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Gavin Blackburn

Cuba accuses US of 'extorting' Latin America by forcing countries to cancel doctors deals

Cuba's foreign minister accused the United States of "extorting" Latin American countries on Thursday by pressuring them to cancel decades-old deals with Havana for the supply of doctors.

Bruno Rodríguez said the United States was trying to "strangle" the economy of the communist island, which earns billions from its foreign medical missions, after several countries stopped deploying Cuban doctors.

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