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State Department announces visa restrictions for Central American officials tied to Cuban medical deployments
Summary
A State Department statement said it will impose visa restrictions on several Central American government officials for arranging deals to bring Cuban medical personnel that the statement described as part of a forced-labor scheme; the statement urged other nations to join the effort.
The U.S. Department of State announced plans to impose visa restrictions on several Central American government officials it said were responsible for arranging deals to bring Cuban medical personnel in what the department described as a forced-labor scheme.
A State Department statement said the measures are intended to promote accountability for officials who "support and perpetuate these exploitive practices," calling the Cuban labor export program abusive, enriching to the Cuban regime and depriving ordinary Cubans of medical care they…
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