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Activesince 1985

Kuwait

Cuban Medical Services

12
Active staff
397
Historical total
16
Documented years
Executive summary
Cuba's medical cooperation with Kuwait began in 2010 and remains active today, having grown from a small permanent brigade to a peak Henry Reeve COVID-19 deployment of 337 collaborators in 2020, later reduced to 32 by 2022 amid fluctuating diplomatic arrangements and a pending 2024 memorandum. Numbers reported across years show marked volatility—221 in 2021 collapsing to 32 the following year—suggesting inconsistent or opaque accounting rather than stable staffing. Documented violations include restrictive legal frameworks (Decree 306, Resolution 368, Migration Law provisions) enabling movement control and forced repatriations, alongside wage confiscation of up to 85%. Doctors earned dollars abroad while their government pocketed the difference. Behind humanitarian branding lies a system of controlled labor and silenced dissent.
Mission data
Agreement typeCuban Medical Services
First documented year1985
Mission head
Andrés Alexis Estrada Santana – Head of the Cuban Medical Brigade (2022)
Rody Cervantes Silva – Head of the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade Covid-19 (2020)
Gilberto Parra Piloto – Coordinator of the Medical Brigade Henry Reeve (2020)
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