We spent a wonderful August evening in Arturo Sandoval's back yard. Pizza, beer, and a great speaker in the person of Dr. Juan Almendares of Honduras. The good Doctor is running for President of Honduras and is well known for his clinics that serve Honduras' poorest citizens. The Doctor does not allow his Doctors and healthcare assistants to wear white coats or sit at desks when dealing with patients. He believes this separates them for the people they are trying to cure. He is a proponent of alternative medicine.
Juan is getting a lot of attention on his work involving torture of political prisoners and prisoners of war, where ever it may occur. Read more about him here.
Dr. Almendares was in Albuquerque to speak to the Strategic Leadership Institute which brings together leaders pushing for positive change in New Mexico. Yes, this is probably a very liberal group and that is really a good thing.
There are many Leadership Institutes in New Mexico and most of them are strictly business oriented or very conservative in nature. This new Institute helps balance things out.
Finally, it occurred to me that the reason we should all care about this is symbolized in little Anila's gaze over the back of her lawn chair. She is after all the one who will live with the decisions we are making in this country right now.
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