CUBAN DOCTOR DEFENDS CUBA'S MEDICAL BRIGADES

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently attacked Cuba's international medical brigades. On 25 February, the Miami-born Cuban announced any country's officials found accepting Cuban medical solidarity may lose their US visas.

This is not first time a US administration has attacked Cuba's medical solidarity, as US President George W Bush imposed a 2006 programme to encourage Cuban doctors to defect to the US. The Obama administration ended that initiative in 2017, but the Biden administration renewed it in 2022.

However, such a restriction could have a terrible impact on Africa as most of its countries benefit from Cuban medical support.

In this video, we hear firsthand from a Cuban doctor based in Burkina Faso on whether Cuba’s programme amounts to ‘slavery.’

Sources

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-considers-ending-program-that-lures-cuban-doctors-to-defect-idUSKBN0UM259 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/12/509575935/obama-administration-ends-refugee-policy-that-favored-cubans

https://wassermanschultz.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2835