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Activesince 1976

Angola

Compensated Technical Assistance

3,000
Active staff
16,500
Historical total
19
Documented years
Executive summary
Cuba's medical mission in Angola began in 1975 alongside the Operación Carlota military deployment, evolving into a permanent health cooperation program that remains active today, sustained through ANTEX, a GAESA-linked state enterprise. Reporting shows inconsistent figures across years, with sudden drops and rebounds in personnel numbers coinciding with unresolved payment disputes, suggesting statistical manipulation tied to financial and political pressures rather than transparent workforce tracking. Documented testimonies reveal coerced enlistment, contracts withheld from workers, unpaid leave, forced repatriations, and salary retention—Cuba pockets roughly 90% of the $5,000 monthly fee paid per doctor. Reports also confirm mandatory political indoctrination and pressure to falsify medical statistics. These are not simply doctors abroad—they are state assets, traded and silenced.
Mission data
Agreement typeCompensated Technical Assistance
First documented year1976
Mission head
Regla Angulo Pardo – Head of the Medical Brigade (2022)
Carlos Enrique Arévalos Tan – Head of the Henry Reeve Brigade 2020 (Covid-19) (2020)
Mariela del Carmen Pérez – Coordinator BMC / Hospital Municipal Cacuaco (2020)
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