Mexico to employ 2,700 Cuban doctors but faces opposition

Mexico said on Tuesday it will receive 2,700 Cuban doctors to alleviate a shortage of specialists despite criticism from opponents who say it will support the communist-led Caribbean nation to the detriment of local medical professionals.
Cuba has already sent Mexico hundreds of doctors, the first wave of them arriving during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are employed by Mexico’s public health service.
“In the latest agreement, in addition to the 950 doctors (from Cuba) who are already working in 23 states of the country, 2,700 of these specialties are being added… mainly in internal medicine, pediatrics and emergency medicine,” the head of Mexico’s Social Security Institute Zoe Robledo said in a press
conference.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has defended Cuba’s government and argues the country is the victim of an unjust U.S. economic blockade.