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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWashington Post: The U.S. is pushing Latin American allies to send their Cuban doctors packing
It's all about winning Florida in NovemberFrom the earliest days of the revolution, Cuba has been sending doctors to treat the poor people of the developing world a key source of income and influence for the communist island long isolated by a U.S. embargo.
Now the Trump administration is targeting the governments signature medical brigades, urging U.S. allies to cancel their health cooperation agreements and send their Cuban doctors packing.
At least four Latin American countries have done so another blow to the island as it struggles under tightening U.S. sanctions.
The U.S. governments crusade against Cubas international medical cooperation is an insult, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez tweeted in December. Officials said the program had provided hundreds of thousands of surgeries and training sessions to the countries that canceled, and called the U.S. effort a disgraceful and criminal act against peoples in need of medical assistance.
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Washington Post: The U.S. is pushing Latin American allies to send their Cuban doctors packing (Original Post)
jayschool2013
Jan 2020
OP
Trump intentionally, for spite undid all the progress Obama had made with Cuba.
SamKnause
Jan 2020
#4
alwaysinasnit
(5,075 posts)1. Does anyone know why we are still punishing Cuba?
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)4. Trump intentionally, for spite undid all the progress Obama had made with Cuba.
Rubio and Cruz were Trump's cheerleaders.
jayschool2013
(2,313 posts)7. November 2020
And every election that needs Cuban exiles and their families to vote for the GOP.
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)2. Why can't this country stay the fuck out of everyone's business ???
Latin American countries should tell Trump to fuck off !!!
Haven't we done enough damage to Latin America ???
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)3. Is the asshole sending U.S. doctors to replace them?
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)6. Thoughts and prayers should be sufficient.
The U.S. doesn't believe in healthcare for their own citizens.
They certainly don't give a shit about any of the people in Latin America.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,481 posts)5. Pootie agrees with this??????
moondust
(20,016 posts)8. Republicans loooove meddling!
Yesterday: Guaido Meets Pompeo in Renewed Push to Oust Venezuelas Maduro
They must really really really want all that oil and other natural resources in Latin America. Just ask the Iraqis.
KT2000
(20,591 posts)9. Another sick move
Is this more work from Steven Miller the racist?