July 31, 2025 — Belly of the Beast
Ten U.S. students graduated last week from Cuba’s Latin America School of Medicine (ELAM).
The school trains young doctors from medically underserved communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and the United States. Cuba provides the students full scholarships, meals and lodging. Since it opened in 1999, ELAM has graduated more than 35,000 doctors.
One of the biggest medical schools in the world a decade ago, student numbers have dwindled. Even so, ELAM is currently home to students from over 90 different countries – including more than 170 Palestinian medical students. See our documentary From Gaza to Cuba about one of them HERE
