Apr 15, 2020
SIXTY DAYS WITHOUT A FLIGHT: UNUSUAL BUT UNDERSTANDABLE
Sixty days ago, I arrived in Miami on a flight, and took Share Ride Uber to my sisters house and I have not been back to the airport since. I…
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Apr 15, 2020
LIMBO VS LIMINALITY. THE METAPHOR FOR OUR PLANET
Limbo vs Liminality These two words have tremendous significance and relevance in the situation we are going through and the state of our societies even before the calamities stepped in…
Apr 15, 2020
AN ANTHROPOLOGIST LOOKS AT CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN THE BLOOD
AN ANTHROPOLOGIST LOOKS AT CHOLESTEROL IN BLOOD Key findings Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ● During 2015–2018, 11.4% of adults had high total cholesterol, and prevalence…
Apr 15, 2020
FIDEL AND GLOBALIZATION IN THE TIME OF CORONA VIRUS 2020
FIDEL AND GLOBALIZATION Jefe Comandante Fidel Castro of Cuba was one of the earliest opponent of Rampant Capitalism and Globalization. He was right on the target as we see the…
Apr 15, 2020
TENHO SAUDADES POR TUDO. SAUDADE SODADE WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WORD
Without doubt my favourite single word in this entire world has to be Saudade e eu tenho saudades por tudo, saudades do Brasil... It is so difficult to translate this…
Apr 15, 2020
USA A RICH COUNTRY NOW NEEDS ISRAEL FOR ITS TECHNOLOGY AND CUBA FOR ITS HUMAN SOLIDARITY
I have chosen to love three different countries other than my own: USA , Israel and Cuba. This is the story about the three of them. While hard hit countries…
Apr 15, 2020
ARE THE MEXICAN AMERICANS BEING SAVED BY THEIR INDIAN BLOOD ADMIXTURE ? IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
ARE THE MEXICAN AMERICANS BEING SAVED BY THEIR INDIAN BLOOD ADMIXTURE ? IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 I have had the pleasure of visiting Indigenous groups in most of the…
Apr 15, 2020
THANK YOU AMAZON PRIME ….BRING ME THE MATZO ON TIME
Whenever I mention Amazon, you know I am talking about my projects with the Indigenous peoples along the magnificent river Amazon Not this time this time about Amazon Prime delivery..…
Apr 15, 2020
YET ANOTHER BAD NEWS FROM THE YANOMAMI
It is with the greatest of sadness that I read the news that the remote Yanomami have been afflicted with the Covid-19 The current government of Brasil is not at…
Apr 15, 2020
REDEMPTION SONG… ON THE EVE OF CELEBRATING MY FIRST ONE MAN SEDER WITHOUT A MATZO
It is a wonderfully beautiful full moon night in Miami. Why is this night different from all the other nights? I will tell you I was told to go out…
Apr 15, 2020
CUBA SENDS 101 NURSES TO BARABADOS TO HELP THE SISTER COUNTRY COMBAT CORONA
101 nurses have left Cuba to assist Barbados in its fight against the Coronavirus. This brigade was unique in two ways. It was the first mission to Barbados from Cuba…
Apr 15, 2020
CUBAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO ANDORRA. IN ADDITION TO OTHER 13 INTENATIONAL MISSIONS SO FAR TO COMBAT COVID-19
CUBAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO ANDORRA This morning I woke up to read the good news that Cuban Medical Brigade is in the tiny Pyrenean country of ANDORRA helping them with…