State Department cracks down on Cuba's medical labor export missions
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration will move to revoke visas and impose visa restrictions on Brazilian officials and former Pan American Health Organization officials, as well as levy visa restrictions against Cuban, African and Grenadan officials and their family members over their “complicity” in what he described as the Cuban government’s medical labor export schemes.
For years, Cuba has allowed countries to bring in medical workers from the country in exchange for financial compensation. The majority of that money goes to the Cuban government -- not the medical workers themselves.

“This scheme enriches the corrupt Cuban regime while depriving the Cuban people of essential medical care,” Rubio said in a statement.
According to a study commissioned by the State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons report, these and similar labor export programs bring in around $4 billion for Cuba each year.
-ABC News’ Shannon Kingston







