wikileaks: cuban doctors flee venezuela

[naaman fletcher]

¶2. (S) The Consular Section at US Embassy Caracas began
accepting applications for SPBP on August 18, 2006. To date,
the Embassy has received paperwork and forwarded to the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) applications for 739
Cuban asylum seekers, of which 69% or 510 were approved, 91
were denied and 138 are pending. Since February of 2009, DHS
has notified Post that 73 Cuban Medical Personnel Program
(CMPP) applicants have been approved for parole through the
CMPP.


http://213.251.145.96/cable/2009/04/09CARACAS442.html

[Bacchus39]

1. the empire stands accused, haha n/t

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[naaman fletcher]

2. surprised

I am surprised that nobody has bothered to refute this yet. surely this is a bogus story right?