Diplomatic Circles

Canadian approach to strange health concerns in Cuba ‘respectful,’ says outgoing envoy

Julio Garmendía Peña's expected successor was a key figure in Cuba's rapprochement with the U.S. under Obama.

Outgoing Cuban Ambassador Julio Garmendía Peña will leave Canada at the end of January after working in the country for nearly five years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

January 17, 2018

Cuba's outgoing ambassador says Canada’s approach to investigating the unusual health symptoms affecting some Canadian diplomats and their families in Cuba, is the “right decision.” Nearly a year after Canadian officials set out to investigate perplexing health problems, a senior Canadian gov...

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