The Black Informant

“The Cuban health care system in which these students are working is exceptional for a poor country and represents an important political accomplishment of the Castro government. Since 1959, Cuba has invested heavily in health care and now has twice as many physicians per capita as the United States and health indicators on a par with those in the most developed nations – despite the U.S. embargo that severely reduces the availability of medications and medical technology. ” (An excerpt from the article Affirmative Action, Cuban Style written by Fitzhugh Mullan M.D. This article originally appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, and was republished in Portside and www.blackcommentator.com)

Notice how the author subtlety places the blame on the US.

Roaches killed by both patients and doctors at Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico located in Cuba.

“Glover’s mother heard about ELAM from her congressman, Representative José Serrano (D-NY). “Mom calls me. ‘I have news. There’s a chance for you to go to medical school.’ She waits for it to sink in. ‘You’d get a full scholarship.’ She waits again. ‘But it’s in Cuba.’ That didn’t faze me a bit. What an opportunity!” (Teresa Glover, a 27-year-old medical student who took part of Castro’s medical program Latin American School of Medicine, or ELAM)

“The genesis (emphasis mine) of Glover’s opportunity dates to June 2000, when a group from the Congressional Black Caucus visited Cuban president Fidel Castro. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) described huge areas in his district where there were no doctors, and Castro responded with an offer of full scholarships for U.S. citizens to study at ELAM. Later that year, Castro spoke at the Riverside Church in New York, reiterating the offer and committing 500 slots to U.S. students who would pledge to practice in poor U.S. communities.” (from same article mentioned above)

The first picture is of the recovery room. The second is of a bathroom in the emergency room used by both doctors and patients. And finally, the last picture is of a washbasin used by doctors who treat orthopedic patients.

The following is an excerpt of an interview that was also printed on blackcommentator.com. Kathryn Hall is the director of Birthing Project USA, the only national African American, grassroots community-based maternal and child health program in the U.S. She is based in Sacramento and was interviewed by Seth Sandronsky.

SS: About every third American under the age of 65 lack health insurance for a month or more during the past two years. How is Cuba able to provide health care for all of its citizens?

KH: The social contract between Cuba and her people is such that each person has access to health care, education and housing. There is no profit incentive, only a commitment to utilize their human resources as effectively as possible within the realities of the U.S. blockade.

Cuba has a very sophisticated health care system (emphasis mine) for its 11 million citizens, with one physician for every 168 people. The country produces 2000 new physicians every year. America has one physician for every 455 people.

These photographs were taken in September of 2004 by one of Sweden most influential newspapers, Dagens Nyheter, when they visited a health facility for elderly Cubans.

“One of the greatest fallacies about the Cuban Revolution has to do with healthcare. Foreigners who visit Cuba, are fed the official line from Castro’s propaganda machine: “All Cubans are now able to receive excellent healthcare, which is also free.”

But the truth is very different. Castro has built excellent health facilities for the use of foreigners, who pay with hard currency for those services…”

“…But Cubans are not even allowed to visit those facilities. Cubans who require medical attention must go to other hospitals, that lack the most minimum requirements needed to take care of their patients. In addition, most of these facilities are filthy and patients have to bring their own towels, bed sheets, pillows, or they would have to lay down on dirty bare mattresses stained with blood and other body fluids.” (from the website www.therealcuba.com)

Information about racial discrimination is not readily available. Many blacks have benefited from the social changes of the revolution. Nevertheless, there have been numerous instances of police harassment against blacks, including black foreigners and diplomats who were mistaken for being Cuban. Many black activists report being singled out for harassment. Officials have told them during interrogations that they are

“ungrateful” for not appreciating what the revolution did for them and insulted them with racial epithets. (from the 1993 Human Rights report on Cuba by the US)

I could go on and on and on with these oversights by the black Liberal elite. Before I continue, let me first acknowledge that all of these pictures came from the website www.therealcuba.com. I found out about this site via Babalu Blog (I highly encourage you to check out this blog as Val Prieto and Mora do an excellent job keeping their readers informed on the real deal in Cuba). Therealcuba.com has plenty more pictures and stories from Cuba.

For years, Liberals (especially black Liberals) have used Cuba as an arguing point to shame the US for not taking care of its poor like Castro says he does. These dimwitted individuals lack the sense to realize that every time they visit this small country, Castro is just taking them on the scenic route.

I have already spoken on this issue in the past:

Castro and Aristide: Cousins of “The Struggle”

The sad thing about all of this is that despite all of this information, black Liberals will still deny that these problems exist. For some reason, organizations like the Congressional Black Caucus has given more voice to the “Haitian struggle” rather than the plight of blacks in Cuba (and Cubans in general). I guess they are not black enough.

Exiles try to convince Black Caucus that Cuba is racist

What about the NAACP?

The NAACP’s silence on Cuba is deafening

And for the Negroes out there that need to see black faces in order to be moved by this tragedy, here are some photos of black children in Cuba who are bearing the burden of Castro’s “wonderful” leadership.

According to therealcuba.com, “Cuban girls, victims of the ’sexual-tourism’ promoted by the Castro regime, in order to obtain hard currencies.”

Yes, that is a young black girl in the lap of a nasty-’ol white man.

Now are you mad?