Foreign Policy

U.S. Holds African Officials Accountable for Enabling Cuban Forced Labor Schemes

By Economics Desk | August 13, 2025

The U.S. State Department imposes visa bans on select African and Grenadian officials supporting Cuba’s exploitative medical missions, exposing a corrupt network that undermines freedom and exploits vulnerable doctors.

In a decisive move to protect human dignity and uphold international norms, the United States has imposed visa restrictions on officials from unspecified African nations and Grenada for their complicity in Cuba’s state-run forced labor medical missions. These missions, long defended by the corrupt Cuban regime, represent not only an economic racket but a direct assault on basic human rights. How Long Will America Tolerate Complicity in Forced Labor Networks? Secretary of State Marco Rubio, himself of Cuban descent, unmasked the grim reality behind these so-called "medical missions." The Cuban government leases out its doctors at sky-high prices to poorer...

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