Jeg kunne ikke dy meg for å ta med denne.
USAs intense bakvasking av Cuba gjennom mange år har gitt mange et veldig negativt bilde av landet.
Men ta et par minutter, tygg litt på det som står der, og vit at vi snakker om et utviklingsland, et land i den tredje verden. Og vit at vi snakker om et land som kontinuerlig forfølges for sine “brudd på menneskerettighetene”.
Forøvrig kan det være interessant å se hvor mange norske medier som finner slikt som dette verd publisering.(?)
IN DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS: Cuba Increases Solidarity with Third World. Havana, Nov 28 (acn) Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Eumelio Caballero announced on Tuesday that almost a million patients from 31 Third World countries have recovered their sight thanks to the work of Cuban doctors who participate in the free eye-surgery program Operation Miracle.
Speaking at the 14th International Conference on European Studies that began on Tuesday in Havana,the diplomat explained that this program, promoted by Cuba and Venezuela, is mainly aimed at low-income people from the Latin American and Caribbean region.
He added that, as part of this initiative, the island has donated 37 ophthalmologic centers to eight countries and it is currently working on the setting up of seven others.
Operation Miracle, which began in July 2004, aims at restoring eyesight to six million Latin American people in a ten-year period. Regarding Cuba’s medical cooperation all over the world, the Deputy Foreign Minister recalled that the island’s doctors have treated more than 371 million people, mainly in Latin America, Africa and Asia. They have delivered more than 800,000 babies; they have performed 2.4 million surgeries and they have immunized 9.3million children.
Caballero noted that there are currently more than 36,000 Cuban medics and paramedics making their contribution in remote places of difficult access in 97 Third World countries.
In addition, he said that there are currently 49,700 youths from 121 nations studying medicineon the island or with Cuban professors in their espective countries.
He also stressed that, in the last four years, 2.6 million people in 22 countries have learned to read and write thanks to the Cuban ‘Yo sipuedo’ (Yes, I Can)literacy program,validated by the UNEducation, Science and Culture Organization(UNESCO).