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Caribbean leaders returned to cancel visits to cancel or support the US government’s government and supporting Cuban medical institutions, and supporting these missions.

Cuban medical missions, as well as medical institutions, as well as medical institutions, are critical for health systems in the Caribbean.

Thus, how did the Caribbean nations respond to this threat and what can be said?

Does the US government target in Cuba’s medical program?

The target of cubic medical missions is not new to the US President Donald Trump’s leadership. In the first period since 2021 since 2021, 2021, 2021, 20121, the leadership has been applied to the global medical program of Cuba. The government claimed that these missions were told that “Human Trafficking” was reported that Cuban doctors were reported.

This time, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Visas and Cuba in Cuba were “difficult” with Cuba’s foreign medical programs in Cuba. The State Department said the restrictions will expand the “current and former officials”, as well as the family of such individuals “.

Cuban medical program called “forced labor” and the government warned that the Caribbean peoples participating in these programs may face visa restrictions, as well as potential trade demonstrations.

However, there was no specific evidence to support these allegations.

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The United States claims that Cuba’s government has exploited medical professionals by restricting its freedoms by taking a large part of the salary. Although many of the Cuban doctors have criticized the terms of the program, many people say they are enthusiastic.

In the United States, an economist in the United States for Latin America and Latino research Bahamonde, said that this issue is “complex” and doctors must centralize the voices of doctors.

“Cuban doctors do not hold negotiations with their contracts or working conditions, regardless of whether it was forced labor.

“There are a significant part of Cuba salaries and confirms the relocation, passports, confiscating passports and bringing passports in the host countries and bringing passports to their families.”

At the same time, Bahamonde, the important role of Cuban medical professionals, especially when it comes to providing health services to hidden communities.

“As long as I work for the foreign embassy in Havana, many countries have seen the benefits of Cuban doctors and the isolated areas, where there are no medical access,” he said.

Can Trump’s management make it legally?

Legally, Trump has a wide range of authority over visa policy through the State Department. The US government can impose restrictions from Congress without confirming national security or foreign policy issues.

The affected nations can be retreated through diplomatic or legal channels, but Bahamonde, the United States is notified because the Trump management has not belonged to Cuban medical missions.

“The proposed visa restriction is actually expanding a policy of the Biden administration. In 2024, President Biden entered the orders of the third-party officials,” said Bahamonde al case.

“That year, his leadership also accused Cuban from gain from medical professionals.”

He added that opposition to Cuban medical missions, Bipartisan, Republican congressman Mark Green, calls on visa cancellations against the countries that hire Cuban doctors.

“The mood for Cuban medical missions is consistent along fair party lines. Whether the President Trump has a one-sided official to apply these visa restrictions, I would not expect significant resistance.”

This shows that the Caribbean nations will continue to face diplomatic pressure for trust in Cuban medical professionals, regardless of whose authority.

How did the Caribbean leaders respond?

Some Caribbean leaders say that Cuban means protecting medical missions, they announced that they will abandon their rights for US visas.

This week, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, called the US position “unfair and unfair and unfairly” and gave a fiery address to the parliament.

“We could not pass the pandemia without Cuban nurses and Cuban doctors.”

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Rowley, warned that the intervention of the US Caribbean health decisions is unacceptable.

“Now outside the blue, we called human merchants, because we pay the best dollars.” Rowley said the US visa is ready to lose.

Similarly, the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenades Ralph Gonsalves stressed the direct impact of Cuban doctors.

“If Cubans are not there, we will not be able to manage the service,” he said. “I will prefer to lose my visa than 60 poor and working people die.”

And last week, Jamaica Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith said the government of journalists visited Cuban medicas.

“The presence here is important for our health care,” he said. At present, the country has 400 Cuban doctors, nurses and medical equipment.

In a post in the X, Bahamia Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell was given to the Cuban program, saying the government’s “Cuban program” saying “Following all international experience in labor recruitment.”

Guyana’s Foreign Minister Hugh Todd, AP News Service, CARIB SAYERY (CARICOM) Special Representative for Latin America, Mauricio Claver-Paradise, opposition and demanded clarity on US policy.

“The United States is a strategic partner for the cartoma, but this very important issue should be resolved at the level of government heads,” he said.

Cuban medical missions are critical for caribbean health and what happens if cut?

Cuba participates in health care in 56 people in 56 countries around 24,000 people, representative offices, especially in the Caribbean, especially with deep economic crises and limited medical services.

“The caribbean people affect the main cubic doctors will depend on how difficult it will be as difficult as the main effects of the health systems and trusting them,” said Bahamonde.

Short-term results for many Caribbean people can be devastating. Training local doctors take years and trained professionals often move back to other countries by leaving a persistent deficiency.

Cuba helps fill this gap by sending thousands more suitable for local health choices. These missions often provide initial care, urgent care groups and specialists in frequent areas presented in Caribbean hospitals.

Hurricanes, earthquakes and public health have also played a prominent role as to meet regional disasters such as emergencies. Cuban doctors were fighting Haiti in Haiti in 2010 and the start of Haiti in Haiti to help with the Caribbean during the Covid-19 pandemia.

Other countries that trust in Cuban medical missions?

Cuba not only send doctors to the Caribbean; Has medical missions around the world. Some key examples include:

• Venezuela is one of the largest buyers of Cuban doctors working in thousands in public clinics.
• When Cuba recalled 8,000 doctors due to diplomatic controversy, Brazil had a large Cuban medical program until 2018.
• Italy received Cuban doctors in the Covid-19 pandemia and to help hospitals in the heaviest hit areas.
• There are cubic medical professionals in the villages where there is a lack of medical doctors in South Africa.