The former Nicaraguan ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) Arturo McFields assures that Honduras under the government of Xiomara Castro is heading to be the “new Nicaragua.” The Honduran president has also established ties with the Cuban regime and is celebrating the upcoming arrival of doctors from the island to the Central American country.
Honduras, the new Nicaragua. Xiomara Castro and Mel (Manuel) Zelaya are sinking Honduras a poorly made copy of Nicaragua Ortega Murillo style. Now they celebrate the arrival of modern slaves from Cuba,” McFields said in a tweet. In addition, he highlights that since 2020 the United Nations Organization (UN) described the business of Cuban doctors as “forced labor.”
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On September 1, as announced by the Foreign Ministry of the Caribbean island through Twitter, the Cuban doctors would return to Honduras to fulfill a mission of “Cuban support in the field of health” that was acquired through a commitment signed by both countries.
The Office of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and the Office of the Special Rapporteur on human trafficking have described the conditions in which Cuban doctors work, as well as other professionals, who are part of the internationalization missions that work, as “forced labor.” since 1963 of the Cuban regime deployed abroad.
Both rapporteurs show their “concern” about the working and living conditions that would be affecting Cuban doctors sent abroad to provide their services.
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“Many Cuban doctors working abroad would be exposed to exploitative working and living conditions, inadequate salary payments. In addition, many of these professionals would be subject to pressure and monitoring by the Government of Excellence of him », they say.
Recently, the Cuban medical missions were also subjected to international scrutiny due to the cooperation agreement that the Cuban authorities signed with the Mexican government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. This agreement was not well received by a part of Mexican society, which led to an extensive debate about the medical mission in the Aztec country and their payment and work conditions.
Within one of the export lines of the Caribbean island, is that of goods and services, within which the medical missions play an important role in it.
