US sanctions target Cuban medical teams
The article focused on the new US sanctions targeting Cuba's medical missions program, which sends doctors to many countries and is a major source of foreign revenue for Cuba, generating billions of dollars annually. Washington considers the program to amount to “forced labor” and “human trafficking,” accusing the Cuban government of manipulating the workers and confiscating between 50% and 95% of the salaries paid by the receiving countries. In response, the Cuban Foreign Minister defended the program, describing it as a humanitarian service and emphasizing that attacks against it are an assault on the rights of hundreds of thousands to access healthcare. The accusations between the two sides have fluctuated, while statistics indicate there are around 24,000 Cuban doctors in 56 countries, with estimated earnings of about $7 billion for the island. Reports also show that the doctors receive between 2.5% and 25% of the amounts paid to them.
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