For decades, Cuba has deployed tens of thousands of doctors and nurses to underserved regions of the globe. But those missions are now being investigated amid claims of forced labor. Medical ...

The State Department announced on Tuesday that “several” Central American government officials, who the U.S. government says are linked to Cuba’s medical mission program, will face visa ...

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 ...

Cossio said over the decades Cuba has sent more than 100,000 doctors to more than 70 countries to provide much needed medical care. More than 22,000 doctors are now working in more than 50 ...

Medical missions are one of Cuba’s largest sources of foreign revenue because the government is believed to keep most of what other countries pay for the doctors’ services, in a system ...

Cossio said over the decades Cuba has sent more than 100,000 doctors to more than 70 countries to provide much needed medical care. More than 22,000 doctors are now working in more than 50 ...

FILE - Cuban doctors arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, June 8, 2020, after traveling to Italy to help with the COVID-19 emergency response. (Ismael Francisco/Pool via ...

Cossio said over the decades Cuba has sent more than 100,000 doctors to more than 70 countries to provide much needed medical care. More than 22,000 doctors are now working in more than 50 ...

He said the U.S. then accused Cuba of human trafficking and put pressure on the countries that have agreements with Cuba to refuse any future medical missions.

Cossio said over the decades Cuba has sent more than 100,000 doctors to more than 70 countries to provide much needed medical care. More than 22,000 doctors are now working in more than 50 ...