There are unconfirmed reports that the Bahamas government has been warned that if its sends the two Cuban dentists, now being held at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, to the US, Cuba will, in retaliation, inundate the Bahamas with hundreds of Cuban immigrants.
Cuba, because of its need for dentists, wants the two men returned to Havana.
When the two dentists were picked up in waters off Elbow Cay, their “lottery US visas” had expired two weeks previously and as such they were not allowed to continue their journey to the US.
Florida, which has a substantial Cuban/ American population, wants the dentists released to US authorities. However, the Cuban government wants the dentists returned.
It is claimed that Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell was in Cuba in an attempt to bring some calm to the issue.
Source: οΎ The Tribune
