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Cuba Sends Doctors, the US Sends Sanctions (jacobin.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27001277

The United States calls Cuba’s medical internationalism "human trafficking" — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the Global South.

By Helen Yaffe
March 8, 2025

"On February 25, US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced restrictions on visas for both government officials in Cuba and any others worldwide who are “complicit” with the island nation’s overseas medical-assistance programs. A US State Department statement clarified that the sanction extends to “current and former” officials and the “immediate family of such persons.”"

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