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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0138-6557</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cub Med Mil]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0138-6557</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0138-65572021000400041</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Francesco Federico Falco, el médico italiano que luchó por la independencia de Cuba]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Francesco Federico Falco, the Italian doctor who fought for the independence of Cuba]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abreu Ugarte]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>50</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0138-65572021000400041&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0138-65572021000400041&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0138-65572021000400041&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La lucha por la independencia de Cuba contó con numerosos partidarios en Europa, pero la contribución más notable de sacrificio y sangre fue la ofrecida por Italia. Entre los italianos que apoyaron la libertad para Cuba, estuvo el doctor Francesco Federico Falco, graduado de médico en la Universidad de Roma y especializado en cirugía. Como secretario del Comité Italiano por la libertad de Cuba, realizó una intensa labor propagandística de solidaridad por la causa independentista de los cubanos. El objetivo de este trabajo es evocar la actitud revolucionaria del médico italiano que participó en la guerra de 1895, a favor de la causa cubana. El doctor Falco se unió al Ejército Libertador en 1898, para prestar servicios como médico en el cuerpo de sanidad militar. Se destacó por su valentía como combatiente y alcanzó el grado de comandante. Al instaurarse la República, el gobierno cubano lo nombró en cargos diplomáticos en países de Europa y finalmente en Italia, donde inició las relaciones diplomáticas entre las dos naciones. Se destacó como intelectual, con una fructífera obra literaria en la que patentizó que contribuyó a divulgar la historia de Cuba. La participación de médicos cubanos junto a colegas italianos en el enfrentamiento a la actual pandemia de la COVID-19, causada por el nuevo coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, recuerda al doctor italiano Francesco Federico Falco, que se incorporó como médico al Ejército Libertador, para luchar junto a los cubanos contra el colonialismo español en la postrimería del siglo XIX.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The fight for Cuban independence had numerous supporters in Europe, but the most notable contribution of sacrifice and blood was that offered by Italy. Among the Italians who supported freedom for Cuba was Dr. Francesco Federico Falco, a medical graduate from the University of Rome and specialized in surgery. As secretary of the Italian Committee for the Freedom of Cuba, he carried out intense propaganda work of solidarity for the independence cause of Cubans. The objective of this work is to evoke the revolutionary attitude of the Italian doctor who participated in the war of 1895, in favor of the Cuban cause. Dr. Falco joined the Liberation Army in 1898, to serve as a doctor in the military health corps. He was noted for his bravery as a fighter and reached the rank of Commander. When the Republic was established, the Cuban government appointed him to diplomatic positions in European countries and finally in Italy, where he began diplomatic relations between the two nations. He stood out as an intellectual, with a fruitful literary work in which he demonstrated his commitment to Cuba and contributed to spreading its history. The participation of Cuban doctors along with Italian colleagues in the confrontation with the current pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, reminds the Italian Dr. Francesco Federico Falco, who joined the Liberation Army as a doctor, to fight together with the Cubans, against colonialism Spanish in the late nineteenth century.]]></p></abstract>
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