Why Pasha is not violating US law
In reading some posts of readers about ex-Sooner Pasha Jackson finding his calling in Cuba, there has been some concern that Jackson might be violating the U.S. embargo against Cuba.
This is not the case.
The U.S. has exceptions to this embargo, and allowing its citizens to study becoming doctors at the Latin American School of Medicine is one of them.
There have been some hurdles to getting the program going in the U.S., but as of now, it is perfectly sanctioned by the U.S. gov’t, and the medical school, though in Cuba, is accredited by every state in the U.S.
By Jake Trotter
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A very ignorant comment Mike Socarraz. I’m a british citizen of Nigerian descent who schooled in Cuba and my sister is in Med school in Cuba right now and neither of us is working for Castro nor were we ever fed propaganda in class. Just what do you think goes on over there ?? You make such STUPID comments about DOCTORS going overseas to spread Castro’s ways yet there hasn’t been a single country that has changed it’s political system to match Cuba’s in the last half century. It is animals like you who go around spreading horrible stories about things you know NOTHING of just to give you self some form of social relevance however short-lived. You should be locked up for bearing false witness and being a poison to the minds of decent human beings.
It is unfortunate that this story is portrayed in a positive light. The doctors trained in Cuba are very often sent to other countries not only to provide medical care, but also propaganda by the regime down there. What can you expect from a dictatorial regime which has had no elections in 50 years, does not allow freedom of the press or private property. Every block has \party informants\. They imprison those that dissent. I expect Pasha Jackson will be spewing Castro’s anti-american (read anti freedom) demagoguery anytime now. I for one am disappointed.