Interview with Irish legend, David Hickey
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[A video podcast about #Cuba, hosted on PeerTube.wtf, from the podcast team #CubaAnalysisPodcast]
#DavidHickey’s extraordinary life bridges three distinct worlds: renowned #Irish surgeon, sporting legend, and #solidarity activist.
Hickey’s solidarity with Cuba began through his admiration for its athletes, especially Olympians Alberto Juantorena, track runner, and boxer Teófilo Stevenson, who turned down lucrative professional contracts in order to remain loyal to the Cuban Revolution. In the 1990s, while developing #Ireland’s pancreas transplant programme, Hickey met a Cuban transplant surgeon in France who invited him to visit the island.
In 1999, Hickey travelled to Havana and was ‘absolutely captivated’ by the people and society. He founded the Irish Cuban Medical Association, which shipped ten 40-foot containers of medical supplies to Cuba...