New US sanctions target Cuban international medical missions

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July 23, 2026

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New US sanctions target Cuban international medical missions

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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—New United States (US) sanctions announced on Thursday targeted Cuba’s decades-old international medical missions programme, which sends doctors to dozens of countries and earns the island billions in revenue.

The sanctions targeted government enterprises associated with the program as well as Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda.

The move is the latest by US President Donald Trump’s government to tighten a stranglehold on the communist-run island in recent months.

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