Madrid, Spain.- Cuban ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel dedicated this Wednesday’s broadcast of the Podcast From the Presidency To launch another of his attacks against the American senator Marco Rubio, whom he accused of leading a “perverse” strategy and a “surgical attack” to dismantle international medical brigades with which the Cuban government finances part of its economy.
According to Díaz -Canel, Washington seeks to hinder the resources that the country obtains through the export of health services and tarnish the image of an institution that the government describes as a pillar of its “international solidarity.” “They want to destroy an activity as noble as medical cooperation,” he said.
The ruler, cornered by the international opinion that questions the deployment of his professionals and accuses him of labor exploitation, directly linked that campaign to Donald Trump’s team and Senator Rubio himself. However, he omitted referring to the ex -women’s testimonies The brigades that claim to have suffered exhaustive surveillance, coercion and partial retention of their salaries.
In his speech, Díaz -Canel described Marco Rubio as “a cynical who presumes his Cuban origins and has done anything other than to seek how to damage Cuba.” According to the ruler, the statements of the senator and other legislators are part of an ideological offensive aimed at undermining one of the main achievements that, in his opinion, distinguish the insular socialist model: medicine as an international prestige tool.
The official discourse did not address the questions about the voluntary nature of said missionsstrict state control over professionals sent or lack of transparency in the administration of the funds collected. Independent observers and labor rights organizations have indicated that these aspects require deeper investigation.
In last February, after statements by the senator during a press conference in San José (Costa Rica), the ruler responded in his social networks: «The shame once again seizing the US cynical politicians. Human skill danger for your neo -fascism ».
With this new verbal attack, the Cuban government reinforces its victimization speech and promoting a “patriotic medicine” at the service of the revolutionary project, although numerous investigations have demonstrated the abusive work treatment that Cuban doctors are victims abroad. All this added to the fact that significant deficiencies persist in Cuba: the shortage of inputs, the massive exodus of health personnel and the deterioration of hospitals and polyclinics, which give rise to a collapsed health system.
