Port of Spain, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley today defended Cuba’s medical assistance and rejected accusations of alleged slave labor trafficking.
Speaking at the inauguration of facilities at the General Hospital in the capital, Rowley said that Trinidad and Tobago has long received medical assistance from countries such as India, the Philippines, Africa and especially Cuba, as part of its policy of cooperation with other nations.
The president said he was surprised when authorities from another country (referring to the United States) suddenly labeled them as slave labor traffickers, and he assured that as prime minister this had not happened because the payment conditions were the same as those of local personnel.
“I have just returned from California,” he said, “and even if I never go back there again in my lifetime, I will make sure that the sovereignty of Trinidad and Tobago is respected by all.”
In a press release on February 25, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a visa restriction policy on the grounds of alleged labor trafficking, particularly in Cuban medical missions abroad.
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