US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Foreign Officials Over Cuba's Medical Missions

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Above: Cuban doctors upon arrival at an airport near Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Feb. 27, 2024. Image copyright: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images

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The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

These sanctions target those supporting modern slavery operation disguised as humanitarian medical cooperation — one which the Organization of American States condemned as a form of human trafficking a few years ago. Cuba rents its low-paid health workers to friendly countries around the world at high prices to pocket the money, harassing their families at home while authorities elsewhere seize their documents.

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Establishment-critical narrative

The U.S. continues to spread long-debunked claims of human trafficking and forced labor in Cuba's legitimate international medical missions and cooperation programs, showing that imposition and aggression are the new doctrine of its foreign policy. Both Brazil and Italy have turned to Cuban doctors, but only Brazilian officials have been sanctioned — it's clear that this measure is intended to put pressure on governments not kowtowing to Trump.

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