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Witnesses tell House panel Cuban medical missions generate large revenue and can involve coercion
Summary
Human Rights Watch and witnesses at a House subcommittee hearing said Cuban medical missions produce large state revenue and that participants face coercive conditions; witnesses disagreed about whether broader embargo measures or targeted multilateral sanctions would be more effective.
Witnesses described Cuban medical missions as a major source of hard currency for the state and raised trafficking and coercion concerns during the subcommittee hearing.
Juan Pappier of Human Rights Watch said the Cuban government receives "6 to $8,000,000,000 a year through this, medical doctors," and that interviews with returned medical personnel document…
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