Mexican president thanks Cuban counterpart for COVID support

Cuba sent around 1,000 health workers to Mexico earlier in the pandemic to help bolster its healthcare system.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has thanked his Cuban counterpart for sending around 1,000 health workers to help Mexico respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Lopez Obrador spoke by phone on Tuesday with Miguel Diaz-Canel, who ascended to the position of first secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party last week. “For this gesture of solidarity I will speak to the president of Cuba in a moment … to express our appreciation for their generosity,” the Mexican president said during his daily morning news conference before the call.