Cuban doctors to leave Guyana as US applies pressure over islands medical missions
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Cuban doctors to leave Guyana as US applies pressure over island's medical missions
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Cuban officials are preparing to withdraw the nations medical brigade from Guyana after it moved to provide full salaries to doctors and nurses from the island instead of sending most of the payments to the Cuban government.