Kingston, Jamaica, 6 January 2021. The Jamaica-Cuba Friendship Association has sent Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director General of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a letter signed by 37 Jamaican citizens –most of them are professionals from the health sector- in which they express their rejection of PAHO's decision to carry out an external review of the organization's role in the “More Doctors” Program in Brazil between 2013 and 2018, as they consider that this action is part of the campaign orchestrated by the US government to try to discredit Cuba's international medical cooperation.
The signatories testify that, despite this act of political hostility and the strengthening of the illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade by the United States in these times of pandemic, Cuba continues to share its scarce resources with other peoples of the world, something that neither the United States government nor the other promoters of the aforementioned initiative have been able to imitate.
“Cuba is not an enemy; but a loyal, reliable friend not only to our country [Jamaica], but to all humanity. Stop trying to single it out!” concludes the letter.