Cuban Medical Team Continues Aid to Haiti
Henry Reeve Brigade Active in Cholera Fight
The Brigade now has a total of 1,295 members working in Haiti, 515 doctors, 447 nurses, 244 technicians and 89 support staff. It has been operating in the poverty stricken nation since Hurricane Georges in 1998 and had several hundred personnel in country at the time of the January 12, 2010 earthquake. The Brigade operation in Haiti includes volunteers from nearly two dozen nations who have been trained by the Cubans.
Henry Reeve was an American who traveled to Cuba after the Civil War. Narrowly escaping after facing a Spanish firing squad, he joined the rebels and and served with them until his death. He is viewed by Cubans as one of the many heroes from their revolutionary period, fighting the Spanish prior to the Spanish American War.
The latest cholera report from the Haitian government is dated December 17. Over 121,000 cases have been reported. 2,591 cholera related deaths are documented. The largest number of cases and related deaths have been in the Artibonite Department. About 2,000 new cases are diagnosed daily.
The Dominican Republic is reporting 82 cases of cholera as of December 23. There have been no deaths and nearly all the patients have fully recovered.
UPI has a story on its newswire that some 45 people have been murdered by mobs throughout Haiti. According to a CNN report, quoting Haitian government officials, the majority of the killings occurred in Grand Anse. Rumors have been spreading that voodoo priests are using witchcraft to spread cholera and those killed are believed to have been priests.
The violence that followed the release of preliminary election results has ceased but the potential remains. The New York Times is reporting that the Organization of American States will review the results before any final totals are released. If no candidate received over 50% of the vote, a runnoff election is scheduled for mid-January.
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