US to impose visa restrictions on officials, alleging ties to Cuban labour programme
The state department revoked the visas of Brazilian ministry of health official Mozart Julio Tabosa Sales and former Pan American Health Organisation (Paho) official Alberto Kleiman, Rubio said.
Rubio did not name other officials affected, but said they were from Africa, Cuba and Grenada.
The Cuban government has blasted US efforts to stop the medical missions, calling them a cynical excuse to go after its foreign currency earnings.
Caribbean leaders have previously rejected US accusations of Cuban labour exploitation.
'Cuba's medical co-operation will continue,' Johana Tablada, Cuba's deputy director of US affairs, said on X. 'His [Rubio's] priorities speak volumes: financing Israel genocide on Palestine, torturing Cuba, going after healthcare services for those who need them most,' Tablada wrote.
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