From Das Kapital To Human Capital... Cuba's Doctor Diplomacy Pays Big Dividends For Now

... single organization and markets them world-wide. Effectively, the nations who can afford to pay cover the costs of the poor countries who can’t, a theme that harkens back to the ideas that emerged from the Cuban revolution. Under these rules, Venezuela is a “payer.” Cuba has over 82,000 doctors, giving it a ratio of one doctor to every 137 inhabitants. Doctors who work in Cuba’s free public health system earn less than the equivalent of $50 a month. Thus, there is an incentive to work abroad and earn more money in the scheme operated by Servimed. Brazil pays Cuban doctors around the equivalent of $4500 each month, with most of that ...