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Bacchus4.0

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14. good point, lots of things going on with this

Tue May 7, 2013, 08:49 PM

May 2013

Its overall quite benevolent. I don't believe Brazil will have much to fear with Cubans being placed in their military and providing security, and influencing policy an practices politically. like in Venezuela

You have the interest of certainly some of the Cuban doctors to actually go somewhere else outside of Cuba. And of course you will get defections.

Cuba is hedging its bets that Venezuela is too unstable to be reliable benefactor.

Brazil gets the medical services. I assume this comes with a good dose of communist propaganda in those communities but thats part of the deal between those nations. It is what it is.

Not sure why some are trying to say the US missed out. THe US is Brazil's second largest trading partner after China of course. I don't see how this impacts that. The chavista crowd simply doesn't like the US.

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Cuba to Send 6,000 Doctors to Brazil [View all] Catherina May 2013 OP

Those two countries share a lot flamingdem May 2013 #1

Monroe Doctrine not working out so well lol n/t Catherina May 2013 #2

Impressive, isn't it? ocpagu May 2013 #3

Well, naaman fletcher May 2013 #4

Actually, you are misinformed. Mika May 2013 #6

Well, naaman fletcher May 2013 #7

Sorry. I should have said "they" and not "you". Mika May 2013 #8

They request it because that's the only way they can leave. joshcryer May 2013 #12

good point, lots of things going on with this Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #14

Nevermind that Brazil's medicine is far beyond Cuba's. joshcryer May 2013 #15

You do know about Médecins Sans Frontières, I assume? Now try to think about Cuban doctors idwiyo May 2013 #11

It is indeed. Compare too. One country sends death squads, the other sends doctors Catherina May 2013 #5

Filthy ugly, but true! Better believe it. Sent the Salvador Option to Iraq. Incredible. Judi Lynn May 2013 #17

Exceedingly good news! This exchange will bring good to both peoples. It is a BIG deal. Judi Lynn May 2013 #9

OMG,,!!!,,1! They are going to take over Brazil just like they took over Venezuela!!!!,,! idwiyo May 2013 #10

True, major propaganda coup flamingdem May 2013 #13

Ha! HA!!! Peace Patriot May 2013 #16

It's already did. :) idwiyo May 2013 #18