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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 08:36 PM
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500 Cuban doctors desert Venezuela for US after bribing Ven officials
Edited on Thu Jan-07-10 08:37 PM by Bacchus39
http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/01/07/pol_ava_medicos-cubanos-logr_07A3263933.shtml


this past year, and 2000 since 2006 rest is Spanish




Médicos cubanos logran desertar desde Venezuela tras sobornar a funcionarios

Alrededor de 500 médicos cubanos han desertado hacia EEUU desde Venezuela (El Nuevo Herald)

06:01 PM Miami.- Alrededor de 500 médicos cubanos han desertado desde Venezuela hacia Estados Unidos tras sobornar la mayoría de ellos a funcionarios con el pago de diversas cantidades, desde los 300 a los 2.000 dólares, según fuentes de los grupos de exilio cubano en Miami.

El último caso se produjo el miércoles cuando siete médicos cubanos lograron salir del aeropuerto de Maiquetía, después de ser retenidos durante varias horas y tras el pago de cientos de dólares por persona, reseñó Efe.

"Los funcionarios venezolanos y cubanos en Maiquetía someten sistemáticamente a una fuerte presión sicológica a los médicos que quieren salir hasta que finalmente pagan un soborno", explicó a Efe el médico cubano Keiler Moreno, que salió del país hace cinco meses.

El doctor Moreno ayudó a varios de sus colegas que lograron abandonar ayer Caracas y les esperó en el aeropuerto de Miami para que hiciesen los trámites legales con los agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Aduana.

"Somos de la misma promoción que se graduó en medicina en el 2007 y nos ayudamos los unos a los otros", agregó.

Varias asociaciones católicas y la organización no gubernamental Solidaridad Sin Fronteras (SSF) se encargarán también de prestar asistencia a los cuatro hombres y tres mujeres cubanos que llegaron el miércoles y que son los últimos que han salido de Venezuela.

Según fuentes del exilio cubano, alrededor de 2.000 médicos y otros miembros del personal sanitario han desertado desde el año 2006 y solicitado visados para ir a Estados Unidos.

De esa cifra, 500 procedieron de Venezuela y, solamente en el último año, llegaron a Miami alrededor de 200.

"Estuve en Venezuela ocho meses y hace cinco llegué a Miami. Para poder salir hay que solicitar un visado de entrada a Estados Unidos en la embajada estadounidense en Caracas. El problema es que los funcionarios venezolanos no dan el permiso de salida. Al final, todo se resuelve con un soborno", contó Moreno.

Este médico de 27 años destacó que los funcionarios cubanos y venezolanos someten a los galenos que quieren salir "a una tortura sicológica que puede generar crisis de pánico".

"Buscan, en definitiva, el arrepentimiento, pero, si se resiste un poco, el soborno hace el resto", agregó.

Alrededor de 45.000 médicos y otros trabajadores de la salud cubanos participan en Venezuela en el programa de sanidad pública "Barrio Adentro", que trata de suplir las carencias del sistema venezolano.

"El problema de los médicos venezolanos es que el sistema público no les paga y se ven obligados a ejercer la medicina privada", explicó Moreno.

Aunque los galenos cubanos que llegan a Estados Unidos no pueden ejercer la medicina hasta la convalidación de los títulos correspondientes, el doctor Moreno señaló que prefieren afrontar toda esa etapa antes que seguir bajo un sistema plagado de corrupciones.

Los siete médicos cubanos que llegaron el miércoles a Miami seguirán varios días bajo la custodia del Servicio de Inmigración hasta recibir sus permisos de estancia, que les permitirán tramitar su residencia en el país.

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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 08:46 PM
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1. Are they going to be allowed to practice in the USA? nt
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roody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 10:11 PM
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2. Maybe they can practice with these young people.
Edited on Thu Jan-07-10 10:11 PM by roody
http://www.ifconews.org/node/392?page=0%2C1

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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-08-10 09:21 AM
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3. So you have no idea anbout my question, but the whole subject of Cuba upsets you? nt
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roody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-08-10 11:08 AM
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4. not upset---
I just wanted to share the video about the wonderful young people. I believe the article said that they can practice medicine here after passing tests.
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social_critic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 06:40 PM
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5. Foreign Doctor Practice in the US
They can if they re-validate their titles, and go through internship all over again. The process for a foreign doctor takes at least three years. Many of them fail to do so and end up working as nurses or medical technicians. However, even in those roles they make more money than in their home countries.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 08:12 PM
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6. Thanks.
I don't expect they will have much trouble getting a green card anyway.
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social_critic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 10:44 PM
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7. It's easy to get a green card
They are protected by special rules, professionals and other high end workers can get in, they have to sweat it out, but it's not that hard. They are the type of inmigrant the US needs anyway. We don't need gardeners and maids, we need people who are above average.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 10:47 PM
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8. Easy for some, not so easy for others.
It is hardly the case that anybody that would like one can get one.
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social_critic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:01 AM
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9. Not anybody, but it's not like in the Proposal
I'm familiar with the system, and I'm helping an art graduate get a green card. It takes court appearances, some lawyer time, and of course they need to have money to show they won't be going on welfare and create their own life. Please don't get me the "anybody" approach, an immigration system which lets ANYBODY get it is hardly worth it. It should be selective, they need to prove they deserve to get in and stay, and contribute to society. I think this art graduate in particular will do well, she has haunting paintings of people in the commmunist gulag, and suffered a lot living in a communist country, where her art work was regulated and she wasn't free to express her feelings.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 09:12 AM
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10. Don't go wandering off now.
I don't know what "proposal" you are talking about, and I was just pointing out that my comment about it being relatively easy for them to get green cards was relevant since it is not easy for just anyone. I'm not trying to defend or attack the immigration system or what have you.
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social_critic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 03:42 PM
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11. You didn't see the Proposal?
It's the new Sandra Bullock movie. Don't miss it. She plays a Canadian citizen with a high paying job who is being deported back to Canada. It's really funny.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 04:16 PM
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12. Ah, I see.
I'll keep it in mind.
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