The Will to Mend

What if the United States had an internationalist medical program like Cuba?

Illustrations by Marco Miccichè

It’s a cliche to say that exemplary medical care is Cuba’s greatest export, but it’s also a fact. Since 1959, Cuba has developed a uniquely substantive model of diplomacy — a model that, at its best, approaches a kind of state-driven internationalism. Cuba is a small embargoed country, with a GDP only about three-quarters the […]

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