Cape Verde

Executive summary

Cuba's medical mission to Cabo Verde, active since 2015 under the Asistencia Técnica Compensada and Henry Reeve frameworks, remains ongoing, with personnel expanding from 71 collaborators in 2015 to an estimated 272 by 2026, though annual UCCM figures fluctuate inconsistently across years, suggesting irregular reporting rather than transparent tracking. Documented violations include restrictions tied to Cuba's Migration Law (arts. 24.1), Decree 306, Resolution 368, and Penal Code provisions (arts. 135, 176) governing surveillance, forced registration, and exit controls—testimonies report 90% exploitation and 70% identity/movement rights violations. No explicit electoral mobilization is documented, though diplomatic leverage (Luxembourg-financed salaries funneling only fractions to doctors) reveals systemic wage appropriation. Behind humanitarian branding lies a machinery of controlled bodies and silenced passports. Numbers rise while freedoms remain frozen in bureaucratic decree.

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