This post is one of the few where I direct the reader to current news, this time via three links (below).
The first link is a wrenching narrative by José Cordeiro, whose father was unable to survive the wait times imposed by socialized medicine.
The second link is an article on Venezuela’s refugee crisis, which now surpasses Syria’s. However, as you will read, the “international community” has provided over $7 Billion to the Syria crisis, but about half a Billion to the Venezuela crisis. One can only conclude that some crises are more chic than others.
The third, and final, link is perhaps the most wrenching of all. This hearkens to “the Vargas tragedy”, December, 1999, when days of rain precipitated massive landslides which destroyed, completely buried, or washed out to sea countless people and entire towns. The United States offered help, initially accepted but then refused by then-president Hugo Chavez who, in agreement with his good friend, Fidel Castro, believed a revolutionary stance was more important than saving lives. Many children were handed over to officials by distraught parents. What happened to them? The question remains unanswered twenty years later.
