tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post113843105522214131..comments2023-11-06T00:01:30.085+13:00Comments on New Zeal: Cuban Trained Doctors "Sow the Seed of Solidarity"Trevor Loudonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1138501671632553172006-01-29T15:27:00.000+13:002006-01-29T15:27:00.000+13:00Well if you don't like doctors from Timor Leste go...Well if you don't like doctors from Timor Leste going to Cuba for cheap medical training why don't you sponsor some to come and train at a Med school in NZ without any political indocrination what so ever? <BR/><BR/>Cuba provides a service (some what cynically to foster support for Castro in the third world) that medical students in the third world need and therefore jump at. <BR/><BR/>Any nation wanting to improve its public image around the world or gain support for its policies would do something similar. For example in 1990 and 1991 the USA gave huge financial grants and aid to Middle Eastern nations in return for support for the Gulf War.<BR/><BR/>The Middle Eastern Nations didn't necessarily support attacking one of their fellow Arab League nations but they wanted American aid money. Remember financial or economic objectives are usually at the top of most nation's considerations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com