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Health Care and Democracy: A Look at the Venezuelan Healthcare …
WebThe 1.5 million dollar per year program expanded to provide a broad network of small neighborhood clinics, larger regional clinics, and hospitals which aim to serve the entire Venezuelan population. (1) Chavez has referred to this new health care system as the "democratization of health care" stating that "health care has become a fundamental
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Why Does Health Care in Cuba Cost 96% Less than in the US
Web1. A fragmented system. Explaining why health care is 16% of the US gross domestic product while it is less than half that in the UK, a 2008 article in Dollars and Sense pointed out that…the US has the most bureaucratic health care system in the world, including over 1500 different companies, each offering multiple plans, each with its own …
Chavez Re-launches Venezuela’s Flagship “Barrio Adentro” …
WebAs part of the re-launch plan, last week Chavez announced the approval of 750.7 million Bolivars (US$349 million) for all stages of the program, which includes free distribution of medicines. Of the total, 400 million Bolivars ($ 186 million) was allocated to Barrio Adentro IV. The head of state also emphasised the humanitarian social work
Book Review – Revolutionary Doctors: How
WebModelled on Che Guevara’s principles and keeping in line with the Cuban revolution, Steve Brouwer’s assessment of Cuba’s health care system in his book Revolutionary Doctors: How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the World’s Conception of Health Care (Monthly Review Press, July 2011) stands as a testimony to answer anyone …
Maquiladora Factories in Mexico Manufacture Toxic Pollutants
WebThe first steps could be taken this year,” said Valle Verde’s López. The Pollutant Release and Transfer Registry (RETC), a department of Mexico’s environment ministry, reported in 2007 that 212 million tons of pollutants were released into the environment, 99 percent of them into the atmosphere. This year the RETC aims to …
Universal Health Care in El Salvador – A Personal Reflection
WebMaternal and infant mortality rates have decreased; in fact, El Salvador recently met the UN Millennium Development Goal for reduction of maternal mortality – four years ahead of schedule. Despite the opposition of the right-wing, the FMLN managed to increase the budget for the Ministry of Health from 1.7% to 2.5% of Gross Domestic Product.
Cuban, U.S and Honduran Doctors Work Together on Medical …
WebWhile the Bush administration has taken an increasingly hostile stance toward Cuba, U.S. and Cuban doctors worked together for the first time this May during an historic 7-day Medical Brigade to Honduras. The brigade, organized by Bill Camp, Executive Secretary of the Sacramento Central Labor Council, in collaboration with the Birthing …
Midwives, Givers of Life in Rural Communities, in Danger of
WebSource: Americas Program Their work is not just to receive the new-born baby or give herbal baths to the new mothers. Nahua community midwives in the Huasteca region of the state of Hidalgo play a fundamental role in the communities’ world view, since they guide a child’s beginnings and communal values, explains researcher and birth …
The Struggle Over Sumak Kawsay in Ecuador – Upside Down World
WebThe simplest definition of Sumak, is good. Kawsay, translates to Life or living. Thus, Sumak Kawsay, in the most straightforward interpretation, means Good Life, or Good Living. In Spanish it is often translated as “Buen Vivir”, or “Vivir Bien”; the latter means “Living Well”. Although there is a fascinating diversity of perceptions
Film Review: ‘Revolutionary Medicine
WebRevolutionary Medicine, true to its title, is a provocative, 45-minute documentary by Beth Geglia, an independent, activist documentarian based in Washington D.C., and Jesse Freeston, a film maker based in Montreal, who had been a key member of the Real News Network. Dr. Luther Harry Castillo, a Cuban-trained Garifuna doctor is our …
Sex Workers Take to the Streets in Honduras to Protest Murders …
WebCries for justice rang out in the streets of the Honduran capital on June 2 as several dozen women of all ages, some with young children in tow, had gathered in a nearby park that morning in preparation for the march.
U.S. and Dominican Immigration Policies: Is There a Difference
WebAfter all, the U.S. government now deports nearly 400,000 immigrants each year, at a rate of more than 7,000 a week. Allowing for the difference in size between the U.S. and the Dominican populations, our country is actually deporting immigrants at a higher rate than the one that Dominican officials cited in August.
In Peru, Scientist Documents the Impacts of Continent’s Largest …
WebIn Peru, Scientist Documents the Impacts of Continent’s Largest Gold Mine. February 3, 2015 Diego Cupolo Peru 0. The Yanacocha gold mine did not exist when Reinhard Seifert first moved to Cajamarca, Peru in the 1970s. Everything changed in 1993, when Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. opened Yanacocha and spurred a modern …
Cuba: Transvestites and Crossdressers Key Workers Against AIDS
WebCuba: Transvestites and Crossdressers Key Workers Against AIDS. March 20, 2008 Dalia Acosta News Briefs 0. (IPS) – Activism against AIDS is uniting a group of transvestites and crossdressers in western Cuba in a project that is going beyond peer education and making inroads into the world of culture. "The time has come to take us …
Political Economy from the Perspective of the Zapatista …
WebPolitical Economy from the Perspective of the Zapatista Communities. July 27, 2015 Zapatistas Mexico 0. “Before the Zapatista Army for National Liberation was created, we indigenous from Chiapas didn’t exist for the capitalist system; we weren’t people to it; we weren’t human. We didn’t even exist as trash for it.
Anarchism and Indigenous Resistance in Bolivia: Interview with …
WebThe South American Nation of Bolivia has filled the headlines of the global press with their fight against water privatization, struggle for nationalization of Gas, non-compliance with Free Trade policies and the election of South America’s first indigenous president Evo Morales.
Gold Fever: Artisanal and Industrial Extraction in the Nicaraguan
WebArtisan mining has a long history in the municipalities of Bonanza and Siuna in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, Nicaragua. Since 1880, güirisería, or artisanal mining, has been the main economic activity in the municipalities that make up the so-called mining triangle in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). Enormous extensions of …
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