Trinidad & Tobago

Executive summary

Cuba's medical mission to Trinidad and Tobago began on 23 July 2003 under Asistencia Técnica Compensada, later folded into the Programa Integral de Salud in 2020, and remains formally active despite conflicting reports that recruitment has ceased while 58 contracts await renewal through June 2026. Personnel counts fluctuate wildly across sources—270 in 2015, dropping to 94 in 2018, spiking to 306 in 2020, then variously reported as 78, 96, 116, or 266 by 2025–2026—revealing chronic inconsistency and a government admission of no audit in over seven years. Documented labour abuses include forced deployment, constant surveillance, movement restrictions, salary confiscation of 50%, and coercive legal frameworks under Cuban law. Political mobilization and mandatory statistical falsification are also confirmed. Behind clinical white coats lies a coerced workforce. Numbers shift, but the chains remain constant.

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