Johannesburg, July 28.- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has launched a Cuban Solidarity Campaign — pledging to work against long-standing U.S. economic blockade against the Caribbean island nation. ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe has pledged South Africa to help Cuba fight the “inhuman U.S. sanctions against the Caribbean nation.”

The fact that Cuba has already developed four cancer vaccines undoubtedly is big news for humanity if you bear in mind that according to the World Health Organization nearly 8 million people die from that disease every year. However, the mainstream media have completely ignored this reality.

Havana, Cuba, Jul 25.- Cuba ranks 44th on the Human Development Index published Thursday by the UN Development Program (UNDP), thus placing the island among the nations with the category of very high indicator.