Bolivia: The Right to Communications and Information

Published on Dissident Voice (first on Journal de Notre Amérique, Investig’Action), by Alex Anfruns, Dec 24, 2016 – translated from Spanish by Ricardo Vaz.

Over the past decade, Bolivia has managed some extraordinary achievements, for instance becoming the first country in the world to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals in terms of access to water. In spite of it, these news that could bring hope to people around the world are subjected to censorship from the dominant Latin American and western media. Continuer la lecture de « Bolivia: The Right to Communications and Information »

The Coming War on China

Revolutionise or Compromise? what Venezuela’s Maduro could be doing

… and what is he actually doing – Published on VenezelAnalysis by Ryan Mallett-Outri, Dec 20, 2016.

Venezuela has been in a state of political crisis since the right-wing opposition coalition, the MUD took control of the National Assembly (AN) in early 2016. Socialist President Nicolas Maduro is now presiding over a sharply divided government, while a deep economic crisis has wreaked havoc on Venezuelan society … // Continuer la lecture de « Revolutionise or Compromise? what Venezuela’s Maduro could be doing »

Hospitalized Patients Treated by Female Doctors Show Lower Mortality

Published on naked capitalism (first on Down With Tyranny), by Yves Smith, Dec 22, 2016;

  • … Boston, MA – Elderly hospitalized patients treated by female physicians are less likely to die within 30 days of admission, or to be readmitted within 30 days of discharge, than those cared for by male physicians, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It is the first research to document differences in how male and female physicians treat patients result in different outcomes for hospitalized patients in the U.S.   Continuer la lecture de « Hospitalized Patients Treated by Female Doctors Show Lower Mortality »