https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/13/cuban-doctors-us-pressure-00827683
Memo lays out Trump’s squeeze on Cuban doctor program
“Honestly, there’s a lot of fear” as Washington pressures other countries to ditch Cuba, a senior Caribbean official said.
The Trump administration is expanding its effort to isolate Cuba by offering incentives to other countries to kick out Cuban doctors whose services help fund Havana’s communist leadership, according to State Department documents obtained by POLITICO.
In a Feb. 23 memo to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, department officials detailed a comprehensive strategy to coax Western Hemisphere countries — some of whom rely heavily on Cuban medical assistance — away from using the program. The memo says the State Department is offering countries that agree to stop employing Cuban doctors support for “infrastructure modernization,” like telemedicine and virtual training, as well as offering countries help in turning to “ethical third-country recruitment” of medical workers.
Memo lays out Trump’s squeeze on Cuban doctor program
“Honestly, there’s a lot of fear” as Washington pressures other countries to ditch Cuba, a senior Caribbean official said.
The Trump administration is expanding its effort to isolate Cuba by offering incentives to other countries to kick out Cuban doctors whose services help fund Havana’s communist leadership, according to State Department documents obtained by POLITICO.
In a Feb. 23 memo to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, department officials detailed a comprehensive strategy to coax Western Hemisphere countries — some of whom rely heavily on Cuban medical assistance — away from using the program. The memo says the State Department is offering countries that agree to stop employing Cuban doctors support for “infrastructure modernization,” like telemedicine and virtual training, as well as offering countries help in turning to “ethical third-country recruitment” of medical workers.
