"In recent years this medical aid has grown significantly, becoming a central part of Cuba's international relations.
Cuba trains overseas medical students, sends tens of thousands of doctors abroad and has rapid response disaster assistance teams. These were sent to both China and Pakistan after their devastating earthquakes. "
What do those doctors do once they get outside Cuba? Defect.
""From the moment I got there, I thought of it -- leaving," Perez, 36, said in an interview in Bogota, where about 40 Cuban physicians and other medical professionals are living after fleeing from Venezuela. "
If Cuba is such a great place as the BBC wants us to believe, why do so many Cuban's want to leave and risk their lives doing it?
And just what are those "international relations" the BBC alludes to?
"Cuba has dispatched more than 20,000 doctors, as well as thousands of other specialists such as sports trainers and therapists, to Venezuela. Chavez's government has paid for the service by providing Cuba with nearly 100,000 barrels of oil a day, filling the void left by the Soviet Union, Havana's longtime benefactor during the Cold War. "
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