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Cuban Diplomat Defends Foreign Medical Missions Under Pressure From US
- On June 16, 2025, Bahamian Health Minister Michael Darville announced plans to terminate existing agreements with Cuban medical personnel in the Bahamas following discussions with the U.S. government.
- This decision reflects growing U.S. pressure accusing Cuba's labor export program of forced labor and human trafficking, which Cuba and Caribbean leaders deny as inaccurate and defamatory.
- Currently, 35 Cuban healthcare workers—mostly engineers, lab technicians, and X-ray technicians—assist the Bahamas amid local shortages, with plans to hire them directly rather than through Cuban agencies.
- According to NGO Archivo Cuba, Cuban specialists in the Bahamas earn up to $12,000 monthly while the Cuban government reportedly collects over $15 million annually from such contracts, fueling U.S. concerns of exploitation.
- The Bahamas intends to maintain cooperation with Cuban professionals under new terms, allowing those unwilling to accept them to return to Cuba, while U.S.-Cuba tensions over the program persist internationally.
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