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Some Cuban doctors will stay in Brazil
A better salary and lifestyle
Some Cuban doctors decide to stay in Brazil
By: Agencies | Tuesday, 11/27/2018 7:02 AM
translated from Spanish
The decision was made. When Raymond Garcia, a 32-year-old Cuban doctor, learned that his country was withdrawing from Brazil's "Más Médicos" program, he did not hesitate for a second: "I'm not coming back."
The government of the Caribbean island put an end to its participation in that mission last week, so the 8,300 Cubans who provided health coverage to part of the most vulnerable Brazilian population were called back home. However, like García - who since sixty days ago served in Marajó, a lost island in the Brazilian Amazon -, some Cubans do not want to return.
The doctor came by chance to Brazil. After training in Havana, the capital of Cuba, he knew that there were possibilities to work abroad through humanitarian missions. Angola, Brazil and Venezuela were some of the options. "I chose Brazil because it was the one that paid the best, 2900 reais - some 760 dollars - and in Cuba I worked seven days a week doing medical guards for 10 dollars".
In Brazil, Garcia met Jarina, his wife, and five months ago he became a father. Since he arrived, he assures, he attended people "very humble" who "never in his life had gone to the doctor", and he learned to love the Brazilian people.
The unexpected cancellation of Cuba came as a flurry of growing tensions between the Cuban government and the elected president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right ex-military man known for his aggressive speech against the left and his fervent anti-communism.
While he will assume power until January 1, Cuba rejected the words of Bolsonaro, who called the island's government "dictatorship" and proposed to review the working conditions of doctors. They received 30% of the salary, while the rest went to the social programs that the Cuban government advances.
The government of the Caribbean island put an end to its participation in that mission last week, so the 8,300 Cubans who provided health coverage to part of the most vulnerable Brazilian population were called back home. However, like García - who since sixty days ago served in Marajó, a lost island in the Brazilian Amazon -, some Cubans do not want to return.
The doctor came by chance to Brazil. After training in Havana, the capital of Cuba, he knew that there were possibilities to work abroad through humanitarian missions. Angola, Brazil and Venezuela were some of the options. "I chose Brazil because it was the one that paid the best, 2900 reais - some 760 dollars - and in Cuba I worked seven days a week doing medical guards for 10 dollars".
In Brazil, Garcia met Jarina, his wife, and five months ago he became a father. Since he arrived, he assures, he attended people "very humble" who "never in his life had gone to the doctor", and he learned to love the Brazilian people.
The unexpected cancellation of Cuba came as a flurry of growing tensions between the Cuban government and the elected president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right ex-military man known for his aggressive speech against the left and his fervent anti-communism.
While he will assume power until January 1, Cuba rejected the words of Bolsonaro, who called the island's government "dictatorship" and proposed to review the working conditions of doctors. They received 30% of the salary, while the rest went to the social programs that the Cuban government advances.
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https://www.aporrea.org/internacionales/n334865.html
Aporrea is a Venezuelan website that is pro-Chavismo.
Exporting "healthcare" and reaping the financial rewards is Cuba's number one hard currency generator.