Relationship dossier
The Bahamas
Cuba
Relationship assessment
Practical health-care cooperation is a notable feature of Bahamas–Cuba relations.
The Bahamas toward Cuba
+20The Bahamian government has hosted Cuban medical professionals, providing a practical channel for bilateral health-care cooperation.
Cuba toward The Bahamas
+25The Cuban government has supplied medical professionals who served in the Bahamas, contributing to bilateral health-care cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20Health-care cooperation, particularly the service of Cuban medical professionals in the Bahamas, is a substantive feature of the relationship. The breadth and durability of this cooperation, and the importance of other bilateral arrangements, are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
The Bahamas and Cuba have engaged in practical cooperation in health care, including the presence of Cuban medical professionals in the Bahamas. This provides a concrete basis for a cooperative assessment, though the scope and continuity of bilateral cooperation beyond health care are unclear.
Key developments
Cuban medical professionals served in the Bahamas through bilateral health-care cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The terms and continuity of Cuban medical cooperation in the Bahamas are unclear.
- The scope of cooperation beyond health care is uncertain.