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Obama is considering an end to the ‘poaching’ of Cuban doctors, Reuters says

Progreso Weekly Jan 9, 2016

The U.S. government "is considering putting an end to a program that encourages Cuban doctors and nurses on overseas assignments to defect," the Reuters news agency reported Friday.
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Cuba

President Castro’s address to the National Assembly (Excerpts)

Progreso Weekly Dec 31, 2015

Excerpts from address by President Raúl Castro Ruz to the National Assembly of the People's Power on Tuesday (Dec. 29) in Havana's Palace of Conventions.
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Florida

Havana-Costa Rica-Miami(?): A voyage to prove love

Helen Hernandez Hormilla Dec 6, 2015

Every night, before turning off the bedside lamp in the hostel where she has been sleeping for the past 20 days, Sofía rekindles her hopes, thinking that soon she will embrace Gaby,…
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Cuba

Cuba will monitor the departure of medics to protect health-care services

Progreso Weekly Dec 1, 2015

Cuba's health authorities will monitor the departure of all health professionals from the island to make sure that no medical post is left unattended, the daily Granma announced Monday.
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