About Cuba And The U.S.
By Paul Buchheit
07 February, 2007
Countercurrents.orgThe Latin American School of Medical Science in Cuba has 10,000 students, all of whom are given free tuition to become doctors. Cuba sends doctors to countries in South America, to hurricane and earthquake sites, and even as far as Pakistan.
The U.S. exports guns. We sell twice as many arms as any other country, and nearly half of the arms deliveries to developing countries in 2005 came from the United States. In 2003, we sold
weapons to 18 countries involved in active conflicts, and to 20 countries declared undemocratic or human rights abusers by the U.S. State Department’s own Human Rights Report.We in the U.S. dismiss Cuba as a communist nation, a human rights violator, and deserving of 40 years of sanctions.
Paul Buchheit
Global Initiative Chicago
Harold Washington College
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Chicago IL 60601
773-774-3395References:
"Dr. Diplomat," The Economist, January 27, 2007
Frida Berrigan and William D. Hartung, with Leslie Heffel, "U.S.
Weapons at War 2005: Promoting Freedom or Fueling Conflict?” June 2005"The G8: Global Arms Exporters: Failing to prevent irresponsible arms transfers" Amnesty International, IANSA, Oxfam International, June 2005
"FOCUS: Selling Weapons to the World," June 10, 2005
(http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/000205.php)"General Assembly issues annual call for an end to US embargo against Cuba," United Nations, 8 November 2005
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