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Cuban Doctor Speaks on Cuba's
Humanitarian Medical
Mission to Haiti, March 19-April 3
 
Members of Cuba's medical
brigade to Haiti in action, January 2010.
From March 19 to
April 3, 2001 Dr. William
Álvarez Consuegra, a member of Cuba's medical internationalist
mission to Haiti, will speak in a dozen Canadian cities on Cuba's
Humanitarian Medical Mission in Haiti.
Dr. Álvarez
will raise awareness of Cuba's
extensive and unprecedented solidarity with the peoples of the world
which illustrates what can be achieved when self-serving interests do
not direct the aid provided.
Dr. Álvarez
himself has extensive experience in
Cuba's many medical internationalist missions across the globe. In
2010, he was a director of campaign hospitals for the Cuban medical
mission in Haiti. From 2006-2008 he served in the medical mission to
Honduras sent in response to Hurricane Mitch. In 2005 he participated
in the mission to Pakistan dispatched in the aftermath of the
devastating earthquake in that country.
Dr. Álvarez
is an Orthopedic specialist and
currently works and teaches at the Dr. Ernesto Guevara General
Educational Hospital in the city of Las Tunas, and has been recognized
for his outstanding work in the medical field, receiving several awards
and recognitions:
- 2010: Best
Director, campaign hospitals for the Cuban
medical mission in Haiti;
- 2006: Outstanding Doctor, Havana Forum of Sciences and
Technology;
- 2005 & 2004: Outstanding Doctor in the area of
investigations and services, Dr. Ernesto Guevara General Educational
Hospital;
- 2003: Best Medical Professor, Dr. Ernesto Guevara
General Educational Hospital.
Dr. Álvarez
is 39 years old and speaks Spanish
and English.
The tour is
organized by the Canadian Network On Cuba
(CNC). Keith Ellis, the CNC's Cuba For Haiti Campaign coordinator and
Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, states the work of
Cuban doctors in Haiti is guided by the profoundest sentiments for
humanity. "Their work is based on the motivation to save and develop
the country, and to serve other people. In fact, Cuba is the only
country that has given substantial and altruistic assistance to Haiti,"
he notes.
CNC spokesperson
Isaac Saney says Dr. Álvarez's
work and service illustrate Cuba's collective commitment to building
and strengthening genuine ties of friendship and solidarity among the
world's peoples, of which Cuba's medical mission in Haiti is emblematic.
"Cuba's medical
internationalist mission in Haiti is a
profound challenge to those who argue that relations among the world's
nations and peoples are -- and can only be -- determined by
self-interest, the pursuit of power and wealth," Saney points out.
"Cuba provides the example that it is possible to build relations based
on genuine solidarity and social love: demonstrating the alternatives
which permit people to realize their deepest aspirations, and that
another better world is possible," he said.
(Click on posters to enlarge. More dates to come --
check back for updates.)
Montreal
Sunday, March 20 -- 4:00 pm
Perle Retrouvée, 7655 20th Ave. (near
Autoroute 40 and Pie IX)
For information: Table
de concertation et de solidarité Québec-Cuba, 514-728-7222
Interdisciplinary Seminar
on Latin America
Monday, March 21 -- 12:30
pm
Room A-5020, Université du
Québec à Montréal (metro Berri-UQAM)
For information:
Table de concertation de solidarité Québec-Cuba,
514-728-7222
Halifax
Tuesday, March 22 -- 7:00
pm
Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University,
6061 University Ave.
Sponsored by: Nova Scotia
Cuba Association
Ottawa
Wednesday, March 23 -- 7:00 pm
Rm 203, Haitian Community Centre of Ottawa,
876 Montreal Rd.
Organized by: Ottawa-Cuba
Connections, Ottawa-Cuba Connections, Canadian Network on Cuba, Association
d'amitié Outaouais Cuba , AKASAN - Ayisyen ki ap soutni Ayisyen
Nètalkole, Union des Haitiens, d'Ottawa-Gatineau, Ottawa Haiti Solidarity
Committee, ...and others
Gatineau
Thursday, March 24 --
1:00-2:30 pm
Room C-0420, Pavillon A-Taché, University of
Ottawa
Sponsored by: Groupe de
recherche sur les Discours et
Initiatives de la société civile du Sud
For information:
dimitri.dellafaille@uqo.ca
Kingston
Thursday, March 24 -- 6:30 pm
Wilson Room, Kingston Frontenac Public Library
Organized by:
Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association-Kingston
For information call: 613-544-1279
Toronto
Friday, March 25 -- 7:30 pm
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St.
Sponsored by: Canada Cuba Friendship
Association-Toronto
For information:
www.ccfatoronto.ca
Niagara
Saturday, March 26 --
2:00-4:00 pm
Room D, McBain Centre, 1750 Montrose Rd. (near QEW,
MacLeod exit)
Sponsored
by: Canadian Cuba Friendship
Association-Niagara
Windsor
Sunday, March 27 -- 7:00 pm
Room 203, Toldo Health Education Centre,
University of Windsor
Organized by:
Canadian Cuba Friendship Association-Windsor
For information: ccfawindsor@gmail.com, (519) 991-4167
Hamilton
Rebuilding Haiti: the
Cuban Experience
Community
Dinner
Monday, March
28 -- 7:00 pm
Location: contact info@cubacanada.org
Organized by: Hamilton
Friendship Association with Cuba
Public Lecture
Tuesday, March 29 -- 4:00
pm
Health Sciences Building 1A4, McMaster University
Organized
by: Hamilton Friendship Association with Cuba
For information:
info@cubacanada.org
Victoria
Friday, April 1
Dinner, $15 -- 5:30 pm
Presentation, by donation -- 7:00 pm
BCGEU Hall, 2994 Douglas
Sponsored by: Friends of
Cuba & Victoria Peace
Coalition
For information:
www.victoriacubafund.wordpress.com
Vancouver
Saturday, April 2 -- 7:00
pm
Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph St.
Organized by: Canadian
Cuba Friendship Association-Vancouver
For information: www.ccfavancouver.ca, (604) 254-1350
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