By Bert Wilkinson\Caribbean Life
Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons
Two leading and influential Caribbean Community leaders this week came out forcefully against plans by the Trump administration to cancel visas of regional government officials because various governments have employed Cuban medical professionals to work in their health sectors over the decades.
Outgoing Trinidadian Prime Minister Keith Rowley (above) and Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves (below) have both lashed out at the initiative, saying they would lose no sleep if their visas were ever canceled and they never returned to the US.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio enunciated the policy recently, saying those linked to the practice of hiring Cuban professionals in their health are participating in human trafficking and would lose their visas.
He also indicated that Cuban authorities are using the professional export system to earn American dollars to use in development, circumventing various sanctions and restrictions in place over the decades. READ MORE…
