Democracy First Responders - Cuba- Dr. Daily Coro
b'For the last 60 years, under the Castro Regime and now under President Miguel D\\xedaz-Canel, Cuba has conducted what Havana calls \\u201cinternationalist missions\\u201d \\u2013 sending thousands of Cuban doctors abroad to bolster its international image. \\n\\nBut this aid is far from altruistic. It provides an economic lifeline for Cuba\\u2019s ruling regime and also affects the island\\u2019s already-crumbling medical system, which fails to provide Cubans to with quality health care. \\n\\nDoctors and nurses on these missions are also subject to horrible and restrictive conditions in the countries where they are sent. Their passports are confiscated. The regime pockets most of their income. They are not allowed to leave, and in some cases, never allowed to return home. \\n\\nThe coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the regime\\u2019s use of these missions, exporting Cuba\\u2019s disastrous human rights abuses under the guise of humanitarian aid. \\n\\nDr. Daily Coro has seen these missions up close. She was the Head of Cuba\\u2019s Medical Commission of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Gu\\xe1rico, Venezuela from 2011 until 2014. Today, she lives in Madrid, and is shedding light on what the Cuban regime would rather the world didn\\u2019t see. The coronavirus has made that effort more urgent than ever.'