Cuban MDs sue in US over alleged forced labor

Posted on Monday, 02.22.10
Cuban MDs sue in US over alleged forced labor
The Associated Press

MIAMI -- Seven Cuban doctors and a nurse who claim they were made to
work against their will in Venezuela have filed a lawsuit in Miami's
federal court.

The lawsuit seeks at least $60 million for each plaintiff, naming Cuba,
Venezuela and Venezuela's state-run oil company as defendants.

The plaintiffs claim they were forced into servitude and paid low wages
to help repay Cuba's oil-related debts to Venezuela. All are now living
in the United States.

Venezuelan and Cuban officials in the U.S. did not immediately respond
to e-mails and phone calls seeking comment.

A Miami federal judge in 2008 awarded $80 million to three Cubans who
claimed they were forced into slave labor at a shipyard on the island of
Curacao. However, so far none of it has been collected.

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MiamiHerald.com (22 February 2010)
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