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Old 06-25-2008, 12:42 PM
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Default Cuban Revolution Responsible For 25,000 Eye Surgeries In Nicaragua

Yet this is the country under sanctions and embargo. It's a sad indictement of our world that a little poor country that has shown more solidarity with the underdeveloped world is punished.


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MANAGUA, June 23.— Cuba’s Operation Miracle specialists today surpassed the 25,000 mark in surgeries performed on Nicaraguan patients with vision problems, according to statistical reports.

Working in Sandino City, less than 20 kilometers west of the capital, the group of doctors have performed more than 5,458 cataract operations, 18,624 for pterigium, as well as treating other eye ailments such as glaucoma.

The beneficiaries of these services are, for the most part, low-income patients, in the majority individuals who are unable to pay for this type of surgery within the country’s private clinics.

Members of the Cuban Medical Brigade deployed across the country have provided a total of 1,110,264 consultations.

Among these are 2,477 surgeries for other conditions and 1,934 births, Dr. Luis Carlos Avila, leader of the group, told Prensa Latina.
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EDIT : I know i missed an a out in Nicaragua, my mistake.
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Once again, Cuba proves to have a generous foreign policy.
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Old 06-25-2008, 01:39 PM
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Wasn't Cuba's revolution back in the 1950s? How is the revolution itself directly responsible for Cuba's present-day foreign aid?
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Wasn't Cuba's revolution back in the 1950s? How is the revolution itself directly responsible for Cuba's present-day foreign aid?
In lieu of Castro it is pure speculation as to whether Cuba would be doing this now.

I doubt it.
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The revolution has not drawn to a close.


It must be remembered that maybe Nicaraguea would possibly be allowed to be in this position if the CIA did not instigate a military rebellion against the Sadinistas.
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Imho, the idea of a continuous revolution is a bullsht concept to be used an excuse for the dictatorship of the proletariat to remain in place.
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Imho, the idea of a continuous revolution is a bullsht concept to be used an excuse for the dictatorship of the proletariat to remain in place.
My idea of a continuous revolution would be a series of reforms supported by democracy and interspersed with free and fair elections.
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Yet this is the country under sanctions and embargo. It's a sad indictement of our world that a little poor country that has shown more solidarity with the underdeveloped world is punished.


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EDIT : I know i missed an a out in Nicaragua, my mistake.
I've changed it for you.

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My idea of a continuous revolution would be a series of reforms supported by democracy and interspersed with free and fair elections.
So not applicable in terms of Cuba?
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So not applicable in terms of Cuba?
No, but that's not to say I don't support Cuba.
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