Cuban migrant dies stranded along Panama-Costa Rica border
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A Cuban migrant has died of flu symptoms while stranded on the Panama-Costa Rica border along with hundreds of other Cubans who have been trying to reach the United States.
Panamanian health authorities say the 53-year-old man died Monday night of severe respiratory problems after being examined at a local hospital.
As a result of the death, authorities plan to roll out a vaccine and illness prevention campaign among the roughly 1,000 Cubans stuck in makeshift shelters in Panama.
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The death comes as thousands of Cubans are migrating through Central America in fear that warming U.S.-Cuban relations could end their special immigration privileges in the United States.