Geographic areas: Mexico City
and Veracruz
Health areas: Comprehensive
internal medicine, biomedicine,
internal and critical medicine,
epidemiology, and nursing
Contracts obtained: NO
Agreement obtained: NO
Laws available: NO
Current figures:
• Active personnel: 693
• Defections: 15
• Did not return to Cuba: 15
• Prohibited from returning to
Cuba: 15
Media available:
Yes Official data available:
Yes Violations documented: Yes
Cases before UN/ICC:
Yes Cases in courts: NO
Most relevant violations:
Confiscation of passports,
mandatory housing assignment,
prohibition of staying overnight
somewhere other than assigned
housing without permission,
imposition of curfew, prohibition on
having social relations with
nationals without authorization,
restrictions on movement within the
country, and monitoring by
supervisors and colleagues.