Stories: Brain Drain
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Ecuador Lures Back Its Diaspora With Social Spending and Opportunity
Last April, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa took his weekly radio show "Enlace Cuidadano" on the road to the Italian city of Genoa. He wasn't there for the salami. Instead he implored Genoa's Ecuadorean expatriate population - the largest in Italy - to come home. "Our government of the Citizens’ Revolution, is your...
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Freedom and Flight
Once, I knew a boy/man who was studying to be a doctor. When the time came for his mandatory posting in the village as a post-graduate student, he was deeply upset. Brilliant and sullen, he completed his degree with gritted teeth and migrated to the US soon after. His journey reeked of the sort of burning determination that fuels...