Antigua & Barbuda

Executive summary

Cuba's medical cooperation with Antigua and Barbuda began in May 2000, expanding through Operación Milagro and technical assistance frameworks, and remains active despite contradictory 2025-2026 announcements of termination, retraction, and continued presence, reflecting inconsistent official reporting on brigade size and departure dates. Documented violations include forced alteration of medical statistics, mandatory political engagement, wage retention by the Cuban state at its own discretion, and salaries below local equivalents until 2025 reforms. Even as governments announced its end, Cuban personnel remained—invisible on paper, present on the ground. The true wages of "solidarity" were paid in silence, discretion, and control.

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