Grenada seeks answers after US revokes visas over Cuban Medical Program

Stunned by the fact that the Trump administration has carried through with threats to revoke American entry visas for Caribbean officials linked to the Cuban medical brigade program, Grenada’s government, on Friday, said it has yet to receive formal notifications about visa revocations.

A government statement indicated that foreign ministry officials are engaging the State Department regarding Wednesday’s announcement that an unspecified number of Grenadian officials and their families have canceled their visas because they have enabled the controversial hiring of Cuban medical professionals to work in the Eastern Caribbean island.

Washington has been railing against the program for much of this year, charging that the Cuban government draws the majority of the pay of every worker, with only a small portion going to doctors, nurses, biomedical engineers, and others working in CARICOM, dubbing it as slave labor and human trafficking. Read More