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Calabria keeps Cuban doctors despite US pressure to cut ties
Calabria's refusal to end its Cuban medical mission stands at odds with Washington's push to isolate Havana's overseas health programs.
Pietro Lasorsa · 365 words
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- Calabria keeps Cuban doctors despite US pressure to cut ties
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- Calabria keeps Cuban doctors despite US pressure
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- Matera eyes tourist conduct codes as Lake Como imposes dress fines
- European court orders Italy to compensate woman after rape case dismissed
Geography & climate
Continental in the mountains, Mediterranean on the coasts.
Mountains and badlands between two seas; the Sassi of Matera, the Val d'Agri oilfields.
Economy & culture
Oil and gas (Italy's largest onshore field), agriculture, the Matera tourism boom, automotive.
Matera, once 'the shame of Italy', now a film set and capital of culture; a sparse, ancient South.