Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar asks for direct payments to Cuban doctors in meeting with López Obrador

The Cuban-American congresswomanMaria Elvira Salazarrequested direct payment to Cuban doctors who provide services in Mexico, during a meeting held with the presidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador.

As part of a bilateral meeting with 12 legislators and representatives of the United States government, Salazar asked the Mexican president to pay the Cuban doctors the full salary that he sends to the Castro regime, as explained by the congresswoman in a video published this Wednesday in your Twitter account.

In his appearance on this social network he revealed that he also asked López Obrador to no longer allow the enslavement of Cuban doctors who only receive 5% of their salary.

He also advocated that the specialists be able to travel to Mexico with their family so as not to leave them behind in Cuba.

Finally, he demanded that he become the president with whom Cuban doctors are free, not "slaves of Castroism."

With this request Salazar reaffirms the will of the Cuban-American senators who sent a letter to the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, in which they advocated discourage exploitation of doctors promoted by the Cuban regime.

In a letter criticizing the continuation of Cuba's international medical "missions," they called for expanded U.S. diplomatic efforts to end the cruel exploitation of the estimated 50,000 Cuban medical professionals who receive no compensation for their work. and, instead, "they are used as instruments of oppression by the Cuban regime.

The hiring of Cuban health professionals has been considered “human trafficking” and is the reason why the United States keeps Cuba on the “black list” on the matter.

Despite constant complaints and evidence based on the experience of Cuban doctors, the regime's ally, the government of Mexico, continues to participate in the hiring of Cuban doctors.

Recently, López Obrador's cabinet announced that thenumber of Cuban doctors Those who will arrive in that country will almost double the number of 610 doctors sent by the Havana regime since 2022.