Cuba's health care system pushed to the brink by US fuel blockade, Cuban minister says
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Daimara de la Fe Viera sits in an operating room before her cesarean delivery at the Ramn Gonzlez Coro Maternity Hospital in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Cuba's Minister of Health, Jos ngel Portal Miranda, poses at the ministry's entrance in Havana, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)People walk past a mural of Che Guevara in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)State-run bodega manager Roberto Roman carries bags of donated Mexican humanitarian assistance to be delivered to a family, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A doctor hands Daimara de la Fe Viera her newborn baby at the Ramn Gonzlez Coro Maternity Hospital in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Daimara de la Fe Viera sits in an operating room before her cesarean delivery at the Ramn Gonzlez Coro Maternity Hospital in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)