The exploitation of Cuban medical workers

Human Rights Foundation claims exploitation of Cuban medical workers

ALTHOUGH currently in the spotlight owing to a new US policy which threatens to terminate the visas of government officials for hosting Cuban medical missions, the programme has been flagged by several non-governmental organisations and human rights groups in the past for repressive rules and forced labour.One such group is the New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) which published a report in 2022.The report found Cuba's medical missions violated several of the practitioners' rights including privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of association, and freedom of movement.As evidence, the report cited from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment's Disciplinary Regulations for Cuban Civilian Workers Serving Abroad as Collaborators (Resolution No 16.

"Cuba clearly designed Resolution No168's restrictions on mobility to prevent doctors from having the means and the opportunity to 'desert' the medical missions. Cuban handlers and local collaborators further ensure doctors' compliance by subjecting them to constant surveillance, forcing them to spy on their own colleagues and inform Cuban authorities of any intentions their co-workers might have to 'abandon' the mission."As an added measure to prevent desertions, the Cuban government issues medical workers a special passport that precludes them from travelling anywhere but Cuba and their assigned host country. Cuban supervisors often retain doctors' passports upon their arrival in the host country."The report said with Cuba's healthcare system run entirely by the government, medical practitioners feel pressured to go on missions to advance their careers or avoid losing their jobs. It said Cuban doctors also needed to have special permission to leave the country and did not provide academic qualifications to the doctors so they could get jobs outside of the country.

"This tactic renders Cuban doctors unable to demonstrate their qualifications to practice outside Cuba. As a result, their only option to work overseas is through the government's medical missions."It said doctors also received a salary of around US$70 to US$75 per month which the foundation said was not enough to live off of, further pushing them toward medical missions to earn a liveable wage.The report said the medical missions were Cuba's largest source of foreign income, earning an average of between US$6 billion to US$8 billion annually. The report said at least 75 per cent of the fees paid to doctors go to the Cuban government with the workers receiving between nine to 25 per cent.

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Caribbean PM's still support slavery.
Some employ such workers.

Posters here support Cuba without any knowledge of the conditions such workers adhere too.

In reply to sgtdjones

All for one, one for all is a good principle, no?

In reply to XDFIX

That's why they are living in the third-world designated countries.
Crabs in the barrel syndrome.
CARICOM is an example.

In reply to sgtdjones

Great Post Sarge...

I wonder why the resident Commies are hiding from this Thread...!

Prof is probably ironing her Che Guevara T-Shirt...

In reply to Elsie






You will be targeted for posting on my thread by the cult.

The resident psuedos commies wouldn't respond to this thread .
They are willing to lose visas but keep Cuban slaves.

Their response will be fallacies or copy and paste.

Then we have the senior geratric; she ignores my posting, most likely because of her limited capacity in her second childhood.

One word or half a sentence threads... her limited capacity at her age. She is busy with funeral deaths.

my sympathy.

sounds like the farmworkers we send to North America!

In reply to camos

Great take and reflection!

In reply to camos



These workers have more rights and freedom than most Cubans; they read the documents before signing.
Those that cannot read or understand English or French are provided help by Immigration.

I hire some for my farm and today they have the same human rights as Canadians

I must sign a document saying such with Immigration. Should a worker complain to an assessment officer that visits unannounced,
That farmer will be brought before a board to answer charges.
Some employers do violate such documents they sign; when an investigation shows, they are charged.

Have been using the same Caribbean workers over the last decade.