Caracas, Aug. 25 ABN .- The Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) has enabled through its health plans and missions than 1 million 300 thousand inhabitants of Latin America have realized the vision, said the vice president of the Republic of Cuba, Carlos Lage.
“For the new doctor, the doctor of the Dawn, the patient is not a client, is a patient. Patients are not the lifestyle of a doctor, are the reason life medical doctor Alba does not win money, earn life, “said the Cuban representative.
Lage, who was present at the Second Extraordinary Summit of Heads of States and Governments of Alba, which is held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, noted that the projects undertaken in this body of integration have enabled the poor of Latin America are free.
Explained that through literacy missions undertaken by member countries of Alba were literate than 3 million 300 thousand Latin Americans, and now are considering a career in medicine for more than 40 thousand young people of this region.
Similarly, Lage expressed satisfaction with the integration of Honduras to this instrument of political solidarity, economic and social system that was inspired by the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, and grew up with the collaboration of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Similarly, Venezuela recalled that this cooperation mechanism will provide member countries to over 125 barrels of oil at preferential prices, which helps to increase the financial capacity of Member States to invest in plans and projects aimed at attention to the poorest.
The Cuban vice president used the occasion to thank President Manuel Zelaya for opening the doors for restoring diplomatic relations and brotherhood between the peoples of Cuba and Honduras, distance from the arrival of the revolution to land West.