Cuban Doctors Respond to Venezuelan Earthquakes

While Washington pressures governments across the world to sever ties with Cuba’s international medical missions, Cuban doctors serving on one of those missions are responding to Latin America’s most recent humanitarian crisis.

After powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela last week, members of Cuba's medical brigade were among the first on the scene to provide care in the hardest-hit communities. Cuban search-and-rescue teams also arrived to reinforce relief efforts.

Since the abduction of Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. government has been pressuring Venezuela to end Cuba’s medical mission, but some Cuban health workers still remain.