On his X platform, the president sent his condolences to the Chilean Government and people and highlighted the participation of Chilean physicians, graduated in Cuba, in containing the fires.

Knowing that the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) graduates are working there, is comforting. You can always count on Cuba’s solidarity, Díaz-Canel wrote on that platform.

Due to the devastating fires that have also destroyed some 8,000 hectares of forest and weeds in the Valparaíso region, Chilean President Gabriel Boric has declared a state of emergency in the southern country.

According to media reports, that decision will make all resources available to deal with the emergency.

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