U.S. Government puts economic stress on Cuba -> Cuba opens up immigration for political opposition to leave -> many opposed to the Cuban government leave reducing pressure on the Cuban government. Rinse. Repeat.
ZCoupon on
“Missions” it’s basically slave labor. Most of the money they make goes to the Cuban government
E_Cayce on
> Republican administrations have tried to target Cuba’s medical missions before, but Mr. Trump is taking a harder line: In February, for the first time, the U.S. government said it would withdraw the travel visas of officials in countries that host the medical brigades.
Mexico is one of these countries, they have been using Cuban personnel for the public sector on underserved areas created by their own austerity chainsaw policies.
The medical missions are very problematic, Cuba has spread thin the corps since COVID, to the point that most of the members, reportedly, are so poorly trained they can’t keep up with nursing tasks, “inadequate language skills, inadequate knowledge of local diseases, and poor clinical standards”. Add that to the clear human rights violations where they aren’t paid, and their families are hostages to prevent defection.
It’s worth noting that the administration is doing nothing about the Cuban ‘mercenary missions’ to Ukraine, and decided to focus on medical ones.
chitowngirl12 on
This is a good thing. Rather than being USAID type program, this is modern day slavery. Cuba demands that the governments pay quite a bit for the doctors in terms of salaries in hard currencies like dollars or Euros and then pockets the money. The Cuban volunteer doctors have their passports confiscated and are closely watched by Cuban security people so they cannot flee and request asylum. Their families can be punished or even imprisoned if they flee.
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U.S. Government puts economic stress on Cuba -> Cuba opens up immigration for political opposition to leave -> many opposed to the Cuban government leave reducing pressure on the Cuban government. Rinse. Repeat.
“Missions” it’s basically slave labor. Most of the money they make goes to the Cuban government
> Republican administrations have tried to target Cuba’s medical missions before, but Mr. Trump is taking a harder line: In February, for the first time, the U.S. government said it would withdraw the travel visas of officials in countries that host the medical brigades.
Mexico is one of these countries, they have been using Cuban personnel for the public sector on underserved areas created by their own austerity chainsaw policies.
The medical missions are very problematic, Cuba has spread thin the corps since COVID, to the point that most of the members, reportedly, are so poorly trained they can’t keep up with nursing tasks, “inadequate language skills, inadequate knowledge of local diseases, and poor clinical standards”. Add that to the clear human rights violations where they aren’t paid, and their families are hostages to prevent defection.
It’s worth noting that the administration is doing nothing about the Cuban ‘mercenary missions’ to Ukraine, and decided to focus on medical ones.
This is a good thing. Rather than being USAID type program, this is modern day slavery. Cuba demands that the governments pay quite a bit for the doctors in terms of salaries in hard currencies like dollars or Euros and then pockets the money. The Cuban volunteer doctors have their passports confiscated and are closely watched by Cuban security people so they cannot flee and request asylum. Their families can be punished or even imprisoned if they flee.