A senior Cuban diplomat has accused the Trump administration of trying to discredit the thousands of Cuban doctors working around the world and deprive the country of an important source of income.

Cuba’s monthly minimum wage is around $25, rising to around $50 for doctors. In Brazil, even with the Cuban government taking most of their salary, they were still getting about $1000 a month, a ...

Among other countries that have cheered the arrival of Cuban doctors and nurses in the pandemic are Nicaragua and Suriname, according to state media.. Since the program's inception, Cuba has ...

Following his inauguration as president, Cuba withdrew its 8,517 Cuban doctors. With Covid-19 halting tourism, Cuba is more reliant than ever on its international medical program to stay afloat.

For example, in 2013 Cuba inked a deal with the Brazilian Health Ministry to send 4,000 Cuban doctors to underserved regions of Brazil by the end of the year – worth as much as $270 million a ...

The Cuban government imposes draconian rules on doctors deployed in medical missions globally that violate their fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Governments seeking support from ...

In recent years Cuban health care workers have also become a key generator of hard currency for the communist-run government, which sells their services to countries that need doctors. But as Cuba ...

By 2005, Cuba had achieved the highest ratio of doctors per capita in the world: 1 to 167. By 2018, it had three times the ...

7,000 - Number of Cuban doctors and other health care professionals who came to the U.S. between 2006 and January 2017 under a special government program. 240 - Number of them who have arrived in ...

In recent years Cuban health care workers have also become a key generator of hard currency for the communist-run government, which sells their services to countries that need doctors. But as Cuba ...