Healthcare

Treatment of Severe Mental Illness in the U.S. and Cuba – a Comparison

September 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Public Health, The War at Home

by Sue Harris, published on Workers World, September 26, 2023 Two hundred years ago, people with serious mental illness (SMI) were often placed in prison because society didn’t know how to care for them. After reformers fought for more humane treatment for the mentally ill, their care moved to mental institutions in the 1800s. However, these large mental asylums were[…]

Mexico’s AMLO Announces Campaign Against US Blockade of Cuba

February 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Latin America, Mexico

by Ben Norton, published on Geopolitical Economy, February 13, 2023 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Mexico will lead an international movement to end the US government’s “inhumane” blockade against Cuba. Praising Fidel Castro as a “visionary”, AMLO denounced neoliberalism and pledged support for universal public healthcare and education. Mexico’s progressive President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that his country[…]

Why is the Nicaraguan Government Demonized by both Liberals and Conservatives When Nicaragua Has Seen Great Progress Under the Sandinistas?

April 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Socialism

by Stansfield Smith, published on Covert Action Magazine, March 28, 2022 Women Have Made Particularly Significant Gains Under the Second Sandinista Government Since 2006 Women, particularly those in the Third World, often find themselves with limited ability to participate in community organizations and political life because of the poverty and their traditional sex role imposes on them. On them falls[…]

Nicaragua, with Free Health Care and Education, Challenges U.S. Domination

October 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Economics, Nicaragua, Public Health, Socialism

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, October 20, 2021 The reason Nicaragua is labeled an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security of the U.S.” – a military corporate superpower – became abundantly clear to a delegation visiting the country Oct. 3 to 10. The delegation was organized by the Alliance for Global Justice/Nica Network. Nicaragua, a small[…]