Hundreds of former Cuban international medical workers are stranded in Colombia, waiting for visas to the United States, promised under the Cuban Medical Personnel Program, which has lured medical personnel away from Cuba since 2006. For months, Cuban applicants in Colombia have seen their visas applications stalled. Al Jazeera America correspondent Sheila MacVicar told KSFR's Dave Marash on HERE AND THERE, she went to the US Embassy in Bogota to ask what was causing the problem.
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