Deputies thank Cuba for medical collaboration with Honduras

Havana, Feb 24.- Members of the caucus of the Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) of Honduras expressed gratitude for Cuba's medical collaboration with this country, which dates back to 1974, following the passage of the devastating Hurricane Fifi.

During a meeting with the ambassador from Havana in Tegucigalpa, Juan Loforte, the representatives of Libre in the National Congress (parliament) thanked the historic solidarity of the Cuban government and people with this Central American nation.

The legislators from the leftist group recognized, in particular, the work carried out in the last two years by the Cuban Medical Brigade in several regions of Honduras.

Furthermore, they expressed their firm support for the largest of the Antilles in the face of the tightening of the prolonged blockade imposed by the United States, intensified by recent measures of the Donald Trump administration to economically suffocate the small Caribbean island.

In turn, Loforte reaffirmed the willingness to continue supporting the Honduran people through the solidarity work of its physicians, and thanked the ongoing solidarity towards his country, especially in denouncing the economic, commercial, and financial blockade and other sanctions against Cuba.

Attending the meeting at the Cuban diplomatic mission were members of the Honduras Cuba Friendship Association and Libre legislators Sergio Castellanos, Leda Argucia, and Nidia Castillo.

Castillo highlighted on her social media the contribution of Cuban doctors to public health in Honduras during the previous Libre administration, led by former President Xiomara Castro (2022-January 2026).

The deputy recalled that in the Castro government one of the most successful programs was support for the population to strengthen visual health, with the inauguration of five ophthalmology clinics that provide their services free of charge to the most vulnerable sectors.

More than seven thousand operations (for cataracts and pterygium) on people with limited economic resources were performed by specialists from the Caribbean country in those centers, as part of the so-called Operation Miracle, the parliamentarian emphasized.

Thanks to the work of the Cuban doctors, these people were able to recover their eyesight, she stressed.

"It would be painful for the Honduran people if all this important work aimed at the most impoverished population of this country is not continued, and it would be even more painful if it is discontinued for political reasons," Castillo warned.

Health is not a privilege, it is a human right, the congresswoman asserted. (PL) (Photo: Takenfrom Internet)