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U.S. Restricts Visas of Officials Linked to Cuban Medical Brigades

Rubio named Brazilian health officials alongside former PAHO executives to pressure Havana to end what Washington deems forced labor in its medical brigades

Marco Rubio, secretario de estado de EE.UU.
Las autoridades estadounidenses los acusan de complicidad con el Gobierno de Cuba en presuntos casos de trabajo forzado dentro del programa “Mais Médicos”, explicó Reuters. MANDEL NGAN/Pool via REUTERS
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Overview

  • The State Department announced visa revocations and restrictions on Cuban, Brazilian, Grenadian and unspecified African officials as well as former PAHO executives over alleged exploitation of health workers.
  • Brazilian health ministry figures Mozart Julio Tabosa Sales and Alberto Kleiman were explicitly targeted for their roles in the Mais Médicos program with Cuba.
  • U.S. officials accuse Cuba of retaining most salaries and imposing coercive controls in state-run international medical missions.
  • Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the measures as aggression and pledged to continue sending brigades while Brazilian authorities defended Mais Médicos as essential public-health cooperation.
  • The U.S. urged partner countries to pay doctors directly and join its pressure campaign, leaving diplomatic uncertainty over which African nations and individuals are affected.