Paraguayan Ambassador to Cuba has died of COVID-19

The Ambassador of Paraguay Bernardino Cano Radil died on the island aged 65 due to complications from COVID-19, reported this Sunday the government, which defined him as “an exceptional fighter for democracy and freedom in Paraguay”.

Paraguayan Deputy Foreign Minister Marcelo Scappini confirmed to 730 AM station that Cano Radil, who had been ambassador to Cuba since 2015, died of complications generated by covid-19.

For its part, the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry said in a statement that “Cano Radil stood out for its diplomatic efforts and its contributions to strengthening bilateral relations with Cuba”.

He also recalled his “long public career, his solid academic training, his democratic convictions and his political activism”, noting that “he was a fighter for freedom and democracy in Paraguay”.

The ambassador had been part of the Constitutive Convention which in 1992 sanctioned the current constitution, was a member of the board of directors of the ruling Colorado party and taught at universities in Paraguay and Argentina, according to the ministry review. Foreign Affairs.

Cuba is going through a delicate health situation which, added to the suffocating repression of rights, triggered the historic demonstrations of July 11 throughout the island.

The Cuban regime’s public health ministry (Minsap) notified this Saturday 8,035 new cases of covid-19 with which the country exceeds 8,000 contaminations for the second consecutive day.

The total number of SARS-CoV-2 positives since the pandemic began in March last year is 737,168, while deaths total 6,219, after 79 confirmed deaths in the past 24 hours.

98,440 people are admitted to hospitals, approved centers and homes, including 121 in critical condition and 298 in serious condition.

The Caribbean country of 11.2 million people maintains one of the highest incidence rates of the past 15 days with 979 patients per 100,000 population.

By province, Pinar del Río, at the western end of the island, reported the highest number of infections of the day with 1,073, followed by plants Sancti Spíritus (714) and Camagüey (705).

Cuba is living a paradox: is the country leading the race for covid-19 vaccines in Latin America, but health professionals denounce the negligence of the system and the precarious conditions of the health system. “The situation is only getting worse with the days”, he said aa weeks ago Infobae neurosurgeon Alexander Pupo, one of the most prominent critics of the island’s healthcare system. “In Cuba, the covid really affects with other epidemics, like scabies, and famine, which is criminal”, he pretends.

“It’s total chaos. Here everything has collapsed, the health system of the whole country is in full collapse “adds the doctor Manuel Guerra, an obstetrician at the Buenaventura Polyclinic in Holguín, also known for his frequent complaints on social networks.

Castro’s regime insists lack of needed covid-19 drugs, supplies and equipment is due to tougher US sanctions, However, the professionals consulted attribute the resurgence of cases to the overcrowding which occurs in the isolation centers, in queues that are longer and longer than the population. made to get the commodities and in the hasty reopening of the island to foreign tourism.

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