03/09/2026
📰 The Botswana Gazette recoge nuestra investigación sobre la explotación de los médicos cubanos en Botsuana.
El Gobierno paga alrededor de 4.095 dólares mensuales por cada especialista cubano, pero el profesional recibe apenas 1.000 dólares: menos de una cuarta parte de lo abonado por su trabajo.
A esta apropiación de la mayor parte de sus salarios se suman la retención de pasaportes, el control de movimientos y severas restricciones sobre su vida privada.
Esto no es cooperación médica: es esclavitud moderna financiada con fondos públicos.
🔎 Más información: CubanMedicalBrigades.org
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📰 The Botswana Gazette reports on our investigation into the exploitation of Cuban doctors in Botswana.
The Government pays approximately $4,095 per month for each Cuban specialist, but the professional receives just $1,000, less than a quarter of the amount paid for their work.
In addition to the Cuban authorities withholding most of their pay, the doctors face passport confiscation, restrictions on their movements, and severe interference in their private lives.
This is not medical cooperation: it is modern slavery financed with public funds.
🔎 More information: CubanMedicalBrigades.org
Botswana's Cuban Doctor Deal Under Fire
Botswana is facing allegations that its arrangement for Cuban doctors leaves the medical professionals receiving only a fraction of what Government pays for their services.
Human rights organisation Prisoners Defenders alleges Botswana pays about US$4,094.65 per month for each Cuban specialist, while the doctor receives about US$1,000. The organisation says this means roughly 75 percent of the contractual amount remains within the Cuban state system.
It estimates that Botswana's contingent of about 90 Cuban professionals represents an annual bill of more than US$4.2 million.
The investigation also raises allegations about working conditions. Prisoners Defenders says Cuban professionals in Botswana have reported restrictions on movement, visitors, overnight stays and social activities, as well as alleged passport retention, surveillance and political meetings.
The organisation argues that such conditions may raise concerns under Botswana's constitutional and international obligations on forced labour. Botswana's Constitution prohibits slavery, servitude and forced labour, and the country has ratified International Labour Organisation Conventions 29 and 105.
Prisoners Defenders further alleges that some doctors did not voluntarily participate in the mission and were not given copies of their employment contracts.
The claims are allegations contained in the organisation's investigation.
Read the full story:
https://www.thegazette.news/news/botswanas-cuban-doctor-deal-under-fire/
