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A meet­ing be­tween US of­fi­cials and Cari­com For­eign Af­fairs Min­is­ters is be­ing arranged in March to dis­cuss the Trump Ad­min­is­tra­tion’s pol­i­cy to re­strict the visas of gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials whose coun­tries em­ploy Cuban med­ical prac­ti­tion­ers.

This visa re­stric­tion pol­i­cy will al­so ap­ply to the im­me­di­ate fam­i­ly mem­bers of the gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials.

On Feb­ru­ary 25, US Sec­re­tary of State Mar­co Ru­bio an­nounced, “The ex­pan­sion of an ex­ist­ing Cu­ba-re­lat­ed visa re­stric­tion pol­i­cy that tar­gets forced labour linked to the Cuban labour ex­port pro­gramme.”