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Companies That Served Food to Cuban Doctors in Mexico Received Preferential Treatment

The government of Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum allocated part of the 1.6 billion pesos disbursed over four months to various consortiums 14ymedio, Mexico City, February 16, 2026– New data fuels the controversy in Mexico over the importation of Cuban doctors. This time, the data pertains to companies contracted to provide lodging, food, and transportation for … Continue reading “Companies That Served Food to Cuban Doctors in Mexico Received Preferential Treatment”

Foreign Ministry Data Reveals There Are 3,650 Cuban Doctors Hired by Mexico

A report details that in the last seven years, 288,073 tourist, humanitarian and temporary residence visas have been granted to people from the Island. 14ymedio, Mexico City, October 27, 2025 — In the last seven years the Mexican government has granted temporary visas to 3,650 Cuban healthcare workers. The figure provided by the Foreign Ministry … Continue reading “Foreign Ministry Data Reveals There Are 3,650 Cuban Doctors Hired by Mexico”

Mexico Has Spent More Than $100 Million on Cuban Doctors But Has No Data on Their Performance

Neither the Ministry of Health nor the IMSS-Bienestar provide data on how many specialists are in hard-to-reach areas. 14ymedio Mexico City, 8 August 2025 — Mexican health agencies do not know how many doctors were sent to marginalized areas, the primary objective for which 3,101 specialists from Cuba were hired. According to documents obtained via … Continue reading “Mexico Has Spent More Than $100 Million on Cuban Doctors But Has No Data on Their Performance”

New Documents Reveal That Mexico Has Paid Almost 93 Million Euros for Cuban Doctors

The newspaper ‘El Universal’ has obtained official information through the transparency portal 14ymedio, Madrid, June 18, 2025 — In just two years, the amount of money paid by Mexico to Cuba for health services has increased by 70.3 million euros. According to information published this Tuesday by El Universal, the total amount corresponding to contracts … Continue reading “New Documents Reveal That Mexico Has Paid Almost 93 Million Euros for Cuban Doctors”

Chaotic Hiring of Cuban Doctors by the Controversial University ‘For The Poor’ in Mexico

The University of Wellbeing asks Havana for more specialists, despite the academic failure of a previous experience 14ymedio, Ángel Salinas / Yaiza Santos, Mexico / Madrid, 11 February 2025 — The governor of the State of Mexico, Delfina Gómez, has requested doctors from Cuba to teach classes at the Texcoco headquarters of the Benito Juárez … Continue reading “Chaotic Hiring of Cuban Doctors by the Controversial University ‘For The Poor’ in Mexico”

A Nurse Questions the Lack of Cuban Doctors in Remote Areas in Mexico When the Arrival of 96 is Announced

A health worker denounces the lack of medicines and specialists in communities in the Mexican state of Sonora 14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico City, 3 December 2024 — The 96 Cuban doctors that the Mexican Government boasts of having incorporated into the Sonora hospitals are not even remotely sufficient to solve the state’s problems. “Neither with … Continue reading “A Nurse Questions the Lack of Cuban Doctors in Remote Areas in Mexico When the Arrival of 96 is Announced”

The Hiring of Cuban Doctors in Mexico Continues as Another 173 Arrive in Quintana Roo

14ymedio, Mexico City, 25 October 2024 — Mexico announced this Thursday the arrival in Quintana Roo of another 173 Cuban doctors, who join the 36 already established in that state, to reinforce care in the health centers. Mexican authorities are waiting for another 30 doctors from the Island to distribute them in 13 hospitals in … Continue reading “The Hiring of Cuban Doctors in Mexico Continues as Another 173 Arrive in Quintana Roo”

Mexico Sends 23 Cuban Doctors to a Hospital Still Under Construction

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico City, 8 October 8, 2024 — A group of 23 Cuban doctors have been providing care since October 2 in a half-finished hospital in the municipality of Guaymas, state of Sonora (Mexico). At the same time as the consultations, the doctors have to endure the sounds of construction, and a pharmacy … Continue reading “Mexico Sends 23 Cuban Doctors to a Hospital Still Under Construction”

Mexico Receives Cuban Minister of Health and a New Group of 200 Doctors From the Island

1,550 of the 5,000 doctors hired by the López Obrador government have already arrived. 14ymedio, Mexico City, 23 August 2024 — the arrival, on Wednesday, of some 200 Cuban doctors at Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA), there are now almost 600 specialists from the island sent to Mexico in just 20 days. Two similar groups … Continue reading “Mexico Receives Cuban Minister of Health and a New Group of 200 Doctors From the Island”

Mexico López Obrador Administration hired 5,223 Cuban Doctors; Another 198 Arrived on Tuesday

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico City, August 29, 2024 — The Government of Mexico accelerated the arrival of Cuban doctors for one month before the end of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s mandate. The goal is to have 5,223 doctors “as soon as possible,” an official confirmed to 14ymedio. The second stage provides for the “arrival of … Continue reading “Mexico López Obrador Administration hired 5,223 Cuban Doctors; Another 198 Arrived on Tuesday”

Mexico Receives Another 200 Cuban Doctors To Work in 19 States

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico City, 4 August 2024 — Last Friday, a contingent of 200 Cuban doctors crowded into the corridor of the migration area at Felipe Ángeles International Airport in the state of Mexico. The group, said Ambassador Marcos Rodríguez Costa, will be distributed in 19 states with the “noble work of saving lives.” … Continue reading “Mexico Receives Another 200 Cuban Doctors To Work in 19 States”

Seven Cuban Doctors Will Return to the Island After the End of Their Contract in Mexico

The specialists arrived in the country in 2022, after being originally hired for one year, although their stay was extended for two 14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico City, July 28, 2024 –In October, seven Cuban doctors will stop work in hospitals located in the Mexican state of Campeche. According to Eva Baeza Fuentes, president of the … Continue reading “Seven Cuban Doctors Will Return to the Island After the End of Their Contract in Mexico”

Mexico Hires Another 2,700 Cuban Doctors, in Addition to the 1,200 Previously Agreed On

The island’s government only gives doctors a stipend to cover their basic needs. 14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico City, July 16, 2024 — The Government of Mexico announced on Tuesday what the “strengthening of health cooperation” agreed with Cuba last May translates into: in the coming months it will import another 2,700 doctors from the Island. … Continue reading “Mexico Hires Another 2,700 Cuban Doctors, in Addition to the 1,200 Previously Agreed On”

Mexico Fills Positions for National Doctors With Cuban Specialists

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 7 June 2024 — Cuban specialists are filling positions in Tamaulipas rejected by Mexican doctors because the work clinics are “far from the state capital,” said Marggid Rodríguez Avendaño, coordinator of the IMSS State Welfare. As the director of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Zoé Robledo, said last April, … Continue reading “Mexico Fills Positions for National Doctors With Cuban Specialists”

Mexico Fails To Fulfill Its Promise To Send Cuban Doctors to the State of San Luis Potosí

In the state, a shortage of specialists and a shortage of medicines prevail, an opponent denounces. 14ymedio, Mexico City, 21 May 2024 — More than two years after Mexico formalized its hiring of Cuban doctors, none of the 929 specialists who have arrived in the country have been sent to San Luis Potosí. Thus, “the … Continue reading “Mexico Fails To Fulfill Its Promise To Send Cuban Doctors to the State of San Luis Potosí”