Relationship dossier
Cuba
Vanuatu
Relationship assessment
Cuba and Vanuatu have cooperated on health and education, with Vanuatu also supporting Cuba in multilateral forums.
Cuba toward Vanuatu
+30Cuba has provided health cooperation and educational opportunities, including medical training, to Vanuatu.
Vanuatu toward Cuba
+20Vanuatu has supported Cuba in multilateral efforts opposing the United States embargo, including through United Nations voting.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes practical Cuban health and education cooperation with Vanuatu and Vanuatu's multilateral support for Cuba. These features indicate a cooperative but relatively limited bilateral partnership; the scale and durability of the initiatives 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
Cuba and Vanuatu have maintained practical cooperation, particularly in health and education. Cuba has provided medical cooperation and training opportunities for Vanuatu, while Vanuatu has supported Cuba in multilateral efforts opposing the United States embargo. The scope and continuity of these activities are unclear.
Key developments
Cuba provided educational opportunities for Vanuatu students, including medical training.
Vanuatu supported multilateral efforts opposing the United States embargo on Cuba.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and continuity of Cuban medical and educational cooperation with Vanuatu are unclear.
- The extent of Vanuatu's bilateral cooperation with Cuba beyond multilateral support is unclear.