Reply #15: I had never heard Judith Miller also helped Bolton spread his Cuba lies

[Judi Lynn]

What a shame she's gone, isn't it? How would we end up with people like this in such an influential newspaper?

From the great Counterpunch Bolton article:

On May 15, the day after Carter’s remarks, Secretary of State Colin Powell (who has recently opined Bolton’s UN appointment would be “problematic”) told reporters, “We didn’t say actually had some weapons, but it has the capacity and capability to conduct such research.” The Cuban Foreign Ministry noted with satisfaction in a statement published in Granma, entitled rather cutely “Colin Powell Recognizes that Bolton Lied,” “We appreciate the efforts of Secretary of State Colin Powell to help clear up what happened.” We haven’t heard much about those bioweapons since.
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CUBAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM




US physicians and Cuban doctors exchange medical expertise

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One of the most exciting aspects of our work in Cuba is "Medical Bridges". Representatives from three of Cuba's leading pediatric hospitals visited our Wilmington, California warehouse to select equipment for their facilities and visit Los Angeles-area pediatric hospitals.

In November 2000, the first of several teams of U. S. physicians traveled to Cuba, teaching and lecturing at the three Cuban hospitals with whom we partner. The physicians, from Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, typically spend one week in Havana exchanging knowledge on the latest techniques and research. Subsequent teams have delivered training and pharmaceuticals.

Our overall objective is to provide Cuba's healthcare system with the materials and the knowledge it needs to reach its potential.

According to Richard Walden, Operation USA's President, "The purpose of this program of medical assistance is to help Cuba's children overcome critical shortages of medical supplies resulting from the 45-year long US trade embargo. We are hopeful that the Congress and the Administration will work together for a saner and more compassionate US policy towards Cuba that will not penalize its children. We regret that humanitarian aid for children is still part of the politics of US-Cuba relations, making relief efforts like ours necessary."
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http://www.opusa.org/wherewework/international%20programs/cuba/cuba.html

I would imagine this program has been curtailed after _Bush got his ignorant "Destroy Cuba" program underway.



Nilda Collazo, doctor from Las Tunas, Cuba, examines
Norge, the son of Jesús Menéndez (right), a peasant, at
Los Portones, in July. This is a rural community in
Duaca municipality, on the Corora mountains in state
of Lara, northwestern Venezuela.