The BRICS Group offers us an alternative to change the status quo, which is the result of centuries of colonial exploitation, paradigms of subjugation, and archaic institutions that consolidate the economic power of the world's elites

Speech by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the Session on the Environment, COP30, and Global Health, at the 17th BRICS Leaders' Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2025.

Epidemiological surveillance is a shield to safeguard collective health.

As soon as Lucía returned to Cuba from Guyana, she felt a little queasy, but she assumed it was nerves getting the better of her due to the joy of being with her loved ones again. Her child's face and tight hug were a balm for her nostalgia. Amidst so many emotions, she felt gastrointestinal discomfort again that night.