Tensions between the U.S. and Cuba are rising to the forefront of the foreign politics conversation once more. Days ago, The Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba compiled a database of over 1,000 former regime members that are seeking to enter the U.S. (which include former high-ranking officials in the Communist Party), prompting Cuban exiles in Florida to express that such actions would pose a "national security" threat.
Now, a group in the House of Representatives has decided to go after Cuba's medical brigade program, which, on paper, exports medical services at cheap rates to places otherwise underserved or entirely lacking medical services. U.S. officials proposing the resolution, however, accuse the program of profiting from forced labor, with Cuban doctors receiving only a small fraction of the fees charged by Cuba to the host countries.
