Overview

• The State Department revoked visas of Mozart Julio Tabosa Sales and Alberto Kleiman for their roles in Brazil’s Mais Médicos program that Washington says diverted payments to the Cuban regime.
• Additional visa restrictions and revocations targeted officials and family members from several African nations, Cuba and Grenada for their alleged complicity in the labor-export scheme.
• U.S. authorities characterize Cuba’s overseas medical missions as a coercive labor-export program linked to practices including low or withheld pay, passport confiscation and surveillance of medical workers.
• Havana and partner governments have rejected the U.S. allegations, arguing the missions deliver essential health care to underserved communities.
• The action underscores Washington’s broader campaign to leverage visa measures for accountability, avoiding direct economic sanctions on host countries.