Chapter 21 starts off with Kidder introducing another friend of Farmer, his name is Jorge Perez, and he is a Cuban doctor. Farmer is now at Cuba. Cuba and Haiti are very different when it comes to health. The health statistics in Cuba are the most accurate in the world, vetted by WHO. Though the health statistics are precise, some young Cuban doctors have never been in a situation where their patient has been diagnosed with malaria. Farmer is very appreciative with the medicine Cuba is providing. The doctors are poorly paid, yet they are trained very well. The main reason why Farmer went to Cuba was to raise money for his patients in Haiti. He felt guilty about leaving Haiti to go to Cuba, but it was for the good. Farmer also respected Jorge Perez, he had a great doctor-to-patient relationship. Farmer then goes on to question The Marxist analysis. He believed it was undeniably accurate. He also questioned many other "ologies." He did not understand them and he distrusted them.
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