The Cuban Scientist Fighting to Save the World’s Memory
> May 15, 2026
[weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the *Belly Of The Beast* news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]
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>For over seven million people in the United States, Alzheimer’s is a slow erasure of memory, identity and connection. As pharmaceutical giants charge staggering prices for treatments that offer limited results with dangerous side effects, a potential breakthrough has emerged from Cuba, a country subjected to more than six decades of U.S. economic warfare.
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>Our latest documentary, Teresita’s Dream, tells the story of how a Cuban scientist, amid sanctions and scarcities, has developed an Alzheimer’s medication that could “change the world.”
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> **Also:**
> * Talks in Havana, War Drums in Miami
> * Rubio's Cynical Aid Charade
> * 40 Years After Jesse Jackson's Havana Visit, His Son Returns
> * Cuban Americans: "Rubio Doesn't Speak for Me"
> * "Monsters Against Their Own People"
> * Who's Spying on Whom?
> * "No Military Solution": UN Chief Slams U.S. Sanctions
> * As War on Cuba Escalates, Companies Settle Lawsuits
> * Rising Gas Prices as Russian Tanker Stalls
[weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the *Belly Of The Beast* news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]
>
>For over seven million people in the United States, Alzheimer’s is a slow erasure of memory, identity and connection. As pharmaceutical giants charge staggering prices for treatments that offer limited results with dangerous side effects, a potential breakthrough has emerged from Cuba, a country subjected to more than six decades of U.S. economic warfare.
>
>Our latest documentary, Teresita’s Dream, tells the story of how a Cuban scientist, amid sanctions and scarcities, has developed an Alzheimer’s medication that could “change the world.”
>
> **Also:**
> * Talks in Havana, War Drums in Miami
> * Rubio's Cynical Aid Charade
> * 40 Years After Jesse Jackson's Havana Visit, His Son Returns
> * Cuban Americans: "Rubio Doesn't Speak for Me"
> * "Monsters Against Their Own People"
> * Who's Spying on Whom?
> * "No Military Solution": UN Chief Slams U.S. Sanctions
> * As War on Cuba Escalates, Companies Settle Lawsuits
> * Rising Gas Prices as Russian Tanker Stalls