Brazil has replaced nearly all of the thousands of Cuban doctors whom Havana has been pulling out of the country following the election of right-winger Jair Bolsonaro as president, the Health Ministry announced Monday. Already, “97.2 per cent of the posts … have been taken,” the statement said.
Read MoreThe Ministry of Health of Brazil said today that it has already filled 84 percent of the more than 8,000 vacancies for doctors announced a few days after Cuba announced its pulling out from the cooperation program “More Doctors” . A total of “7,154 professionals are already located in the municipalities for immediate action,” the ministry said in a statement.
Read MoreThe more than 8,000 Cubans who work in Brazil as part of the “More Doctors” cooperation program are being asked to leave the country between now and December 12th, according to the Pan American Health Organization. Nonethless, a portion of the MDs will try to remain in Brazil under individual contracts and better working conditions.
Read MoreAlthough some migrants arrived earlier, the bulk of the Hondurans arrived just five days ago. The camp is in Zona Norte, on the north end of Tijuana, in a sports facility. The early arrivals were lucky to get floor space inside of the gymnasium where is it dry, safe and quiet. The more recent arrivals are camped in the soccer field… (36 photos)
Read MoreA small city in southern Brazil has offered a Cuban doctor to fill the position of local health secretary to avoid leaving the country, after the Cuban government announced the end of its participation in the cooperation program “Mas Medicos” in the South American giant.
Read MoreNicaragua’s embattled president Daniel Ortega was scheduled to arrive Thursday for the two-day Ibero-American Summit in Antigua, Guatemala. At first, he postponed the trip for Friday, but then it was announced this afternoon that he will cancel altogether.
Read MoreThe Cuban government announced today its withdrawal from the “More Doctors” program in Brazil, alleging that president-elect Jair Bolsonaro wants to change the conditions and directly hire doctors without the intermediation of the Cuban state. No date was given as to when the pull-out will occur.
Read MoreAs widely predicted, Jair Bolsonaro is the new president of Brazil after Sunday’s balloting. The controversial ultra-rightist was elected to head the largest economy in Latin America with 55.54 percent of the votes in the second round runoff, according to the official results with 94.67 of the votes counted.
Read MoreHe praises the dictatorship of decades past and has insulted blacks, women and sexual minorities, but right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro has a good chance of being elected on Sunday as president of Brazil. The controversial former 63-year-old Army captain, is the favorite to win the runoff election against leftist Fernando Haddad, 55, of the Worker’s Party (PT).
Read MoreA few weeks ago, my friend Balam Rodrigo, a brilliant Central American poet from Chiapas, and myself went to visit the Immigration Center in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, more or less near the US-border. We were received by Father Pedro Pantoja, a man who has dedicated a great part of his life to defending and protecting immigrants. (10 photos)
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