The Cuban David Fidalgo Jaca passed away this Thursday in a tragic car accident in Ecuador, according to reports on social media.
On Facebook, the Fe y Alegría foundation of the South American nation dedicated heartfelt words to someone described as a former teacher and husband of our colleague Jimena Gómez Acosta, a teacher at the "Concepción Temboury" Fiscomisional Educational Unit.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Fidalgo Jaca was a computer professional and, from his photos on Facebook, he left behind two small children.
So far, no other details of the incident are known, although hundreds of people have expressed their sadness.
In 2022, a Cuban doctor reportedly attempted suicide at the health center of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security Los Ceibos, located north of Guayaquil, Ecuador, local media reported.
The suicide attempt occurred on the afternoon of this Wednesday when the 45-year-old Cuban doctor, a specialist in Cardiology, reportedly jumped from the third floor of the "Los Ceibos" hospital, falling onto the roof of the second floor from a height of approximately five meters, according to the Facebook profiles of the media outlets Babahoyos and EC Digital.
A year earlier, the Cuban doctor Vladimir Carrazana, an intensivist at the IESS Hospital in Esmeraldas, died in Guayaquil this weekend.
Doctor Carrazana passed away due to complications from hemorrhagic dengue with multiple organ failure, as specified to CiberCuba by a consulted medical colleague.
In 2021, 67 percent of foreigners who acquired Ecuadorian nationality came from Cuba.
According to data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, cited by the newspaper El Comercio, between January and September of this year, there were 630 naturalization processes, more than double the 262 recorded in 2020, although the difference may be due to the shutdown caused by the pandemic.
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