Canada Orders Diplomats’ Families to Leave Cuba

Toronto Star: Canadian diplomats, families hit with health problems in Cuba may have suffered brain injuries, Ottawa says

Canadian diplomats and their family members who suffered health problems during their postings in Cuba may have suffered brain injuries and the cause may have been man-made, a federal official says.

OTTAWA—Canadian diplomats and their family members who suffered health problems during their postings in Cuba may have suffered brain injuries and the cause may have been man-made, a federal official says.

The federal government announced Monday that, because of the mysterious health symptoms suffered by Canadian and American diplomats, family members are being brought home and no longer will no longer be allowed to accompany officials posted to Havana.

The Cuban capital will now be an “unaccompanied post,” joining locales such as Kabul and Baghdad that are deemed too risky to have family members accompany embassy staff during their postings. Fifteen Canadian staff members now work at the embassy, but Global Affairs Canada said the staffing level is also under review.

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WNU Editor: If it was one or two individuals who were sick .... and in only one place .... I would presume it would be because of natural causes and/or something wrong in that area. But the numbers who have been impacted are high, similar, and in different locations. That makes no sense unless it was deliberate. As to who is responsible .... Cuba is governed by an authoritarian regime, everyone is watched. That then limits the possible suspects to only one, and that is the intelligence agencies that police Cuba and who monitor 24/7 all foreign diplomats..

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