Honduras

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Cuba's medical cooperation with Honduras spanned decades, from post-hurricane brigades in 1974 through the Henry Reeve and Operación Milagro programs, culminating in a 2024 tripartite accord that collapsed by March 2026 amid unresolved salary disputes and irregularities. Official figures proved inconsistent: viceministerial testimony revealed 172 brigade members earning roughly $1,000 while Cuba reportedly collected $3,500 per worker, alongside undisclosed non-medical personnel (electricians, athletes, telecom specialists) embedded within supposedly sanitary missions. Documented violations include forced enlistment, surveillance, restricted circulation, falsified medical statistics, and coerced political mobilization, with testimonies confirming systemic exploitation. Salaries vanished into bureaucratic silence while doctors labored unpaid. When the accord finally collapsed, repatriation came within seventy-two hours—as abruptly as the arrangement had begun.

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