Understand why the Cuban doctors are not slaves

Specialist studies Cuban journalist Helium Doyle explains why the remuneration of health professionals in Cuba is paid directly to the government of Raúl Castro , first, because doctors , civil servants Cubans are coming on official business , and not as individuals , also in Cuban society , it accepts the thesis that the gains from export of services must be shared among the entire population , the situation is analogous to Brazilian companies that provide engineering services abroad, where the remuneration of engineers are paid by contractors , not by governments ; article is no clear answer to the conservative critique August 25, 2013
247 Brazil - Author of a series of articles about the coming of the medicalCubans gathered in 247 under the title " What you need to know about Cuban doctors ", the journalist Helium Doyle published on Sunday a clear answer to the reporters and critics of the program More Doctors pointing slavery in coming professionals health of the country . Read below : A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE CUBAN DOCTORS It seems that the last argument against the hiring of Cuban doctors is the compensation they will receive . It is ridiculous when prevailing facts , international indicators and numbers , speak evil of the health system and the quality of Cuban doctors . Revalidation diploma is not argument , because foreign doctors work in defined activities and for a specified time under a federal government program . Do not have the sense , too, say that Cubans do not understand the Brazilians because of language - first , because many of them speak Portuguese portunhol and , second, because the Cuban doctors are accustomed to working in countries where the language spoken is English , French, Portuguese and African dialects , and never was this obstacle . It remains , therefore, the form of hiring and once again without fear of ridicule , speak to slave labor . This restriction also has merits , not by moral or ethical arguments ( and largely hypocritical ) , or based on Brazilian and international legislation . Let two hypothetical situations , although they occur routinely .  1 - A contractor is hired by a Brazilian government work for a European country . This contractor will receive euros for this work and lead that country for a specified time , some engineers , geologists , skilled workers and administrative staff , all employees in the contractor in Brazil . Terminated the contract in the European country , all turn to Brazil with their jobs secured . Who will set the remuneration of these employees the contractor and pay them , she or government of the European country ? It is obvious that the contractor .  2 - The governments of Brazil and an African country to sign an agreement that a Brazilian state company sends professionals to its staff that country to provide technical assistance to small farmers . The Brazilian government will be paid in dollars by African government . The Brazilian state designate some of their employees to live and work temporarily in the African country . Who will set the remuneration of the company's Brazilian state and will make them pay, the Brazilian state or government of the African country ? It is obvious that the Brazilian state company .  Why, then , has to be different with the Cuban doctors ? They are not coming to Brazil as individuals or are unemployed . They are servants of the Cuban government , working for the State and are paid by it . When the mission ends in Brazil ( or any other of the 60 countries in which they work ) , go back to Cuba and their government jobs .  Would have no meaning , so that these doctors trained in Cuba, and Cuban civil servants , were assigned by the government of Cuba to work in Brazil as if they were individuals being hired . For this, they would have to leave their posts in the government of Cuba. As it would make sense that the contractor 's employees engaged in Europe or the state contracted in Africa to sign contracts and be paid directly by the governments of these countries . It is a service by Cuba , made ​​, of course , by professionals of health cadres that country .  The other criticism is about the remuneration of Cuban doctors . Although smaller than that will receive the Brazilians and foreigners hired as individuals , is within the standards of Cuba and not diverge substantially from receiving their colleagues working in the archipelago . It is more , but not much more . There is no sense in Cuban reality , a doctor of their health services , working in another country to receive U.S. $ 10 000 monthly . And while critics do not, in Cuba there is a clear acceptance by the population of the proceeds from the export of goods and services ( including tourism and education and health services ) are reversed at all , and not to a minority . What Cuba wins with its exports of goods and services , after paying the workers involved , will not for individuals going to the state.  The chance of winning is much more that makes some doctors prefer to leave Cuba and Cubans working in other countries as individuals . It is normal for this to happen in Cuba or any other country ( we are not getting Portuguese and Spanish ), and by any activity (how many Latin Americans seeking to emigrate to more developed countries ? ) . As is typical of many Cuban doctors approve the socialist system in which they live and to prepare to meet the " internationalist missions " anywhere in the world , regardless of which is the salary . For them , medicine is characterized by humanism and solidarity , and not for profit . It is hard to understand by those who passively accept , approve or benefit from the privatization and commodification of medicine and health care in Brazil . -" The space is globalized , but not world as a whole but as a metaphor .All places are worldwide but there is a space world .Who globalization are the same people. " Milton Santos , 1993