{"id":209539,"date":"2019-11-20T17:35:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T22:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=209539"},"modified":"2019-11-20T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T22:39:53","slug":"cuban-doctors-return-from-ecuador-after-end-of-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-doctors-return-from-ecuador-after-end-of-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban doctors return from Ecuador after end of agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"

A first group of 173 <\/span>Cuban doctors<\/span><\/a> returned to the island this Tuesday from Ecuador, days after the government of that country ended the agreements it had with Cuba in the face of the alleged participation of Havana in the protests of early October in the South American country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The doctors arrived yesterday in the early morning at the airport of Santiago de Cuba, in eastern Cuba, where a part of them disembarked, and then the plane resumed its route to Havana, where the rest of the professionals on board got off.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another plane with 183 professionals was scheduled to land yesterday afternoon in Santiago, coming from <\/span>Ecuador<\/span><\/a>, where 382 Cuban doctors worked and will now be replaced by local specialists, according to the Ecuadorian government.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are aware that the end of the agreements with Cuba\u2019s medical mission will have a negative impact on the health services of the Ecuadorian people, but unfortunately (Len\u00edn) Moreno, their president who betrayed the principles of socialism, seems not to worry about this,\u201d said ophthalmologist Nivardo Rodr\u00edguez.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez <\/span>told<\/span><\/a> the state-run Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN)<\/em> news agency how he operated from 12 to 13 patients daily even in the midst of clashes between the government and indigenous groups last month.<\/span><\/p>\n

For his part, Ra\u00fal Carballosa, a doctor from Santiago, said that \u201cPresident Moreno\u2019s offensive words against us are far from the feelings of the people of that nation who saw us off with sadness but grateful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Tuesday, November 12, Ecuadorian Minister of Interior Mar\u00eda Paula Romo announced that her government had terminated and would not renew the six bilateral agreements with Cuba in the area of \u200b\u200bhealth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ecuador cierra unilateralmente convenios de salud con Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n