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FROM
CUBA
Paramilitary personnel trained as medical
techs for deployment to Venezuela
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, February 24 (Guillermo
Fariñas, Cubanacán Press /
www.cubanet.org) - A group of 600 members
of paramilitary forces from the central
Cuban provinces have been enrolled in intensive
courses in several medical specialties since
January for eventual deployment to Venezuela.
The students are enrolled at the Abel Santamaría
School for Social Workers, in Santa Clara,
Alexander Agüero, a local dissident,
said, quoting what he called a reliable
inside source.
According to the source, the student body
is composed of men and women, 17 to 45,
coming from any of the various Security
and Protection Corps of the National Ministries,
and from the general military service, by
special recommendation of Military Counterintelligence.
The specialties taught at the school include
nursing, epidemiology, and X-ray technician.
The three-month courses for pre-selected
parties aim to insure the personnel deployed
to Venezuelan duty be less likely to seek
to remain there or in a third country.
The Cuban government has instituted a program
of incentives for Cubans who agree to serve
abroad in programs of International Aid.
The incentives can include access to hard
currency, while in service, and after completion,
preferential treatment in obtaining a home,
telephone service, of being able to buy
a car.
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