For decades, Cuban doctors and medical professionals have been deployed across Latin America and around the globe, to bring much needed healthcare to poor and underserved communities. Cuba’s healthcare system has been a model for the region and its medical diplomacy a key component of soft power that also brings in much-needed foreign currency.

But now, growing pressure from the United States could threaten these programs, with potential consequences for communities that rely on Cuban healthcare workers. #Heat #Cuba #doctors #USembargo #havana

Guests:

Reed Lindsay is a Journalist from the US independent media outlet “Belly of the Beast”
Dr. Marvin Reed is President-elect of the Medical Association of Jamaica and a Professor of Human Metabolism and Community Medicine at the University of the West Indies.
Philip Brenner is Professor Emeritus at the School of International Service at American University.