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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez thanks Castro for doctors


Published: Sat December 20, 2003
By: Publisher in Cuba Culture > Science & Health
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CARACAS - (AP)—Chatting with Fidel Castro during his weekly television show Sunday, President Hugo Chávez thanked the Cuban leader for sending more than 10,000 doctors to work in poor communities across Venezuela.

Chávez and Castro bantered for about 10 minutes on Venezuelan television and radio after Chávez aides telephoned the Cuban president in Havana. Chávez spoke to Castro on a speakerphone live on air.

Chávez announced the expansion of the Inside the Slum program, which began in April with several hundred Cuban doctors in Caracas slums. There are now 10,169 Cuban physicians nationwide, Chávez said.

‘’Well, Fidel . . . your support and the support of these true heroes of Cuban medicine has been fundamental and essential,’’ Chávez said.

Castro, who sounded hesitant and complained about the phone connection, said Chávez had established himself as a leader of the Third World.

‘’You are leaving an example not only for Latin America but for all of the Third World,’’ Castro said. “I must express the admiration of all our people for you.’’

The two leaders have developed a strong friendship rooted in their shared disdain for U.S. economic and political dominance and their conviction that free-market policies have failed to lift millions of Latin Americans from grinding poverty.

Chávez invited Castro to visit Venezuela and tour communities benefiting from Inside the Slum. Castro said a visit ‘’wasn’t immediately possible,’’ citing a heavy work load. It would be Castro’s fourth visit to Venezuela since Chávez took office in 1999.

Chávez’s government has sent more than 4,000 needy Venezuelans to Cuba for free medical treatment. Cuban teachers are training 100,000 Venezuelan volunteers for a national literacy campaign.

Venezuela, meanwhile, provides Cuba with crude oil under preferential financial terms. Critics say Chávez’s ties with Castro have antagonized the United States, Venezuela’s largest oil customer.

Opposition leaders insist the presence of Cuban doctors and teachers is part of a plan to steer Venezuela toward Cuba-style socialism and authoritarianism. Chávez denies such intentions, insisting he is forging his own balance between socialism and capitalism.

Chávez’s government has ignored a court order to suspend the ‘’Inside the Slum’’ initiative until the Cuban doctors take equivalency exams required for foreign physicians to practice in Venezuela. The government says suspending the program would leave thousands of citizens without adequate healthcare.



Comments

#1 - On Fri January 23, 2004, jay characo wrote:

venezuela should copy developed countries’ unity. unity in goals, dreams, idealism, progress, and unlimited power and conviction to be able to be the best you can be on your own. utilizing the resources available. not thinking that the government is responsible for their success but the other way around. venezuela fate is unfurtunately in the hands of the government. not in the people. polititians have currupted the people, they have created disunion, and disbelieve. the rich have run the country, the rich is the goverment. they are not the people, they rule over the people, that has to end. everybody should be able to hve the opportunity to become rich. the have bought the goverment with brives, money. the rich don’t love the venezuelan people, they only love themselves. i appaud hugo chavez. he has to save venezuela from corruption. the rich wants to own venezuela for their own good they use the word democracy as a shield, but they are aristocrat class, the party, the evil. they need to understand that the poor need a break, that poor can’t eat if they keep controlling the money.
unity has to to happens in order to venezuela to proper and succeed, rich and poor must love venezuela. the poor must their input. rich and poor must agree in making venezuela better, they must think as one, one goal, one mind, one heart. if this doesn’t occur venezuela will never succeed. as long as the rich has the money to run anti-government campaigns against is own people, president, venezuela will never be able to reach full delopment.

i can help venezuela by supporting the good things being done to help the poor, regardless ofwho is doing it. jc


#2 - On Sun August 15, 2004, JESUS MORALES wrote:

I want to express my views on Venezuelan oil exports to the USA and the left-wing, communist in training, so called president Hugo ( I want to be like Fidel ) Chavez.
The USA has enough oil reserves to last about 1 1/2 years; IF the USA would stop oil imports for just 2 weeks from Chavez, the Venezuelan economy would collapse worse than what it is now.
To all that are reading this, Huguito looks like a commie, smells like a commie, acts like a commie and IS a commie.


#3 - On Mon December 06, 2004, jacobo wrote:

muy bien julio por esos comentarios


#4 - On Tue December 07, 2004, jay characo wrote:

i love venezuela, i feel that anybody who loves venezuela should do the things that venezuela needs to make it better. this has been a far away thought from all the politicians that has ruled venezuela in the last 40 years. once they have gotten into power all they have do is to create plans and invented strategies on how to rob the country’ treasure.

there is no wonder why during 40 years nothing has been done. the only one who developed venezuela was marcos peres jimenes. during his government everything created, the modern venezuela was developed by him.

the groups, or so called groups for venezuela they nothing but people who knows how to rob the country. they are people who have no plans, to modernize venezuela, or to use the resources for a good cause. they have no plans whatsoever. they claim they can make it better but they don’t have specific plans on how they are going to do it. they have empty promises, they don;t have what it takes to make venezuela a successful country. they want to keep selling the oil barril for $7 dollars
or maybe cheaper to a better postor.

venezuelans have to start doing more for venezuela, venezuelans have been taught to wait for the new government to do the job for them. they have been taught to do nothing, just believe in the government, vote, and march up and down the street.
venezuelans, don’t have goals and dreams of their own, their goals are just wishes, wishes for the wrong things to happen, wishes. like we hope this is a good government, if is a good govenment then i will be rich too, or things will be better.

venezuelans have to become totally indepedent formthe government
they have tohave their own goals. they must completly stay awayfrom the political spectrum,let politician march, strike, complaint and so on. venezuelans should be paying attention to their family and work. that is how they can help venezuela, no protesting on the streets, no going to work and burning tires or making noise hitting a cooking pot.

jc


#5 - On Tue April 12, 2005, Myles (posts: 2) wrote:

In response to Jesus Morales, you wrote “To all that are reading this, Huguito looks like a commie, smells like a commie, acts like a commie and IS a commie.” May I remind you that the same attitude towards communists was adopted by the Nazi party, and is the same attitude that led communist Russians (read: all Russian civilians, regardless of religion) to the gas chambers. Regardless of your political views, your rabid intolerance for communists (Chavistas) and child-like insults only serve to expose your ignorance of the greater political, economic and humanitarian aspects that have contributed to the present situation in Venezuela. You have a right to your own views, but hold these views for enlightened reason, not because you think the (democratically elected, and confirmed) president “smells like a commie.”


#6 - On Sun September 24, 2006, jay characo wrote:

it has been a while since i last wrote a letter in pro of the venezuelans. since i feel i am a good venezuelan, who is learning how to run my family affairs and my life around other people. trying to do my best to help people, trying my best to learn to be a better person, and trying to learn how to improve my life and others i have this to say. venezuelans, is about time you start your own revolution at home. revolution means to implement new changes, new strategies on how you are going to live now and ten years from now. this you must do on your own with only the help of your family. forget about the government, don’t you get it already that the government is worry about the government , they are worried about themselves, how they are going to rob more, and how they are going to prosper. so is time that you worry about doing the same thing. all venezuelans should stop supporting the government with their vote, when you vote you are giving them a license to keep stealing from you. the govenrment treasure belongs to the venezuelans, but who is getting rich from it but the politicians who you have given the keys to the treasure..

i have solutions,
venezuela has the need to be a capitalistic country. the only way that venezuela will develop like other countries have, is by becoming a capitalistic country, there is no other way. it is not by changing the president, it is not by changing the constitution, not by helping the poor with free stuff, but only by implementing a solid , and firm plan on how to make money for the venezuelan people.

capitalism is the masterpiece strategy used by the rich in venezuela and by any rich in any country in the world.  the only way now days and 100 years ago that any country can develop successfully is by applying this principle.
of course the government do not teach you this program because they don;t care, they don’t even know that this is the only solution. they are blind, the only thing they know is when they get to the power is to dive head first into the national treasure, once they have gotten the money, they forget about you, and they also forget to tell you how you can become rich.

venezuelan ministers of education, finances and economics, they all know that capitalism is the only way. capitalism is a modern way, and a strategy inner of it self the only weapon to defeat poverty. they only way, you hear..

my call is for everyone that reads this comments that you too can apply it to yourself, that you too can become rich, or you can also prosper. by you opening your own business, by you organizing yourself, by you protesting against yourself, you must take action. don’t you see how everyone who move to venezuela prospers?
portuguese, italians, arabs, chinese, they all open their own little business, and they become rich.. you know why? they practice capitalistics ideas, they come from developed countries and they know that , that is the only program that works the best!
stop blaming the government for your failure to take action in your own life, stop blaming your neigborh, , your family or friends this is only you!
stop reading the news about the president, stop watching television, stop taking about politics, focus and concentrate more about what you are going to do tomorrow to be a better you! stop wasting your time marching, stop thinking that a new government is going to help you.

this is what i will do when i become the president of venezuela, i will open 40 new universities, 50 colleges, 200 high schools and 50 elementary schools. 50 new hospitals.
and i will create 1 million jobs.
i will teach venezuelan capitalistic systems on how to make money. i will make great improvements on transportation, creating new roads, modern construction,
i will build 500,000 new homes in 5 years. new banks. i will open free enterprises, i will open new trade systems with rest of the world. i will open the doors to every investor that would like to open new businesses in venezuela. i will not run a political campaign to defeat anybody, but to unite everyone! i will bring professionals in every field to teach venezuelan and government how to make money and not rob it. i will improve the country in such a way that venezuela will be the venezuela that every venezuelan would love to have! i will open new relationships with the rest of the world , i will respect the venezuelans , by giving them what they want, more education, more ways to make money and more love.

my wish and goal is to be able to run for the political seat in 10 years from now. i have specific plans on how to lead the venezuelans towards complete prosperity, complete development and total financial freedom, not by doing politics or lying to the venezuelan, but by teaching you how you can scape poverty, and by making you and venezuela a complete success..
viva venezuela!


#7 - On Sun September 24, 2006, Publisher (posts: 2561) wrote:

Jay,

Good luck with your political ambitions. Keep us posted.

Rob


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This is my signature - get yours in Your Control Panel. Go ahead and add a link to your site. Self promotion is permitted as long as it is beneficial to our community.

#8 - On Sun October 01, 2006, jay characo wrote:

here we are venezuelans. venezuelans i have the solution!
venezuelans, everywhere i can help you. venezuelans, we can do it!

venezolanos in todo el mundo, este servidor jay (julio characo) jay characo me llaman en la sociedad americana. para ustedes mis compatriotas , amigos, y familia, mi nombre es julio characo, venezolano por nacimento. yo les quiero presentar la solucion para resolver sus asuntos personales. como poder triunfar en la vida es lo mas importante y sagrado que cada individuo que ama a su familia debe tener.

mi llamado para ustedes es hoy, el reto para ustedes es hoy , hoy es el llamado para cada venezolano tomar resposabilidad por su propio destino, su propio exito o su propio fracaso. todos formamos parte de ello.

mi programa no es politico, no es acerca de politica, sino el programa es acerca la solucion para nuestros diarios desafios. la renta, los recibos, la comida, y el seguro de salud para cada uno.

para hacerlo solo lo que tienes que hacer es el plan que nosotros tenemos para que uds y su famila prosperen mas, bajo cualquier gobierno o sin gobierno.
tu es el jefe , ud. va ejecutar su vida. le proponemos que no pierda mas tiempo leyendo periodico, radio y television. y que solo lea libros sobre como prosperar y tener exito en lavida. libros que le hablen acerca de como ser millonario, o como vivir, gozar y tener exito en la vida. al cabo de 2 anos ud. podra ver un cambio de 360 grados para su vida.

empieze hoy. ud. puede ir ami pagina de nuestros negocios aqui en usa.
http://www.5starqualifyme.com alli podra ver las diferentes companias que tenemos y trabajamos.

tenemos oportunidad de trabajo para todo el mundo que aplique. ud. puede trabajar desde su computadora, o puede venir a visitarnos aqui en orlando. florida.

todas sus preguntas seran costestadas en orden de importancia.

sinceramente el tiempo es corto, comienze a vivir una vida mejor hoy.

si ud . cree en JC. esto es para ud. todo lo podemos en Jesucristo que nos fortaleze. nada es imposible, todo lo podemos hacer si solo nos dispodemos!

queremos crear un nuevo mundo donde todos seamos felices, o por estemos gozando todo el tiempo con las bendiciones de dios sobre nosotros.

desde aqui queremos comprar desde venezuela y el resto del mundo METALES USADOS O RECICLADOS., MARBLE, GRANITO, TRAVERTINA. POR AHORA ESO.

SOY SU SERVIDOR DEMEN LA OPORTUNIDAD DE MOSTRARLES OTRA MANERA DE VIVIR LA VIDA, HACIENDO MUCHO DINERO, Y TRAYENDOLE PAZ Y FELICIDAD A CADA HOGAR.

DIOS LES BENDIGA , AYUNDENME A LARZARME COMO CANDIDATO PRESIDENCIAL EN 10 ANOS, VIVA VENEZUELA.!!

JC


#9 - On Mon October 09, 2006, j. characo, JC wrote:

QUERIDOS COMPANEROS VENEZOLANOS. LES SALUDO MUY AFECTUOSAMENTE,
ESPERANDO QUE SUS FAMILIAS ESTEN BIEN, MIENTRAS UD. RESPIRA USTED ESTA BIEN.
LES HABLA JAY CHARACO EL PRESIDENTE DEL PARTIDO LIBRE INDEPENDIENTE.
LIBRE AL FIN, Y EL PARTIDO LIBRE.  L.I.B.R.E LO CUAL SIGNIFICA. LIBERTAD INDIVIDUAL BOLIVISTA REGIONAL Y ESTATAL.
NO SOY UN POLITICO, NO ME GUSTA LA POLITICA, NI QUIERO SER POLITICO. NO HAY QUE SER UN POLITICO PARA AYUDAR A UN APIS TAN BELLO COMO VENEZUELA, SOLO SE NECESITA QUERER AYUDAR A VENEZUELA. SOLO LO QUE HAY QUE TENER ES VOLUNDAD Y EL DESEO DE PODER LOGRARLO.

LO QUE QUIERO DECIR ES COMO ME PUEDE GUSTAR ALGO QUE NO ME BENEFICIA A MI, ES COMO UN MEDICO. EL MEDICO LE GUSTA HACER LO QUE A EL LE GUSTA PORQUE ES PARA SU BENEFICIO Y EL BENEFICIO DE LOS DEMAS. EL APOLITICO COMO YO HACE LO QUE ME GUSTA HACER SIN TENER QUE USAR POLITICAS, SINO PLANES QUE VAN A LOGRAR EXACTAMENTE LO QUE SE TIENE QUE LOGRAR.

VENEZOLANOS ES TIEMPO QUE USTEDES SE LEVANTEN DEL SUENO DE LA POLITICA, QUE SE APARTEN COMPLETAMENTE DE LA NOVELA POLITICA Y QUE COMIENZEN, A LUCHAR UNA LUCHA SOLO. NO ESPERES DEL GOBIERNO MAS, COMIENZA HACER TU MISMO LO QUE TU LE DICES QUE EL GOBIERNO QUIERE QUE HAGA POR TI. ES COMO DECIRLE A UNEXTRANO QUE HAGO ALGO POR TI.
TU NI CONOCES A NADIE EN EL GOBIERNO Y SI LO CONOCIERAS ESO NO TE AYUDA A TI. CONOCER UNMEDICO, O CONOCER NO SIGNIFICA NADA. TU TIENES QUE HACERLO VENEZOLANO FLOJO, VENEZOLANO ACOMTUMBRADO A ESPERAR POR EL GOBIERNO, ES NECESARIO QUE DESPIERTES.

EL PARTIDO LIBRE ES UN PARTIDO NUEVO CON PLANES HECHOS, Y EXPERIMENTADOS EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. PLANES DE MERCADEO, PLANES DE VENTA, PLANES URBANISTICOS Y DE DESARROLLO COMERCIAL, RESIDENCIAL Y INDUSTRIAL. YO LES TENGO EL PLAN Y LA MANERA DE COMO HACERLO.
EL PARTIDO LIBRE ES EL VERDADERO PARTIDO, SIGNIFICA LIBRE AL FIN, ASI COLO LO DIJO MARTIN LUTHER KING, FREE AT LAST. MI PROGRAMA DE GOBIERNO SE DISTINGUE PORQUE LE AYUDA AL VENEZOLANO A ENRRIQUESERZE. EL PLAN ES ULTRADINAMICO, Y HA SIDO PROBADO EL LA CULTURA EUROPEA, ESTADO UNIDENSE Y EN EL HACIA. SOLO LO QUE NECESITAMOS ES APLICARLA.

HE YO HE COMMEZANDO MIS PRIMEROS PASOS HACIA LA INDEPENDENCIA DE VENEZUELA, DE LAS MANOS DE LAS VICTIMAS DE UN SISTEMA QUE ESTA OXIDADO, QUE SOLO AYUDA A LOS POLITICOS Y NOS LES AYUDA A UD. Y SU FAMILIA.

DIOS LES BENDIGA, HAS TA PROXIMA.. VOTEN POR MI!


#10 - On Tue October 24, 2006, jay characo wrote:

conciudadanos de la patria venezolana, les saludo de nuevo con gran fervor y gran aprecio. este compatriota esta con ustedes, los mal entendidos y manos preciados por un tal gobierno que por sobre 40 anos anos le ha prometido lo mismo, sacarlos de la pobreza o acabar con la pobreza pero nunca ha complido con tan importante cometidos. el gobierno actual ha prometido ha prometido acabar con la pobreza para el ano 2020. lo que eso significa es que no habra mas pobres porque se habran muerto de hambre o porque lo iran eliminando.

en si venezuela lo que necesita es gente que pueda llegar a cabo las falsas promesas. venezuela necesita es menos promesas y mas accion. todos los fulanos politicos lo unico que hacen es prometer y decir y publicar lo que ellos harian si fueran presidentes pero ninguno tiene un legitimo plan de accion que de verdad verdad puede llevar a cabo dichas promesas, porque son solo palabras, y no son realmente planes.

yo les quiero asegurar de que si yo llego al poder yo tengo los planes y estrategias necesarias para poder ayudar a cambiar a venezuela, desarrollar a la cultura, cambiar la pobreza por un pueblo lleno de beneficios y transformar a venezuela en un pais digno y envidia del latino america y del mundo. tenemos los recursos y eso lo sabe todo el mundo, pero los recursos son mal gastados en cosas innecesarias como lo son grandes campanas electorales, cambio de banderas, constituciones y otras miles de cosas que no realmente ayudan al venezolano o a venezuela.

venezuela necesita ser desarrollada, modernizada, insdustrializada y capitalizada. con esto me refiero al desarrollo de la industria de la construccion, es tiempo que se comienze a construir nuevas urbanizaciones y edificios modernos, que se le de a la gente la ayuda necesaria para sacarla de los rancho y de que vivan co mo seres humanos y no como animales o como la gente que vivia en las cavernas. es necesario que comenzemos a construir nuetros propios automobiles, como es posible que 90% del transporte venezolano son chatarras, de 30 anos o mas rodando por las calles, no podemos seguir viviendo asi.
sigan creyendo en los politicos, sigan votando por ellos y les seguira pasando
lo que les esta pasando ahora. necesitamos como minimo 20 hospitales, 20 universidades, y 100 escuelas primaria y secundarias.

todo tiene solucion, es esto todo culpa del gobierno no es culpa de aquellos que le han dado el poder al gobierno para hacerlo. es como si ud, le diera el poder a su vecino para que le crie su familia , no se queje si despues de un tiempo sus hijos estan muertos, , desnutridos, o se quedan brutos por no ir a la escuela.

espero en dios que les pueda ayudar. por ahora como le he dich en mis otras cartas. es ud. que tiene que jhacer algo por si mismo si ud. quiere progresar, el triunfo esta en su poder, el poder es que tu puedas usarlo y que tu te pongas hacer lo que tu esperas que el gobierno haga por ti. en ti radica de que tu triunfes, en ti estas de que tu salgas par adelante, deja de eahcerle la culpa al gobioerno, tu eres el que tienes la culpa porque tu ers el que le dio el poder al mono.
saludos pues y pa’lante como el elefante>>.

jc


#11 - On Fri November 10, 2006, j. characo, JC wrote:

saludos aqui les escribe jay characo desde orlando florida. companeros nunca es tarde para lograr sus suenos, nunca sera muy tarde, si ud. le dijeron eso y ud lo cree, bueno la vida es acerca de lo que ud. cree, eso es verdad. pero la verdad es que todo es posible para aquel quien cree que si puede, y que cree que lo puede hacer y va y lo hace.

nosotros todos tenemos el poder, la fortaleza y el conocimiento para hacer las cosas, pero no lo hacemos porque no usamos todos los recursos te tu posees para hacerlo. para hacer las cosas se requiere concentracion, decision, determinacion, y deseo para hacerlo. uno puede hacer las cosas en tiempo record o poco a poco.  lo importante es que lo haga.

el tiempo que el venezolano comienze a utilizar todas sus facultades a la vez para que pueda ejecutar todo lo que desea hacer, no pensar en el gobierno olvidarse de esa novela, y que le ponga atencion a su propia novela de la vida real que ud. mismo esta viviendo. ud. debe luchar por tener menos entretenimiento en cosas que no le dejen ningun beneficio, espiritual, monetario, sentimental, o emocional, gastar todo el tiempo en el aprendizaje de una nueva cosa, utilizar el tiempo para duplicar la produccion de hoy.

el venezolano tiene que primero saber lo quiere hacer. abrase un negocio, y administrelo como un gran negocio, duplique sus ganacias y ud. estara contento.
trabaje para vivir, trabaje para divertirse, trabaje para estar feliz, trabaje fuerte para tener su propia casa. tener su propia casa es tener o ser dueno de un pedacito de tierra sobre esta tierra.

bueno ya se me esta acabando la tinta, espero que les sirva para algo.
yo hago asesoracion de negocios en los estados unidos aqui en orlando si les puedo ayudar desde aqui encualquiera transaccion, bien sea que quiera venir a vivir aqui, o quiere invertir aqui, quiere comprar una casa o negocio o cualquier negocio que ud. necesite asesoria jay characo le puede ayudar. vaya a mi pagina web. http://www.5starqualifyme.com alli ud. para cualifiarse para comprar una propiedad en usa.

buenos pues saludo a todos si me quieren llamar directamente sirvase hacerlo a este numero de telefono 407-947-2044 orlando florida.


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