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OAKLAND, Calif., July 19, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) has joined organizations around the world including the UN, Amnesty International, Oxfam and others imploring President Biden to adopt a humanitarian policy towards Cuba as the island faces peak COVID-19 cases, severe food and medicine shortages and social unrest. Strict sanctions held over from the previous administration, says MEDICC, aggravate tensions on the island and between the two countries.
In a statement released today, the public health organization with more than 20 years working to promote US-Cuba health collaboration, asks why the Biden administration continues to maintain the 240 additional sanctions piled on Cuba by Trump in the midst of a global pandemic. Says Dr C. William Keck, MEDICC Executive Director, sanctions imposed by the United States against Venezuela, Syria and Iran have been eased for humanitarian reasons due to COVID-19. But not Cuba. These