This is the first part of an interview with Ernesto Limia Díaz, a historian, writer, member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (known as UNEAC, its Spanish-language acronym), and director of the TV program MARCAS. He is also the author of the bilingual book "Patria y cultura en Revolución" (Homeland and Culture in Revolution).

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48399463

June 6, 2026
[has a lot of info on Cuba’s energy transition to renewables]

As a result, an intensive care doctor may have no way to get to the hospital. Can you imagine the intensive care clinic of a pediatric hospital without a doctor?

Because doctors have no way to travel to treat people.

The effect is brutal and can only be resisted by a country like ours, which is an organized country, with clear goals, a country where solidarity is institutionalized. The distribution of resources, of the few resources we have, is organized, and solidarity is used to solve problems.

For example, there are private drivers of electric motorcycles who transport doctors for free, on their own initiative. Bus solutions are also being sought to transport doctors who are irreplaceable, who have to be there.