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Waking Up 9 May 2011 | 02:53 pm
After three years of hibernation, Venezuela notes is waking up! First, I'd like to announce the publication of my new book, Revolutionary Doctors: How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the World's Conc...
Four articles on health care and medical training in Venezuela 30 Apr 2011 | 01:53 am
The articles below were written in 2007 and 2008, but were reposted in November 2008 so they can be read together as a group and in the order in which I wrote them.
Fidel´s WMDs versus Bush´s WMDs - World Medical Doctors are more powerful than Weapons of Mass Destruction 15 Nov 2008 | 04:22 am
(originally written in June of 2007) This is a confrontation that has been brewing for 45 years: the United States versus Cuba. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have been acting more and more belligeren...
WMDs -- World Medical Doctors – now being produced in Venezuela (WMDs Part 2) 14 Nov 2008 | 03:20 am
(originally written in October of 2007) Jonas, left, with his brother and his father Jonas lives on a tiny dairy farm on the hill above Monte Carmelo. His father is intensely proud that his son is st...
The World Medical Doctors down the street (WMDs part three) 13 Nov 2008 | 03:20 am
(originally written in January of 2008) An innocent, beautiful little village nestled into the mountains at the northern end of the Andes. Hardly the place anyone would look for one of the greatest c...
World Medical Doctors go to class (WMDs, part 4) 12 Nov 2008 | 04:04 am
(originally written in February of 2008) After spending the morning helping Dr. Tomasa attend to families at the walk-in office in Monte Carmelo, Jonas will jump on his motorcycle and head for Sanare...
Meeting at Las Lajitas: Mario Grippo and Fred Magdoff 21 Mar 2008 | 11:43 pm
Mario, Fred, Rosa Elena and three of her students from the high school agroecology course meet at the farm to discuss farming methods and the world food crisis This past Wednesday, Fred Magdoff and I...
The Booming Venezuelan Economy, and how it affects Monte Carmelo 21 Mar 2008 | 12:41 am
A local mason is putting the finishing touches on a wall next door, where our neighbors are adding a large room to their house. The major media in the United States and Venezuela are overflowing with...
‘Consejos Comunales’ – Community Councils – Participatory Democracy (or direct democracy) as practiced by campesinos in Venezuela 20 Feb 2008 | 03:15 am
Counting me and the two young fellows, there were 38 people at the meeting of the Consejo Comunal, or Community Council, in Monte Carmelo on February 12, 2008. Probably the most important development...
Still here in this beautiful part of Venezuela 29 Jan 2008 | 02:47 am
We live about a mile above sea level on this mountain ridge in the green, rainy region of the State of Lara. Our campesino neighbors grow a wide variety of vegetables that they sell in Barquisimeto, t...
