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Costa Rica grants asylum to Cuban nuclear scientist.
(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)
San Jose, 14 July: Today, the Costa Rican Government granted asylum to Cuban nuclear engineer Yoandi Sanchez, who said he could soon be able to go to the United States where part of his family lives.
The lack of freedom in Cuba was the decisive element for the asylum request filed three days ago, said Sanchez, who also said that "half of my family is in the United States", which is why he does not rule out moving there in the future.
The Caribbean citizen, who studied a nuclear career with an energy profile, said that if he stays in Costa Rica he could become a professor in some university.
Regarding his reason for leaving Cuba and seeking asylum in this Central American country he explained that "one cannot live in Cuba, the government does not allow it, in some way or another one is very limited. Freedom ...
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