[Imc-summaries] Cuba Extends Free Scholarships to the Latin American Medical School

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Fri Aug 10 15:26:03 CDT 2001


The island nation of Cuba is offering 500 free scholarships to American students for full medical training. Fidel Castro extended the offer to a visiting delegation of the Congressional Black Caucus after hearing Rep. Bennie Thompson (Democrat from Mississippi) tell of the high infant mortality rate and lack of medical access in the impoverished Delta Region.

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