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The Ba­hamas gov­ern­ment says it is paus­ing the re­cruit­ment of nurs­es from Cu­ba and will al­so can­cel its ex­ist­ing con­tracts with a Cuban re­cruit­ment agency.

Health and Well­ness Min­is­ter, Dr. Michael Darville, who paid a vis­it to Ha­vana two weeks ago to re­view the cur­rent re­cruit­ment pro­gramme, told Par­lia­ment that the gov­ern­ment will en­ter in­to di­rect em­ploy­ment con­tracts with Cuban health­care work­ers who are cur­rent­ly in The Ba­hamas.

“Fol­low­ing dis­cus­sions with the US gov­ern­ment through the Min­istry of For­eign Af­fairs, my min­istry ne­go­ti­at­ed new con­trac­tu­al terms with the Cuban re­cruit­ment agen­cies,” Darville told leg­is­la­tors dur­ing the 2025/2026 bud­get de­bate.