:
· More than 8,176,000 patients treated.
· 74,302 surgical procedures performed.
· 7,170 births attended.
· More than 90,000 lives saved.
Likewise, through the Operation Miracle program, present in Jamaica since 2010, the sight of nearly 25,000 Jamaicans has been restored or improved. Cuban cooperation has also been decisive in projects for the control and prevention of diseases such as malaria and in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The most recent example of this dedication was seen after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which severely affected the island. In those difficult circumstances, the Cuban Medical Brigade remained firmly at their posts, many of its members working for more than 72 consecutive hours and actively joining the tasks of recovering hospitals and communities.
Faithful to the historic relations of brotherhood and solidarity that unite us with Jamaica, Cuba reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the Jamaican people, who will always be able to count on the selfless cooperation of Cuba.
Havana, March 6, 2026.
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is calling for an end to the era of isolated markets, urging his regional counterparts to abandon fragmented national agendas in favour of a singular, united hemispheric goal.
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Looking at the reaction to Israel's Unabomber-style booby trap campaign from people who actually live in the region, it has created a hundred times more enemies than Hezbollah could ever hope to recruit. Even from a military perspective, it is terribly shortsighted.
‘In years to come we will look back at the damage done to children with incredulity and horror.’
✍️ Dr David Bell, whistleblower at the discredited Tavistock gender clinic https://t.co/DnINbF3Fwv
'Our daughters stayed quiet because they are afraid. We tried to speak up for them, and we were shut down... name-calling and the threat of mental health is being used as emotional blackmail to keep us all quiet while women are harmed and devalued.'
#WomensRightsAreHumanRights
I’m obsessed with learning how to learn.
So, I spent 100+ hours studying how Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Naval Ravikant absorb information.
Here’s what I found on becoming a learning machine:
This is from the article with the headline:
"I’m an American doctor who went to Gaza. What I saw wasn’t war — it was annihilation"
https://t.co/UmDZys5I72
The last refuge for apologists of Israel’s mass slaughter of Gaza is “But Hamas!”
So let’s be clear here.
An army which shoots children in the head cannot claim moral superiority over Hamas, or practically any other military force on earth
I’ve been taken through 2 Medical Boards; The Medical Board for Patient Safety and the Medical Board for Medical Ethics. For speaking the truth in my personal life! Living up to my Hippocratic Oath, giving people the Informed Consent they are missing. What has the world come to?