U.S. to Cuba - Interview with Aleida Guevara
Aleida Guevara, daughter of "What ," I honor his friendship, he sent an appeal to remove the ' U.S. embargo on Cuba . The embargo also prevents crime because the importation of essential medicines, hard since 1962 and effectively prevents the trade of Cuba with all the countries that have relations with the U.S.. The little Cuba must really be scared of the giant U.S. if the embargo has lasted half a century. " El embargo" has been condemned by ' UN in October 2010, who has asked to withdraw by 187 votes to 2 against (Israel and the U.S.). Obama lift the embargo. It would be a nice gesture.
Interview with Aleida Guevara, daughter of Che.
"We are not asking for anything in return for what we do. We received a lot of solidarity by the Italian people. Perhaps one of the strongest movements of Solidarity with Cuba is just the Italian one. The point is to let everyone know about the reality we live . Unfortunately the information is very poor and reaches people so deeply distorted. It's very important to know that we could do much more, we could be even more supportive if we lift the economic embargo.
The way in which the Cuban people is resisting a brutal embargo for over 48 years is unique in human history. There is talk of the embargo, but do not know how to live because of the embargo. A simple example for a group of Cuban children suffering from leukemia. With an organization of solidarity of the Swiss name " mediCuba " unable to obtain the raw material and produces cytostatic drugs. We can synthesize them. However, we do not have medicines to counteract the side effects of cytostatics. For a long time we have leukemic children who had vomited twenty times a day because we could not give them the required medication. This is just one of the effects of the embargo. The drug in question is a U.S. patent. Europe can synthesize it, any pharmaceutical company can produce it in Europe, but there it can sell. If a company sells it there, the U.S. imposes sanctions : withdrawing American capital invested, or possibly banning the export of farm products to the U.S. market. It is an unequal battle since we are only a Cuba 11 million, while in the U.S. there are 400 million potential customers. The problem is
we have a strong need to find medications and have the money to buy them, we are not begging for anything. We are asking the right to buy drugs like any other country in the world. This we are prevented by the embargo on every aspect of our economy. Imagine if we succeed in providing health services to those in need despite the embargo, what we could do more without the embargo. The question is simply this: adequate information to people in the world to bring their solidarity with Cuba and exert pressure on the U.S. government to be eliminated this criminal embargo. "
Thanks Katia Fiterman for the interview.
(source Beppe Grillo)
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Zulu Hut Why They Are Built That Way
POST: ORA NR6 - the modern world is water
Italy, Europe, the "modern world" is an urban social and taking in water and not just metaphorically.
That in winter the climate is more hostile and unpredictable times is normal, we can not expect that the season is "moderate" because it would have some logistical problem less.
In these cases, the ordinary citizen, what to go to work you get out of bed, drink coffee, gets in his car and goes to the company, should the local mind on an issue he usually far: a farmer gets up and the first What it does is go out to look at how the time. According to the weather, is organized on how to tackle the day, but not all. Up to this point, still has a generic problem as many other workers who must contend with the climate, still doing their job.
The real problem occurs when it rains for days and days to the point where the water floods the countryside. Or when it does not rain for months and everything is dry and barren. If then there are the crops, then the damage is even greater and the factor will not be able to predict the loss.
In these cases we are the shock absorbers of the funds that address the workers of the earth, but they are insufficient. If we then associate with low income from the sale of products, it is easy to understand how little pay both the profession of farmer.
In my view there is also injustice in all this: the small producers have limited access, compared to large companies, these funds to "repair".
E 'pure inexplicable policy before national and now European Union, which provides money to farmers because they, in turn, leave the land fallow.
In short, it is wasting public money to pay for the unproductive and then you buy goods that could be grown in home kilometer zero, only in order of supranational agreements, which do not help European farmers, but allow to multinational food, to make the cartel at the expense of workers and consumers.
In a future post, I will address the issue of agricultural work, for now I'll stop on the above issues, to analyze the more immediate issues:
The situation of "distress" climate that is invading Italy, Europe, the entire industrialized world from north to south, if you notice, it is merely a problem of economic order. Flooded roads, airports where flights are suspended, ferries do not leave, tourists are not tourists and stay at home and so on. All this triggers costs, damages, loss of turnover and so on.
E 'in which the inherent contradiction of modern humanity, which has created a mechanism of survival is no longer connected to the ground to natural as it should be logical, although scientific capabilities and intellectual resources to do so. This, however, unprepared and spoke with a mental position of hostility towards something that can not tame at will: by inventing all sorts of devilry to stem a selfish choice that does not consider the territory. An area that is raped by an anthropocentric thought that rule out everything that is not "useful" to humans, especially in economic terms, as if we, miserable animals unfit for the planet, had the ability to understand what is and is not a priority and save this world.
Most of the problems we suffer in terms of damage to agricultural or urban, are due to a multitude of mistakes, abuse, man-made.
cemented water vent areas adjacent to rivers, growing massively products such as soy, corn, tobacco, etc., enter the air a huge amount of toxic gases, cut down trees because they are considered dangerous or obstacles to roundabouts, roads and buildings, are some elements that highlight our heavy responsibility. Let's stop drinking the folcloriostiche justifications hail the progress and the price which must inevitably pay. "Progress" is something that elevates the company and not the victim of the same make to enjoy of a good or a service. What is the logic to move forward with medicine, if we continue to produce new toxins that trigger new diseases? All this is dumb.
We are in front of a choice, a choice that does not give us more time to think. If we do not change our behavior individually, we can not save the earth from our arrogance.
What will we leave to future generations? A huge dustbin
useless if we do not change attitude.
Giordan
Italy, Europe, the "modern world" is an urban social and taking in water and not just metaphorically.
That in winter the climate is more hostile and unpredictable times is normal, we can not expect that the season is "moderate" because it would have some logistical problem less.
In these cases, the ordinary citizen, what to go to work you get out of bed, drink coffee, gets in his car and goes to the company, should the local mind on an issue he usually far: a farmer gets up and the first What it does is go out to look at how the time. According to the weather, is organized on how to tackle the day, but not all. Up to this point, still has a generic problem as many other workers who must contend with the climate, still doing their job.
The real problem occurs when it rains for days and days to the point where the water floods the countryside. Or when it does not rain for months and everything is dry and barren. If then there are the crops, then the damage is even greater and the factor will not be able to predict the loss.
In these cases we are the shock absorbers of the funds that address the workers of the earth, but they are insufficient. If we then associate with low income from the sale of products, it is easy to understand how little pay both the profession of farmer.
In my view there is also injustice in all this: the small producers have limited access, compared to large companies, these funds to "repair".
E 'pure inexplicable policy before national and now European Union, which provides money to farmers because they, in turn, leave the land fallow.
In short, it is wasting public money to pay for the unproductive and then you buy goods that could be grown in home kilometer zero, only in order of supranational agreements, which do not help European farmers, but allow to multinational food, to make the cartel at the expense of workers and consumers.
In a future post, I will address the issue of agricultural work, for now I'll stop on the above issues, to analyze the more immediate issues:
The situation of "distress" climate that is invading Italy, Europe, the entire industrialized world from north to south, if you notice, it is merely a problem of economic order. Flooded roads, airports where flights are suspended, ferries do not leave, tourists are not tourists and stay at home and so on. All this triggers costs, damages, loss of turnover and so on.
E 'in which the inherent contradiction of modern humanity, which has created a mechanism of survival is no longer connected to the ground to natural as it should be logical, although scientific capabilities and intellectual resources to do so. This, however, unprepared and spoke with a mental position of hostility towards something that can not tame at will: by inventing all sorts of devilry to stem a selfish choice that does not consider the territory. An area that is raped by an anthropocentric thought that rule out everything that is not "useful" to humans, especially in economic terms, as if we, miserable animals unfit for the planet, had the ability to understand what is and is not a priority and save this world.
Most of the problems we suffer in terms of damage to agricultural or urban, are due to a multitude of mistakes, abuse, man-made.
cemented water vent areas adjacent to rivers, growing massively products such as soy, corn, tobacco, etc., enter the air a huge amount of toxic gases, cut down trees because they are considered dangerous or obstacles to roundabouts, roads and buildings, are some elements that highlight our heavy responsibility. Let's stop drinking the folcloriostiche justifications hail the progress and the price which must inevitably pay. "Progress" is something that elevates the company and not the victim of the same make to enjoy of a good or a service. What is the logic to move forward with medicine, if we continue to produce new toxins that trigger new diseases? All this is dumb.
We are in front of a choice, a choice that does not give us more time to think. If we do not change our behavior individually, we can not save the earth from our arrogance.
What will we leave to future generations? A huge dustbin
useless if we do not change attitude.
Giordan
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Breasts Blood Vessels
POST: ORA NR5
Vicenza, Sunday 26-12-10 ore1.08
The rain continues to fall continuously, but Fortunately, it seems, the situation remains stationary except for alcunee Berica areas of the city and other places of Veneto, already flooded yesterday. Flooding that affected households of course, but as these are a problem in the general context, nobody talks about it. Too bad that houses inhabited by poor people that in the most absolute indifference, must deal with a territory free from control.
information on the drainage conditions in the official sites, are firm to the latest dated 24-12-10 13:00.
was not set up a 24-hour radio channel 24, which gives real-time news, was not made a specific Internet site, to give information on all of the territories concerned by the risks of flooding rivers constantly updated.
Let's think about those people with physical discomfort or particular problems, forced to go to the hospital even in these days of celebration, not the least know what the situation in cities and if they can get to the place concerned. Adande patience if someone is at the bar eating breakfast or doing the last Christmas shopping: being in front of the barricade, turn the car and went home or simply change the itinerary. And who can not do? And who can not afford to waste time in the car looking for another site health? Surely, someone could think these are comments that are meticulous digging, perhaps, always trying to find inefficiency. It is not true however: the reality is different and this is proof that the charge to have control of a much dreaded "security" does not really have it all.
's why I wonder why there has been some form of rapid communication.
Why have not thought of a simple radio channel that can reach anyone, even those who do not to play with the PC as the elderly. Go with megaphones is useful for those who live nell'imediata area at risk, but in town you can bring people from the province who have no information on the situation. What I'm saying, is not the simplest solution, but a normal practice to be adopted in cases of emergency. We also think that to unsuspecting people, going inavertitamente in areas at risk or already flooded, end up in the midst of dangerous situations: taking advantage of this service, you avoid getting into trouble or worse, hampering relief efforts.
The official press, the media, are inefficient and do not perform a useful function on that front. And to think that for some news as the process of Amanda Fox, or the case of information Avetrana gave a manic, almost obsessive, but perhaps it was just more than odiens these days is devastating a natural consequence neglect the human Veneto.
observe in the coming hours the situation.
Giordan
Vicenza, Sunday 26-12-10 ore1.08
The rain continues to fall continuously, but Fortunately, it seems, the situation remains stationary except for alcunee Berica areas of the city and other places of Veneto, already flooded yesterday. Flooding that affected households of course, but as these are a problem in the general context, nobody talks about it. Too bad that houses inhabited by poor people that in the most absolute indifference, must deal with a territory free from control.
information on the drainage conditions in the official sites, are firm to the latest dated 24-12-10 13:00.
was not set up a 24-hour radio channel 24, which gives real-time news, was not made a specific Internet site, to give information on all of the territories concerned by the risks of flooding rivers constantly updated.
Let's think about those people with physical discomfort or particular problems, forced to go to the hospital even in these days of celebration, not the least know what the situation in cities and if they can get to the place concerned. Adande patience if someone is at the bar eating breakfast or doing the last Christmas shopping: being in front of the barricade, turn the car and went home or simply change the itinerary. And who can not do? And who can not afford to waste time in the car looking for another site health? Surely, someone could think these are comments that are meticulous digging, perhaps, always trying to find inefficiency. It is not true however: the reality is different and this is proof that the charge to have control of a much dreaded "security" does not really have it all.
's why I wonder why there has been some form of rapid communication.
Why have not thought of a simple radio channel that can reach anyone, even those who do not to play with the PC as the elderly. Go with megaphones is useful for those who live nell'imediata area at risk, but in town you can bring people from the province who have no information on the situation. What I'm saying, is not the simplest solution, but a normal practice to be adopted in cases of emergency. We also think that to unsuspecting people, going inavertitamente in areas at risk or already flooded, end up in the midst of dangerous situations: taking advantage of this service, you avoid getting into trouble or worse, hampering relief efforts.
The official press, the media, are inefficient and do not perform a useful function on that front. And to think that for some news as the process of Amanda Fox, or the case of information Avetrana gave a manic, almost obsessive, but perhaps it was just more than odiens these days is devastating a natural consequence neglect the human Veneto.
observe in the coming hours the situation.
Giordan
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