More mysterious brain injuries in Cuba; Canada halves staff after new case

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The Canadian government announced Wednesday that it will halve the number of diplomats at its embassy in Cuba after a 14th Canadian has mysteriously fallen ill with brain injuries there.
The latest case from December suggests that the enigmatic incidents—which began in late 2016 and have been considered by the US government to be attacks—are still ongoing, straining relations between Cuba and the US, and now Cuba and Canada.
Josefina Vidal, Cuba's ambassador to Canada, called the decision Wednesday “incomprehensible.”
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