Mexico president says hiring Cuban doctors, praises Cuban counterpart


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  • Monday, 09 May 2022

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers a speech with Honduras' President Xiomara Castro (not pictured) at the Presidential House, during Obrador's visit to Tegucigalpa, Honduras May 6, 2022. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday lavished praise on Cuba's leader, reiterated his wish for the Caribbean island nation to be invited to the Summit of the Americas in June and said Mexico would be hiring over 500 Cuban doctors.

Lopez Obrador, who visited Cuba over the weekend as part of a regional tour of Central America and the Caribbean, said at a regular news conference that he had met with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, as well as former President Raul Castro.

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