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“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.””

The foreign minister calls the document on forced labor in medical missions “unilateral and mendacious,” but does not refute the figures or the mechanisms of control described in the report. EFE/14ymedio, Havana, October 11, 2026 / On Saturday, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez described the new U.S. State Department report on human trafficking as “sick … Continue reading “The Regime Calls the U.S. Report on Cuban Doctors “Sick Persecution””

Health Minister Christopher Tufton puts the number of Cuban professionals already deployed in the field at 200. 14ymedio, Madrid, October 8, 2026 – Seven months after the withdrawal of the medical brigade from Jamaica, the number of Cuban healthcare professionals on the Caribbean island has already reached 200, increasingly approaching the number that existed when … Continue reading “Cuban Doctors Have Returned to Jamaica, Now With Individual Contracts”

The doctors, who were supposed to return to their country almost two months ago, are also demanding payment of overdue stipends. 14ymedio, Havana, September 20, 2026 – A group of newly graduated Ghanaian doctors reported that they have been stranded on the Island for almost two months. According to the president of the doctors’ association, … Continue reading “A Group of Newly Graduated Ghanaian Doctors Reports That They Have Been Stranded in Cuba Since August”

This is the account where the specialists transfer most of their salary once they receive it from Italian entities. 14ymedio, Madrid, August 28, 2026 – The account of the Cuban Medical Services Commercialization Company (CSMC) at the Italian bank BPER has been blocked since the end of July, and everything seems to indicate that this … Continue reading “U.S. Sanctions Reach the Bank Account of the Cuban Medical Mission in Italy”

The mission even prohibits specialists from buying or driving a vehicle. 14ymedio, Madrid, August 25, 2026 – A Cuban doctor on a mission in Botswana receives only $1,000 a month out of the $4,000 that the country’s government pays Havana. That is, 24.4% of the total. The figures were revealed Tuesday in a report by … Continue reading “Botswana Pays Cuban Doctors One-Quarter of the Salary It Pays the Regime”

The 911 Cuba initiative brings together several exile organizations, but it still lacks public funding, government agreements, and a known operational structure. 14ymedio, Havana, June 26, 2026 — A network of doctors, humanitarian organizations, and healthcare-sector business leaders in Miami has begun preparing a plan to address the healthcare emergency and rebuild Cuban hospitals in … Continue reading “Miami Doctors and Business Leaders Prepare a Healthcare Plan for a Cuba in Transition”

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”

The institution claims that specialists were practicing without the required qualifications and are seeking help from the United States for the investigation. 14ymedio, Havana, March 26, 2026 / The Public Ministry (MP) of Guatemala is investigating more than 60 complaints against Cuban doctors, related to impersonation of professional qualifications, failure to meet legal requirements, and … Continue reading “The Public Ministry of Guatemala Is Investigating More Than 60 Complaints Against Cubans Who Were Working As Doctors”

Cuba’s ambassador to that country, Juan Loforte, says the Cuban Government did not receive money from the agreement. 14ymedio, Havana, March 5, 2026 – This Thursday the last group of 172 members of the medical brigade left Honduras, a program for which the country spent $10,259,617 over two years, including salaries and housing, transportation, and … Continue reading “Amid Accusations of Espionage and Million-Dollar Expenses, 172 Cuban Doctors Leave Honduras”