I wouldn't trust them.  Who's to say they wouldn't use it to do testing with weird eye drops and such.  I would rather a brand new out of school Dr. here in the U.S. than any of Cuba's seasoned doctors and that is only because they dn't like Americans.  

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IN GOD WE TRUST
Karen Carter  '74
-KC- Ministries


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> This is a fine propaganda tool don't you think.
> >
> > Castro offers eye care for US poor
> >
> >
> > Monday 23 January 2006, 23:32 Makka Time, 20:32 GMT
> > Aljazeera.net - Qatar.
> >
> >
> > The Cuban leader has been a bitter foe of the United States
> >
> >
> > Fidel Castro, the Cuban president, has offered free eye operations to
> > impoverished Americans and asked the US government to let them travel to
> his
> > country for treatment.
> >
> > Castro made the offer late on Sunday as he criticised American policies
> > toward his country during a three-hour appearance on state television and
> > announced a protest march for Tuesday outside the American embassy in
> > Havana.
> >
> > Because travel to Cuba by most Americans is prohibited under US sanctions,
> > Castro asked US authorities to give Americans official permission to
> travel
> > to Cuba for the operations.
> >
> > "We're ready to send an airplane to Florida to pick them up," Castro said.
> > Cuba would foot the costs of flights, accommodation and the surgery,
> Castro
> > said.
> >
> > Cuba has all the equipment and specialised personnel considered among the
> > best specialists in the world, he said. He asked if the US government
> would
> > prohibit those people from travelling to the island and "sentence them to
> > blindness".
> >
> > However, political relations between America and Cuba are worsening so
> > American approval to let its citizens travel - even for health reasons -
> > appeared unlikely.
> >
> > Cuba teamed up with Venezuela in recent months for a free eye surgery
> > programme that brings impoverished people from around the region to the
> > island for free treatment.
> >
> > Venezuela, meanwhile, recently expanded its programme to provide
> subsidised
> > heating oil to poor Americans.
> >
> >
> > AP
> >
> >
> > Source URL:
> >
> http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FCF39BE2-A13D-4698-A958-A62F14862241.
> htm.
> >