RHC´s English language broadcast for June 09, 2020
National and International news, with an update of COVID-19 epidemic in Cuba and around the world. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel received the returning medical brigade that saved lives in Italy for a little over two months. Upon their arrival at the Jose Marti International Airport Monday evening, the Cuban president addressed the 52 doctors and nurses by a video-link -- a special transmission from the Palacio de la Revolucion. Radio Havana Cuba's @atahualparecio1 brings us an exclusive interview with Rogelio Polanco, the Rector of the Higher Institute of International Relations (ISRI) in Havana. They talk about the increasing pressure against Cuba by the Donald Trump administration, including the recent terrorist action against Cuba's embassy in Washington, DC. And the rector of ISRI analyzes U.S. actions being taken against Venezuela, in the context of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.