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Cuban Foreign Minister Accuses U.S. Of 'Extorting' Latin American Countries To Cancel Cuban Doctors Program

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the U.S. of "extorting" Latin American countries by pressuring them into cancelling deals with Havana for the supply of local doctors, which was projected to generate about $7 billions for the island last year.

According to AFP, Rodriguez said the Trump administration was seeking to "strangle" the economy of the island after different countries stopped their agreements, including Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica and Guyana.

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