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Episode: Cuba pulls 8,000 doctors from Brazil after spat with Bolsonaro | Plus, learn English phrasal verb ‘make up for’
Description: Cuba has ordered all 8,000 of its doctors working in Brazil to come home after a spat between Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro and the Cuban government. The doctors were working in rural areas of Brazil, but the Cuban government kept over 70% of their wages, a system Bolsonaro called “slave labor.” Brazil claims to have back-filled almost all the doctor positions. Cuba, on the other hand, may be left without a valuable source of government income. Plus, learn the English phrase “to make up for.” Read the full transcript of this episode at http://www.plainenglish.com/109 Transcripts are always free a...