the henry reeve brigade has sent nearly 4,000 doctors and nurses to more than 30 countries to fight covid. but the cubans were still not welcome in bolivia, ecuador, and brazil reporter: in bolivia, the healthcare system there has been overwhelmed by the coronavis pandemic. reporter 2: hospitalare at breaking points. people aren't just dying in their cars. they're also dying on the street. reporter 3: ecuador is seeing one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks. reporter 4: corpses wrapped in plastic and left on the sidewalk in ecuador. reporter 5: brazil's infections are rocketing, particularly among the poor. reporter 6: they're digging thousands upon thousands of graves. reporter: brazil now has the second highest number of cases and deaths in the world. [juan jesus speaking spanish] [fernandez speaking spanish] narrator: ending 6 decades of sanctions on cuba will take u.s. citizen engagement to secure enough support in congress. reporter: the administration is re-designated cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. reporter 2: the move, of course, comes in the final days of the trump

henry reeve who went off to cuba in the 1800s to help them fight for independence. yes, believe it or not, it was an american from brooklyn who did that. and he wasn't even trying to start a banana plantation or anything. unfortunately, the american government has coerced countries like bolivia in brazil into expelling henry re brigitte deers. really top notch timing. they're sending doctors out of your country during a pandemic. it's like if you were about to shoot a feature film, but 1st you sent home all the actors and the key grip. think of how many keys you would lose without the key rep on fed. ok, i have no idea what key groups do, but you get the point thanks to their strong command of biotech and advanced medicine. the cubans have managed develop their own vaccines without help from the u. s. or the pack of homicide leaches, we call big pharma. so far, cuba has vaccinated about 2000000 of its 11000000 people and hopes to have 70 percent of the population vaccinated by august. yet because of the 60 year us embargo, the country is facing a shortage of million