The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that additional shipments of rice, corn, and soybeans, will be dispatched to the country in the coming weeks.
This year, under the presidency of Cuba, the gathering will have the theme “Current Development Challenges: The Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation.”
A federal judge underscored the role of the program in caring for those living in underserved areas. The Ministry of Health is considering bringing the initiative back.
On Thursday (Nov. 7), Brazil voted in favor of the economic, commercial, and financial embargo on Cuba.
Brazil’s Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said that the ministry plans to regularize the situation of approximately 2 thousand Cuban doctors that stayed in Brazil after the Cuban government’s departure from Brazil’s More Doctors program.