US EditionCuban doctors leave Honduras as Trump pushes to isolate the island
More than 150 Cuban medical workers left after Honduras ended the program citing regulatory issues; Honduran officials deny U.S. pressure despite claims of human trafficking by U.S. Secretary of State.
- More than 150 Cuban medical staff left Honduras after the country's new right-wing government abruptly cancelled the medical agreement for their services.
- The departure aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to isolate the Cuban government and calls for regime change.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the Cuban medical program as a 'form of human trafficking'.
- Honduras suspended the agreement stating it did not meet internal regulatory requirements and considered it a business rather than a solidarity medical brigade.
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“They did an extraordinary task, there were never cases of indiscipline, non-compliance or malpractice. I would call it a perfect job,” the Cuban ambassador to Honduras emphasized.
The regime reported that Cuban doctors conducted more than 30 million consultations and nearly 900,000 surgical interventions during their stay in Honduras, mainly in the care of children and older adults.
Mundo, 6 de mar 2026 (ATB Digital).- The last contingent of Cuban doctors who remained in Honduras left this Thursday (05.03.2026) of the Central American country, as the agreement by which it had been operating in the country for two years was not renewed. The cooperation, which reached 170 members among doctors and technicians, expired in the midst of pressure from the US president, Donald Trump, against Cuba, who obtained most of his currency…
Tegucigalpa, 5 Mar (Prensa Latina) Cuba's ambassador to Honduras, Juan Roberto Loforte, today praised the Cuban medical collaboration by firing today the last group of health professionals who provided their services in this Central American country.
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