Edited by Egoitz Santos<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ada Galano, Andrea Santoro, and Simone Valli participated in the European solidarity delegation of the \u201cOur America\u201d \u200b\u200bConvoy in Havana this past March, alongside activists against the US embargo from the US and Latin America, as well as those who traveled by boat from Mexico. In total, nearly 700 people participated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three share a common story: during the Covid-19 pandemic, they volunteered with medical brigades in Italy (Ada and Andrea) and participated in the \u201cSoberana Plus-Turin\u201d clinical trial (Simone).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ada Galano, a Cuban resident of northern Italy, recalls the impact of seeing her compatriots, doctors from the Henry Reeve Brigade, arrive at Turin airport. \u201cIt was a very proud moment,\u201d she says. Together with Andrea Santoro, they translated for and accompanied the doctors in the red zones of Crema and Turin, the epicenters of Covid in Italy at the time. \u201cThere I realized the profound humanity they showed to the patients,\u201d Andrea adds. For her part, Ada, defying the restrictions, brought Creole food and even a \u201clittle Cuban rum\u201d to the doctors, so they could feel the warmth of their homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Months later, Simone Valli traveled to Havana to participate in the clinical trial of the Cuban vaccine Soberana Plus, designed as a booster dose. \u201cA small, economically underdeveloped country, but highly developed in humanity, struggle, equality, and scientific excellence,\u201d he emphasizes, \u201ccreated a fully effective, public, and free vaccine.\u201d The trial, called Soberana Plus-Turin, coordinated between the Finlay Institute of Vaccines (Cuba) and the Amadeo Institute of Turin, sought to certify the efficacy of the Cuban vaccine in non-Cuban populations inoculated with other international vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All three agree that participating in the \u201cOur America\u201d Convoy is a duty: \u201cIt is, in some way, to reciprocate the solidarity that Cuba has always shown to the entire world.\u201d In a context of intensifying the US blockade, Ada, Andrea and Simone argue that standing with Cuba is \u201cfighting for a model of society that puts solidarity and humanity first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[ SOURCE: www.cubainformacion.tv ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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