Scott sends in this link to the article by the Miami Herald on Cuban Doctors in the Venezuelan barrios. The problem I have with it is that the Herald actually tries to be balanced, forgetting that public health care is the responsibility of the Government whether in the barrios or in public hospitals. What Venezuelans wonder is why Chavez had to bring Cuban Doctors for the barrios and not simply start a project in the barrios with unemployed, well-qualified Venezuelan Doctors. After all, when Cuba has had health crisis, Venezuela has sent doctors to find the problems the Cuban doctors could not.
The Devil's Excrement
Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.
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