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Human Rights Group Denounces ‘Violations of Labor Rights’ in Cuba’s Medical Missions

Doctors have experienced “practices of income retention, long working hours, and the assignment of tasks unrelated to healthcare work” EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana/Miami, April 7, 2026 – This Tuesday the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) denounced “violations” of a structural nature of “labor, union, and human mobility rights” of professionals participating in Cuba’s medical … Continue reading “Human Rights Group Denounces ‘Violations of Labor Rights’ in Cuba’s Medical Missions”

Cuba Preferred to Pull Out the Medical Mission Instead of Accepting the New Conditions, Says Jamaica

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade assures that since last July, it started reaching out to the Island and hasn’t received a response 14ymedio, Havana, March 9, 2026 – While the Cuban government accused Jamaica of caving in to pressure from the United States to pull the medical mission, the Caribbean island’s side of the … Continue reading “Cuba Preferred to Pull Out the Medical Mission Instead of Accepting the New Conditions, Says Jamaica”

Saint Lucia Considers Cuba’s Medical Missions “Very Important” in the Caribbean

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, criticized the political situation on the Island. 14ymedio / EFE, Castries, February 27, 2026 – The Prime Minister of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia, Philip J. Pierre, stated this Thursday that Cuba’s medical missions in the Caribbean are “very important,” after meeting with … Continue reading “Saint Lucia Considers Cuba’s Medical Missions “Very Important” in the Caribbean”

The Cuban Regime Calls the Doctors Who Criticize the Medical Missions “Ungrateful, Resentful and Treacherous.”

“Do not spit on the dish that nourished you,” reads the headline in the Ministry of Public Health text disseminated on social networks 14ymedio, Madrid, October 20, 2025 — There is no right to criticize according to the Cuban Ministry of Public Health. In a statement published on Facebook, it makes clear its thoughts about … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Calls the Doctors Who Criticize the Medical Missions “Ungrateful, Resentful and Treacherous.””

US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Officials From Cuba, Africa and Grenada for Coercive Medical Missions

The measure seeks to punish those who benefit from the “rental” of health professionals, a multi-million dollar business for the Havana regime. 14ymedio, Havana, 13 August 2025 — The US government announced on Wednesday new visa restrictions against officials as well as their families, from Cuba and several African countries and Grenada for their involvement … Continue reading “US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Officials From Cuba, Africa and Grenada for Coercive Medical Missions”

US Revokes Visas for Central American Officials Cooperating With Cuban Medical Missions

The identities of those affected, accused of being involved in a form of forced labor, are unknown at this time. EFE / 14ymedio, Washington, 4 June 2025 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Tuesday the withdrawal of visas from several Central American government officials who collaborate with Cuban medical missions, although he … Continue reading “US Revokes Visas for Central American Officials Cooperating With Cuban Medical Missions”

President Diaz-Canel Denounces the ‘Dirty Campaign’ by the US Against Cuban Medical Missions

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, July 23, 2023 — On Saturday, Cuba President Miguel Díaz-Canel defended before the (unicameral) Parliament  the missions of Cuban doctors abroad, despite the “dirty campaign” of the United States. “Cuba’s international cooperation continues to develop as a legitimate and altruistic activity that we maintain despite the dirty campaign of the United States,” … Continue reading “President Diaz-Canel Denounces the ‘Dirty Campaign’ by the US Against Cuban Medical Missions”

Report Reveals ‘The Military Truth Behind the Cuban Medical Missions in Mexico

14ymedio, Madrid, August 26, 2022 — The characteristics of the last Cuban medical brigade imported by Mexico, which began to arrive in the last week of July, offer no doubt about the spurious interests behind the facade of humanitarian collaboration with which they have been sold to public opinion. “They are all military” and “none … Continue reading “Report Reveals ‘The Military Truth Behind the Cuban Medical Missions in Mexico”

The United Nations is Asked to Ban the Financing of Cuba’s Medical Missions

14ymedio, Madrid, 24 August 2022 — On Tuesday, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) published a new report denouncing Cuban medical missions as “Human Trafficking.” The document affirms that this “broadly praised” program is based “on the exploitation of health professionals and serves as an important tool of international propaganda and an important source of income … Continue reading “The United Nations is Asked to Ban the Financing of Cuba’s Medical Missions”

New Information Comes to Light About Cuban Medical Missions in Mexico

14ymedio, Havana, March 16, 2021 — Mexico has paid over six million dollars for 585 Cuban doctors who were working in the country from April 24th to July 24th last year. In total, it wasn’t only the 135 million pesos, as stated by The Secretary of State for Health, Oliva Lopez Arrellano, nor the 135,875,000 … Continue reading “New Information Comes to Light About Cuban Medical Missions in Mexico”

Medical Missions Are "The Great Capitalist Slave Business" of the Cuban Government

14ymedio, Rosa Pascual / Yaiza Santos, Madrid, September 22, 2020 — Cuban Prisoners Defenders (CPD) made public this Tuesday its complaint in front of the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC), which it presented on August 24 in the names of 622 doctors from the Island who have been on missions abroad. In … Continue reading “Medical Missions Are "The Great Capitalist Slave Business" of the Cuban Government”

For the First Time Cuba Sends a Medical Mission to a French Territory

14ymedio, Havana, June 26, 2020 – A brigade of 15 Cuban doctors arrived this Friday for the first time in a French territory, the island of Martinique in the Antilles, to strengthen the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. “The President of the Martinique Collective receives on the airport runway the Medical Brigade of Cuba that … Continue reading “For the First Time Cuba Sends a Medical Mission to a French Territory”

Of the 702 Cubans on the Medical Mission in Bolivia, Only 205 Were Qualified Healthcare Providers

14ymedio, Havana, 29 November 2019 — Only 205 of 702 Cuban doctors who were deployed in Bolivia were qualified healthcare providers, as revealed on Thursday by Aníbal Cruz, Bolivia’s Minister of Health. Bolivia’s provisional Government under Jeanine Áñez has reviewed the documents of these professionals and concludes that the majority, in fact, were technicians or … Continue reading “Of the 702 Cubans on the Medical Mission in Bolivia, Only 205 Were Qualified Healthcare Providers”

Bogota Expels Cuban Spy Who Arrived in Venezuela on Medical Mission

14ymedio, Havana, 16 March 2019 — Colombian authorities, on Saturday, expelled José Manuel Peña García, a Cuban citizen who arrived in Venezuela in 2014 as a medical collaborator and who carried out espionage work in Colombia, according to intelligence sources in that South American country. Peña was detained by Columbia’s Special Migration Units of Colombia … Continue reading “Bogota Expels Cuban Spy Who Arrived in Venezuela on Medical Mission”

Prestigious Ecuadorian Surgeon Opposes Cuban Medical Mission in His Country

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón, Miami, 29 September 2018 —  Bernardo Sandoval Córdova, a surgeon who is dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the International University of Ecuador, has raised the controversy over the permanence of the Cuban medical mission in that South American country. In an opinion column published in the official government newspaper El Telégrafo, Sandoval Córdova … Continue reading “Prestigious Ecuadorian Surgeon Opposes Cuban Medical Mission in His Country”