On Wednesday, August 26, after a meeting with GLA-allied lawyers for 100 Cuban medical workers, the Brazilian Minister of Justice and Public Safety agreed to investigate the workers' allegations of forced labor in the Cuban medical mission.

The situation of Cuban medical professionals in Brazil has been well documented, especially since PAHO's role in the Cuba-Brazil contracts was identified. See the New York Times article "Cuban Doctors Accused International Agency of Profiting from Their Work" (11/29/18).

 Below, read GLA's press release on the matter. 

On Wednesday, September 2, the Global Liberty Alliance (GLA) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the U.S. Government to issue sanctions for the Cuban Communist Party officials and others who are complicit in blocking humanitarian aid from U.S.-based charitable and civil society organizations.

The aid continues to be withheld from Cuban citizens, after almost one month. GLA's letter puts forth names of Cuban Party officials, Customs officials, and officials from the Council of Churches that GLA has obtained from Cuban citizens on the island who feel cheated by their government.

See the letter below. 

For more information about GLA's letter on this "blockade" of humanitarian aid, you can explore the following media coverage:

• Jason Poblete on Tomás Cardoso, Radio TV Martí's "Cuba al Día" 
• Jason Poblete on Radio TV Martí's "Noticiero de Radio Martí 12:00 PM"
• Martí Noticias, "Piden a Pompeo responder con sanciones a retención de ayuda humanitaria en Cuba"
• Diario de Cuba, "Una organización pide a EEUU sanciones para implicados en la retención de ayuda humanitaria en Cuba"
• ADN Cuba, "Fuertes sanciones para cómplices del régimen cubano tras retener ayuda humanitaria"