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Doctors, Tourism, Tobacco: Cuba Buckling Under Us Pressure
US sanctions have cut Cuba’s $7 billion medical mission income and slashed tourism revenue by 70%, while the energy crisis endangers tobacco exports and farming.
- Earlier this month, the Havana government says an oil blockade has forced emergency rationing that kneecaps the tourism and tobacco sectors, worsening Cuba's economic crisis.
- US actions have pressured Cuba's partners, prompting Guatemala to end a 27-year agreement and Antigua and Barbuda to break a similar deal, Guyanese Health Minister Frank Anthony said `Those agreements are going to change over time`.
- Official figures show medical missions generated roughly $7 billion last year, tourism employs over 300,000, and earlier this month Havana's jet fuel suspension forced Canadian, Russian, and LATAM airlines to repatriate passengers.
- Several countries including Canada, Russia, Spain and Germany have advised against travel, while Florida congressman Carlos Gimenez urged airlines to cancel Cuba flights early this month.
- Cuba's tobacco sector is suffering, with cigar sales reaching $827 million and a festival that would have generated nearly $19 million canceled due to the energy crisis, Hector Luis Prieto said.
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The main source of foreign currency for the island is the sending of medical missions abroad.
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udgtvHavana, Cuba. The U.S. siege to reduce foreign exchange inflows to Cuba is narrowing: while some countries question the agreements to receive Cuban doctors under pressure from Washington, the energy blockade punishes tourism and tobacco.Medical servicesThe sending of medical brigades abroad constitutes the main source of foreign exchange income on the island, with $7 billion in 2025, according to official figures. According to Havana, 24,000 Cub…
The new US sanctions against the medical brigades have been received with concern and rejection in Latin America and, especially, the Caribbean.
The US siege to reduce foreign exchange inflows to Cuba is narrowing: while some countries question the agreements to receive Cuban doctors under pressure from Washington, the energy blockade punishes tourism and tobacco. Below, we detail the sectors that receive the most attention from the United States to strangle the Castro regime and the Cuban population. Medical services The sending of medical brigades abroad constitutes the main source of …
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