Cuba contributes a lot worldwide in Orthopedics and Traumatology and despite the blockade imposed by successive U.S. governments for almost 60 years, there is international recognition of medicine and particularly in this branch, Dr. Sergio Quintero Hernandez, president of the Mexican Federation of Schools of Orthopedics and Traumatology, said in Havana.
Cuba continues today to apply what is established in its new Constitution, despite the harsh measures of the US blockade against Cuba.
The extraterritorial application of the blockade is reaffirmed today as a distinctive sign of the hostility of the United States towards Cuba, according to a report by the Cuban government.
The lifting of the blockade against Cuba, which has been imposed by the United States for nearly 60 years, is a persistent call and a shared wish of the majority of the international community.
Despite government efforts, the quality of Cuban education is currently damaged by the US blockade that limits the purchase of materials in foreign markets, authorities denounced on Thursday.