tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post116474701915433433..comments2023-11-14T09:15:59.661+00:00Comments on City Hall: Mayor's Diary - Latin EditionRoger Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04839182217428381247noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-1165323140522811102006-12-05T12:52:00.000+00:002006-12-05T12:52:00.000+00:00Roger It's quite patronising to mock how other soc...Roger <BR/>It's quite patronising to mock how other societies describe things. Anything can look odd through another culture's lens, especially after translation from one language to another. For example, how must "House of Lords" look to the Cubans? A lot odder than the Spanish of "peoples' power" I would think.<BR/>You say that you don't know enough about Operation Miracle, in which case why do you mock its name and then downplay the achievements of the Cubans in terms of health? Around half a million poor people from 28 Caribbean and Latin American nations have benefited from Operation Miracle, a highly successful programme started by Cuba that provides free surgery to low income patients. It deals with blindess and other eye problems. From the position of a blind person who has had their sight restored, Operation Miracle is rather aptly named. <BR/>Furthermore, the Cubans have secured this and their other achievements in terms of healthcare - giving Cubans a high life expectancy for example - despite the US blockade which affects the supply of medical equipment and medicine as well as everything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-1165244017676813422006-12-04T14:53:00.000+00:002006-12-04T14:53:00.000+00:00Young Londoner:Welcome to the blog - I hope you wi...Young Londoner:<BR/><BR/>Welcome to the blog - I hope you will return regularly.<BR/><BR/>I'm not critcising Operation Miracle as I don't know enough about it to draw a positive or negative conclusion. You are clearly more familiar with it than I am (although I do feel that the claim these socialist republics have created the best health services in the world deserves to be carefully examined).<BR/><BR/>The use of the phrase in my piece is clearly intended as a tongue in cheek criticism of the Olympic delivery process - now if that comes in on time and on budget it will certainly be a miracle...Roger Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839182217428381247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236386.post-1165235379482655882006-12-04T12:29:00.000+00:002006-12-04T12:29:00.000+00:00Roger, are you sure you should be criticising 'Ope...Roger, are you sure you should be criticising 'Operation Miracle?' Do you know what this plan is? in the Caribbean and Latin America, it is has been welcomed by governments to the left and right of centre, as a humanitarian project which has restored hundreds of thousands of poor people's sights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com