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US Sanctions Brazil Health Officials over Cuba’s Overseas Medical Missions
- The United States has revoked the visas of Brazilian officials involved in Cuba's medical missions, which the U.S. describes as 'forced labour' and a 'coercive labour export scheme.'
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that sanctions target officials involved in abetting the Cuban regime's coercive labour export scheme, claiming it enriches the corrupt Cuban regime and deprives the Cuban people of essential medical care.
- Brazilian Minister of Health Alexandre Padilha stated his government will not yield to what he calls 'unreasonable attacks' on the Mais Medicos program.
- Cuba's deputy director of U.S. Affairs, Johana Tablada, affirmed that Cuba's 'medical cooperation will continue,' despite U.S. sanctions.
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US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Officials, Alleging Ties to Cuba’s Labor Export Scheme
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Aug. 13 revoked or restricted visas for some Brazilian, Caribbean, and African officials over their alleged involvement with a Cuban program that sends doctors abroad. Rubio said in a statement that his department revoked the visas for several Brazilian government officials, as well as former Pan American Health Organization officials and their family members, for their alleged involvement with the Cuban pr…
On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the withdrawal of visas to senior officials of several governments, including Brazil, and the Pan American Health Organization who he accuses of “complexity in the Cuban regime’s forced labor export system.” Rubio refers to the Mais Médicos program, launched in Brazil 2013 by the Brazilian government with the collaboration of Castroism, to bring health professionals, including thousands o…
The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, announced on Wednesday the restriction of visas to officials from African and American countries, including Brazil, for cooperating with medical missions of the Cuban Government, which Washington considers to be “forced labour.” “The State Department has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on African, Cuban and Grenadian government officials and their families, for their complicity in the Cuban regim…
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