Cuban Doctors to Remain in Venezuela

Cuban Doctors to Remain in Venezuela
March 6, 2013

HAVANA TIMES — The over 40,000 Cuban doctors and other professionals
working in Venezuela will continue providing humanitarian services in
that South American nation, reported the official Granma newspaper in
the wake of the death of President Hugo Chavez.

"The tens of thousands of Cubans working in Venezuela will pay homage to
him by fervently carrying out their internationalist duties and they
will continue to serve the Bolivarian people with honor and altruism
throughout this ordeal," reads the news article.

Contingents of doctors and other specialists from the island have worked
in Venezuela for several years as part of cooperation agreements
advantageous for the Cuban economy and Venezuelan social programs.

The Cubans currently working in Venezuela include 31,777 serving in
medical missions; 6,225 in sports programs; 1,905 in the Corazon Adentro
Cultural Program and 486 in education, etc.

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