From our Bureau of Small But Significant Sanctions with some assistance from our Bureau of Laws That Infuriate Leftists Everywhere
U.S. lawmakers are taking steps to hurt Castro, Inc’s ability to earn money in reprehensible ways, denying visas to foreigners who participate in the purchase of Cuban medical slave labor and cutting off American dollars from phony “private” businesses that really belong to the Cuban dictatorship. This is not earthshaking news, but every dam erected against Castro, Inc’s cashflow. is worth mentioning and celebrating.
Loosely translated from Marti Noticias
Several key provisions of the United States Congressional Appropriations Act, which have an impact on Cubans both inside and outside the island, were presented this Wednesday in Miami by Cuban-American congressmen Mario Díaz-Balart and Carlos A. Giménez.
Among the most notable are provisions that restrict visas for officials linked to the exploitation of Cuban doctors abroad, those that cut federal funds to private companies on the island, and those that increase funding for projects related to Cuba.
“We have included the prohibition of visas to enter the United States for any foreign government or group that traffics with Cuban doctors. [Those trafficking with Cuban doctors] will not be able to enter the U.S. because visas will be denied to them and their families,” said Díaz-Balart at a press conference at the Museum of the Brigade 2506 in Hialeah Gardens.
Alongside leaders from the Cuban, Venezuelan, and Nicaraguan exiles in Miami, the congressmen spoke about the importance of the legislation, which hits one of the main sources of income for the Cuban regime: the export of professionals, which according to official data generates billions of dollars annually.
“This is not human trafficking. This is slavery. They [the doctors] are slaves of the Cuban regime. All nations involved in helping the regime use its slaves are involved in slavery, so more sanctions are needed against those countries and organizations,” said legislator Carlos Giménez.
The island’s regime has doctors working in dozens of countries and appropriates at least 75% of the salaries paid by governments in the destination countries. In what Havana qualifies as “internationalist missions,” professionals face numerous violations of their rights, as denounced by international organizations and United Nations rapporteurs.
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