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WikiLeaks Cable: Venezuela’s medical system in disarray
Washington Times - Water Cooler ^ | 12/2/10 | Kerry Picket

Posted on 12/02/2010 7:17:26 AM PST by paltz

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez lauded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assnage as a "brave man" according to El Universal. Mr. Chavez stated on his state-run TV network VTV:

"The empire stood naked. I do not know what the United States is going to do. Well, they do not care about this. But how many things have been disclosed! They disrespect their allies with all these spying activities!” Mr. Chavez may be referring to a WikiLeaks cable describing his country's health care system.

A WikiLeaks cable dated in December of 2009 and released on Sunday describes Venezuela’s medical system in disarray. (All bolding below is mine)

According to the document, Venezuelan doctors accused their government of “politicizing health care at the expense of the health of Venezuelans."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chavez; healthcare; hugochavez; venezuela; wikileaks; wikileaksdocdump

1 posted on 12/02/2010 7:17:27 AM PST by paltz
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To: paltz

So has this little pipsqueak potentially done us one favor in all of this?


2 posted on 12/02/2010 7:26:58 AM PST by Fire_on_High (Stupid should hurt.)
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To: paltz

Sure recipe for disaster: Use the least educated morons in society (politicians) to run highly educated achievers (the medical professionals).


3 posted on 12/02/2010 7:28:00 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: paltz

Any communist / marxist government causes the individual to become an expense. When times are tight, why preserve expenses? You cut expenses.


4 posted on 12/02/2010 7:29:01 AM PST by blackdog
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To: paltz

The leaks will hurt Obama more than anyone.


5 posted on 12/02/2010 7:32:06 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: blackdog

POINT!


6 posted on 12/02/2010 7:32:54 AM PST by SC_Pete
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To: paltz

Don’t tell that to Michael Moore.


7 posted on 12/02/2010 7:33:02 AM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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To: onedoug

Oh my.


8 posted on 12/02/2010 7:33:29 AM PST by windcliff
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To: blackdog
If Venezuelan Doctors are leaving their country, it would be a mistake to come here when OBAMACARE rolls in.

It would also be a mistake for American Doctors learning Spanish to go to Venezuela!

Venezuela is quickly becoming Zimbabwe!!!

9 posted on 12/02/2010 7:38:31 AM PST by wmileo
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To: dfwgator
"Don’t tell that to Michael Moore."

That fat bastard may be a traitor but he is not stupid!

He already knows that the Pre-OBAMACARE USA has the best health care system in the world. When he has his eventual Heart Attack his fat @$$ will be right here in some private clinic with the best US medical care Hollywood Idiots can buy.

10 posted on 12/02/2010 7:43:24 AM PST by wmileo
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To: AppyPappy

Gibbs has said that they are not worried about Wikileaks. That there is nothing there to worry about. If that is true, release all the documents so the American people can decide for themselves. Bunch of JackWaggons.


11 posted on 12/02/2010 7:52:52 AM PST by RC2
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To: SC_Pete
History repeats itself.

China rounded up all the doctors during the communist revolution, killed most and imprisoned the rest to face a slow death of starvation. Whenever someone important in government became sick, they would give a doctor some food, a blanket, let him visit with family, etc..in exchange for providing skilled medical care. Then when the important person became better or died, it was right back to prison.

The doctors were all replaced with young students of communism. They had no medical training to speak of other than studying propaganda films. Pretty much the equivilant of a LPN. The hospitals they ran this way speeded the death of millions and got rid of western educated doctors.

Fast forward to 2010. The best way to prosperity under any rule is to become a producer instead of a consumer. What do you think America has become since post WWII? We are consumers now, using a producer's checkbook by proxy. Someone snookered us into thinking that "consumer" had a very broad definition. It does not.

A war by us couldn't be fought against any global power. In six months we'd run out of shoes. We don't make them here anymore. Same with textiles.

Retooling to become producers again could save us. That would need deflated wages, reshaped educational structure, and huge domestic manufacturing investment.........Which is happening at an alarming pace right now (unless you're a government worker).

The question is "Do we have the resolve and the time?"

12 posted on 12/02/2010 8:00:27 AM PST by blackdog
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To: RC2

Yeah. That’s why the article was in the Washington Times instead of the Washington Post. They know this can only damage the current administration.


13 posted on 12/02/2010 8:15:00 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: paltz

Obama: "Redistribute health care from those of privilege. My man, now that's a plan my man!"
14 posted on 12/02/2010 8:29:39 AM PST by drpix
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To: paltz
*Venezuelan doctors accused their government of “politicizing health care at the expense of the health of Venezuelans.”*

Big deal!

Obama and Pelosi have already done that here.

Chavez has devastated his own country by his love of being a Communist dictator (sorry, I know that hurts, Sean Penn).
A leak that says he ruined Health care for Venezuelans is almost a compliment.

Look how hard Nancy and 0bama worked to ruin our Health care!

15 posted on 12/02/2010 8:55:35 AM PST by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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To: dfwgator
We should put Michael Moore, Bill Maher, Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and Gore on an island and see if they could survive for two days.

I bet there's not one of them that could start a campfire if they had 50 boxes of matches and dry kindling.

Even if one of them COULD start a fire, Gore would come along and stomp it out because it's releasing carbon into the air.

16 posted on 12/02/2010 8:58:30 AM PST by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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To: paltz
Venezuelan doctors accused their government of “politicizing health care at the expense of the health of Venezuelans."

A preview of our future.

17 posted on 12/02/2010 1:45:01 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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