Monday, June 17, 2013

Sick people movement, a sociology look

The sociology have many interest and study objects, one of this its the health. The health its a fundamental topic for a sociology, its a right of the people, and the breach of this right must be denounced for the sociology and the citizens. 

Chile, the tiger of America Latin, begin to show symptoms of delay and poverty when we see the health system of Chile and how the authorities ignore the popular demands. In Chile exist a system public (FONASA) and private (ISAPRE), the first its used for the majority of the population (70%) and the second its used for a small part of the population (15%). The first system don't have enough resource for satisfy the demands of health; people died waiting an attention, or died because FONASA don´t cover them illness. In this same way, the medicine in Chile is so expansive and the State don´t help families to buy the medicine. The second system its excellent, but is so expansive for the majority of people. And the utilities that obtained  the ISAPRES its so high. In Chile the businessman profit with the health, profit with a human right. And the liberal state intent to reduce to minimum the expense in social rights.

For the bad system of health in Chile, in May of this year, the "sick people" was organized and march in the center of Santiago for a system of health dignified. The protest bring together almost five thousand people against the actual health system, demanding a support of state.

The fight for a dignified health system recently begin, the victory is most necessary than impossible. Forward with all of forces of the history!

Monday, June 10, 2013

A photograph you like

Its picture I like because it represent a very good place for me, a place that signifies good memories, interesting feelings and a history charged of resistance.


The picture shows the "Laguna Blanca". Its a lake located in the IX region of the Araucanian between the Lonquimay, Tolhuaca and Llaima volcano. 

It was taken by Alvaro Espinoza in 2011. Alvaro is a Chilean photographer that I discover in internet, he have many pictures of beautiful natural places. The picture shows a plane of the lake with the Lonquimay volcano in the background, with a "araucaria" in the left. In the 2009-2010 I stay in this place with my girlfriend of this time and we take a picture with the same background of this picture, I cannot find this image. Since this time this place call me, and in the 2013 I was intent to go to this place again with friends in bicycle but the privatization of the parks don't lets us enter this. The guardians close us the way.

This picture like me because it remember me the old picture that I mention, In addition the picture represent the most beautiful place of the Araucanian region, a region of historic resistance of the "Mapuche" nation.

Bless and Liberty!