U.S. Blocked Declaration of “Right to Health Care”, Says Bolivias President at OAS Summit

[eridani]

Hearsay so far. Can anyone fluent in Spanish confirm this?

http://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-blocked-declaration-of-right-to-health-care-says-bolivias-president-at-oas-summit/5443140

Bolivias President Evo Morales has blamed U.S. President Barack Obama for the failure of the recent OAS (Organization of American States) Summit of the Americas to issue a final declaration, and he says that a major sticking point for Mr. Obama was Obamas opposition to a provision in the proposed declaration that would have said that health care is a human right. Mr. Obama insisted that its instead a privilege, access to which must be based primarily upon an individuals ability-to-pay, as is the case in the United States.

Said Mr. Morales: “One point (in the drafted declaration) was important: health as a human right, and the U.S. government did not accept that health should be considered a human right ... President Obama did not accept that concept.

The 8-point draft had resulted from four months of negotiations between the participating countries prior to the Summit in Panama, which was held on April 10-11. There was such strong sentiment for declaring health care to be a right, so that this provision was included in the draft despite Obamas opposition to it.

A report from the Latin American television network Telesur (majority-owned by the Venezuelan government, which Obama unsuccessfully tried to overthrow via an aborted February 2015 coup, announced at the start of the conference, that, “The Seventh Summit of the Americas begins Friday in Panama without a final declaration because the US Government has expressed its disagreement with some of the clauses, which blocked agreement. Furthermore, this was personally done by U.S. President Obama: “This information was confirmed by Foreign Minister of Argentina, Hector Timerman, who described the event as ‘a debate among presidents.” Thats how personal, and top-level, the ideological disagreement here was.

On April 15th, German Economic News reported that Morales said in his speech at the conference:

“The United States has regarded Latin America and the Caribbean as their backyard, and the peoples of this region as their slaves. That is the reason for the extreme poverty in the region. I ask the United States: what we have done, to justify treating us as U.S.s slaves? I tell you, President Obama, Latin America has changed forever. We are no longer submissive. It is no longer possible to carry out in our countries coups. We are determined to shape our own futures. We are no longer in the shadow of US imperialism. For we say what we think. And we do what we say. We urge you to respect our democracy and our sovereignty. Latin America has been kidnapped by the United States. We do not want this to continue. We do not want any longer decrees by the US President, in which we are declared as a threat to your country. [He was condemning Obamas having declared Venezuela to be a threat to U.S. national security.] We do not want to be spied upon. We want to live in peace. We urge the United States to end the destruction of entire civilizations.

[marym625]

1. I hope this is incorrect

I suspect it is but I hope it's not.

[Bacchus4.0]

2. its BS, there was no coup in February. Aside from the the stupid claims, Bolivia can declare that

health care is a right as can any other nation who attended the summit. The US cannot "block" Bolivia from doing so.

[bemildred]

3. Health care is a profit opportunity, everybody knows that. nt

[Bacchus4.0]

4. Bolivia can declare health care to be a human right in Bolivia. What is stopping him? nt

[bemildred]

5. I think they already have. nt

[libdem4life]

6. White Superpowers, as white policemen seem to be losing their Chokehold on mostly brown folk.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2009/07/22/the-coup-and-the-u-s-airbase-in-honduras/

I found only 1 airbase...and it has been rife with controversy, delays, etc. With a little hint as to why Venezuela has been so oppressed by the US...and it's not how bad their government is or was. I looked it up and I'm sure there is more, but our obsession with Venezuela has always puzzled me.

"Prior to the recent military coup d’etat (Honduran) President Manuel Zelaya declared that he would turn the base into a civilian airport, a move opposed by the former U.S. ambassador. What’s more Zelaya intended to carry out his project with Venezuelan financing."

Also the name Negroponte shows up.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Evo's comment published by German Economic News was so important.

It needed to be heard, and pondered, and should be repeated as often as possible.

Viva Evo Morales.