Honduras Dumps Cuban Doctors, Depriving Havana of More Revenue

Cuban doctors walk to a bus at Palmerola International Airport near Tegucigalpa, Honduras in February 2024. — Cuban doctors walk to a bus at Palmerola International Airport near Tegucigalpa, Honduras in February 2024.Photographer: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images

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February 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM UTC

Honduras became the latest nation to announce it will quit using Cuban medical workers, as Washington continues to choke off sources of funding for the government in Havana.

Nearly 130 Cuban doctors and nurses will be leaving the Central American country after their two-year contract expires this week, Agence France-Presse reported, citing official sources.