Cuba Rejects US Accusations

Cuban kids. Photo: Caridad

HAVANA TIMES, June 15 — Cuban authorities lambasted the inclusion of their country on the latest list of countries that allow the trafficking of persons.

Josefina Vidal of the North American desk at the Cuban Foreign Ministrys said in response to a report drafted by the US State Department that in Cuba “there is no trafficking of minors for sex, only an exemplary protection of children, teenagers and women.”

The US included Cuba among the list of countries that do not comply with minimum standards on fighting person trafficking.

The report, which includes the situation in 177 countries claims that Cuba is a source of the trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation, reported IPS.

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