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Mexico Paid Cuba 1.5 Million Dollars for its Medical Students to Study in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 27 February 2022 — Mexico gave 34,000,000 Mexican pesos (1,501,766 dollars) to Cuba, according to a report released by Latinus. The money was transferred in 2021 through the National Council for Science and Technology (Conacyt) to Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos, SA, “a company of the Government of Havana accused internationally of human trafficking and forced labor.” … Continue reading “Mexico Paid Cuba 1.5 Million Dollars for its Medical Students to Study in Cuba”

A Mexican Senator Denounces Payment of 13 Million Dollars to Cuba for ‘False Doctors’

14ymedio, Havana, 20 September 2021 — The coordinator in the Mexican Senate of the opposition National Action Party (PAN), Julen Rementería, denounced this Monday that the highest authorities of Mexico and Cuba “orchestrated a fraud” of 255,873,177 million pesos (about 12,692,940 million dollars ) to the detriment of the Mexican Health budget by hiring 585 … Continue reading “A Mexican Senator Denounces Payment of 13 Million Dollars to Cuba for ‘False Doctors’”

123 Cuban Healthcare Workers Return from Mexico and the Secret of Their Location is Revealed

14ymedio, Olea Gallardo, Havana, 30 March2021 –The details of the mission of the Cuban doctors in Mexico continues to be learned drop by drop. This Monday, when 123 medical personnel from the Henry Reeve Brigade returned to the island, of the nearly 500 deployed in that country since December, the official Cuban press confirmed that … Continue reading “123 Cuban Healthcare Workers Return from Mexico and the Secret of Their Location is Revealed”

New Information Comes to Light About Cuban Medical Missions in Mexico

14ymedio, Havana, March 16, 2021 — Mexico has paid over six million dollars for 585 Cuban doctors who were working in the country from April 24th to July 24th last year. In total, it wasn’t only the 135 million pesos, as stated by The Secretary of State for Health, Oliva Lopez Arrellano, nor the 135,875,000 … Continue reading “New Information Comes to Light About Cuban Medical Missions in Mexico”

Some 40 Mexican Doctors Who Don’t Want to Go to Cuba Request Protection Under a Writ of Amparo

14ymedio, Lorey Saman, Mexico, February 18, 2021 — Around 40 Mexican doctors have come together to file amparo lawsuits for protection from being forced to study their specialty in Cuba by the Government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The writ of amparo—a legal instrument that exists in Mexico to protect citizens from possible arbitrariness by … Continue reading “Some 40 Mexican Doctors Who Don’t Want to Go to Cuba Request Protection Under a Writ of Amparo”

Mexican Doctors Rebel Against Being Required to Study in Cuba

14ymedio, Lorey Saman, Mexico, 9 February 2021 — A score of doctors demonstrated Monday in Mexico City’s Zocalo plaza in protest against Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s government requiring them to study their specialty in Cuba. “They say that the infrastructure there is greater than what we have in Mexico, but here we have more hospitals … Continue reading “Mexican Doctors Rebel Against Being Required to Study in Cuba”

Mexican Doctors “Vigorously Protest” the Contract for Cuban Health Workers

14ymedio, Havana, June 14, 2020 — A dozen Mexican medical associations have signed a letter to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stating their “profound disapproval and vigorous protest” about the arrival of Cuban doctors contracted to tackle COVID-19. It’s “serious misconduct toward health professionals,” they say. The missive, to which 14ymedio had access, recognizes that in the framework … Continue reading “Mexican Doctors “Vigorously Protest” the Contract for Cuban Health Workers”

The U.S. No Longer Accepts Them But Cuban Doctors Continue To Flee From Venezuela

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón, Bogota, 28 February 2018 — When Dayana Suárez escaped from the medical mission in the Venezuelan state Lara, the United States’ Cuban Medical Professional Parole (CMPP) program, which was created in 2006 to provide refuge for healthcare professionals fleeing the missions entrusted by La Havana, did not already exist. Suárez is a … Continue reading “The U.S. No Longer Accepts Them But Cuban Doctors Continue To Flee From Venezuela”

Complaints And Confusion In Digital Forum On Restricting Doctors’ Travel / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, 2 December 2015 – “Will retired doctors be subject to the special travel regulations?” This question, asked by a commentator named Rita, led off the online forum managed by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) on the digital site Cubadebate. Dozens of internauts swamped this site from 10 in the morning looking for … Continue reading “Complaints And Confusion In Digital Forum On Restricting Doctors’ Travel / 14ymedio”

Cuban Doctors Will Need Permission To Travel For Private Reasons / EFE (14ymedio)

EFE (via 14ymedio), 1 December 2015 — Cuba announced on Tuesday that its physicians will need government permission if they wish to leave the country “for personal reason,” a measure which will take effect starting on 7 December and that coincides with the migration crisis that has led some 4,000 Cubans to be stranded in … Continue reading “Cuban Doctors Will Need Permission To Travel For Private Reasons / EFE (14ymedio)”

The US Congress Affirms That Cuba Uses Illegal Immigration To ‘Infiltrate Spies’ and ‘Export Dissent’

14ymedio, Havana, 26 August 2024 — The US Congress assumes that the Havana regime uses illegal immigration “as a weapon to saturate the US border, benefit from international smuggling, export dissent, infiltrate spies and strengthen a black market economy.” The statement is part of Resolution 1358, whose text was presented on July 11 by Republican … Continue reading “The US Congress Affirms That Cuba Uses Illegal Immigration To ‘Infiltrate Spies’ and ‘Export Dissent’”

‘Che’ Guevara’s Daughter Attacks Small/Private Businesses and Accuses Them of ‘Facilitating the Entry of Drugs’ Into Cuba

Aleida Guevara March believes that the solution to inflation that she attributes to the private sector is to regulate prices 14ymedio, Madrid, 13 May 2024 — Aleida Guevara, the eldest of the children of Ernesto Che Guevara and his wife Aleida March, declares war on micro, small, and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) in an interview with … Continue reading “‘Che’ Guevara’s Daughter Attacks Small/Private Businesses and Accuses Them of ‘Facilitating the Entry of Drugs’ Into Cuba”

An Expert Asks for Help From the Private Sector To Serve the Aging Population of Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, 10 April 2024 — Demographic problems can be alleviated through collaboration with private companies, according to the interview that the newspaper Escambray published this Wednesday with Antonio Aja Díaz, director of the Center for Demographic Studies of the University of Havana. The expert states that it is necessary to pay attention to the … Continue reading “An Expert Asks for Help From the Private Sector To Serve the Aging Population of Cuba”

Cuba Monopolizes Mexican Medical Students on Scholarships to Study Abroad and Charges More Per Student Than the United Kingdom, France and the United States

14ymedio, Mexico, January 18, 2024 — Mexico pays Cuba 27,914 dollars in foreign currency (484,041 Mexican pesos) annually for each of the 428 students studying medical specialties on the Island. The figures reveal, according to a report published this Thursday in El Universal, that the education of these scholarship recipients on the Island is more … Continue reading “Cuba Monopolizes Mexican Medical Students on Scholarships to Study Abroad and Charges More Per Student Than the United Kingdom, France and the United States”

Two Cuban Companies Compete in the Blue-Scorpion Fraud Against Cancer

14ymedio, Havana, January 5, 2024 — Gema, a 65-year-old from Havana, received the news in 2013 that she had liver cancer at a fairly advanced stage. In a rapid physical decline, she clung to the recommendation made by a neighbor to look for blue scorpion venom, because the product could “stop the advance of cancer.” … Continue reading “Two Cuban Companies Compete in the Blue-Scorpion Fraud Against Cancer”