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Italian region resists US pressure to curb use of Cuban doctors
Calabria plans to hire up to 1,000 Cuban doctors by 2026 but will explore alternatives due to U.S. concerns over Cuba's medical missions, officials said.
- On Monday, Calabria Governor Roberto Occhiuto defended the region's reliance on Cuban medics, saying they are essential to keeping hospitals open despite U.S. efforts to halt recruitment.
- Because Calabria faces persistent staffing gaps, it signed a 2023 deal for nearly 500 Cuban doctors and planned to expand to 1,000 Caribbean medical staff in 2026.
- The U.S. State Department has said Cuba's medical missions amount to human trafficking, which Havana and Occhiuto deny, amid Washington's 2023 threat declaration and last week's diplomatic trip to Italy.
- Occhiuto said he would review expansion plans this year and seek hospital staff from other parts of the world, welcoming doctors from inside and outside the EU and independent Cuban applicants.
- Calabria's limited budgets prompted reliance on Havana, whose Cuban medical missions generate vital revenue that U.S. economic measures, including a fuel blockade, could reduce.
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Italian region resists US pressure to curb use of Cuban doctors
Cuban doctors are essential to keeping local hospitals running in Italy's southern Calabria region, its governor told a senior U.S. diplomat on Monday, rebuffing Washington's effort to halt the recruitment of medics from the Caribbean island.
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