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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Byline: Mark in Mexico |
| 2006-08-05 |
| Just keep scrolling. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #2 In addition, Venezuelan doctors have marched in the streets and participated in work stoppages to protest the Cuban doctors's presence and their $200 per month salary which is 10% that of a Venezuelan doctor. Another reason for the high desertion rate of the Cuban doctors is that they only recieved $100 per month, the other $100 was paid to their families in Cuba. Someone made the point that in Cuba $200 per month may be a fortune, while in Caracas it's, well, only $200. To try to make up for or to mask the loss of these highly touted and highly publicized medical experts, the Venezuelan government under Hugo Chavez has decided to begin importing "bachilleres" into Venezuela from Bolivia, giving them one year of free education, then turning them loose on the country's healthcare system, specifically its poorest citizens. A "bachiller" is a senior in high school who is taking advanced college prep classes. So Chavez's plan is to import Bolivian high school seniors who have matriculated through Bolivia's world renowned public education system, give them a year's medical training, and then turn them loose on Venezuela's poor. It sounds like a bloodbath in the making to me. that's good snark |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-05 09:51 |
| #1 this one kind of blows me away: Oaxaca, Mexico: Striking teachers appeal for gasoline bombs and food |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-08-05 08:14 |