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Reliving the Cuban missile crisis: 'We were going to be incinerated'

Oscar Larralde vividly remembers hearing the explosions that downed an American spy plane over Cuba in 1962; his island nation was in the eye of a nuclear standoff between the United States and Soviet…

Oscar Larralde vividly remembers hearing the explosions that downed an American spy plane over Cuba in 1962; his island nation was in the eye of a nuclear

Villagers became enmeshed in a battle for nuclear dominance – with the showdown leading Cuba to become one of the most militarised states in the world

General Maximo Gomez, a key figure in Cuba’s 19th-century wars of independence against Spain, once said: “Cubans either don’t meet the mark — or go way past it.” A century and a half later, the aphorism rings true. This downtrodden island that struggles to keep the lights on has now vaccinated more of its citizens against COVID-19 than any of the world’s major nations. More than 90 percent of the population has been vaccinated with at least one dose of Cuba’s homegrown vaccines, while 83 percent have been fully inoculated. Of countries with populations of more than 1 million, onl...