Nepal

Executive summary

Cuba's Henry Reeve Brigade deployed to Nepal following the devastating earthquake of May 11, 2015, arriving in Katmandú on May 12 amid strong aftershocks, and operating a 20-bed field hospital coordinated with Nepal's Ministry of Health and WHO; the 48-member contingent departed on July 18, 2015, after two months, with no subsequent brigades sent, including during the Covid-19 pandemic. Official UCCM figures align with press accounts, showing no evident discrepancy for this deployment. While no mission-specific labour violations are individually documented here, the profile situates Nepal within Cuba's broader medical mission framework governed by MINCEX Resolution 368/2020, Penal Code Article 176, and Migration Law provisions historically linked to movement restrictions and forced-labor conditions. No political mobilization or propaganda activity is recorded for this humanitarian deployment. A hospital raised from rubble, then silently dismantled by policy. Even solidarity, in Cuba's system, operates under the shadow of coercion.

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