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Members of the Cuban medical mission to Calabria pose for a photo with their Italian colleagues in Cosenza, Italy on May 23, 2025.

"Italy is indebted to Cuba," the letter states. "Every day of silence has a cost in human lives."

As of Wednesday, more than 8,000 Italian medical and scientific professionals have signed an open letter acknowledging their indebtedness to Cuban doctors and condemning the tightening of the 65-year US embargo on Cuba by President Donald Trump as he threatens "take" the island.