Vermont, the Land of Healthy Firsts
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 25th, 2011 4:47 am by HL
Vermont, the Land of Healthy Firsts
This small New England state was the first to join the 13 Colonies. Its constitution was the first to ban slavery. It was the first to establish the right to free education for all—public education. This week, Vermont will boast another first: the first state in the nation to offer single-payer health care. By Amy Goodman
This small New England state was the first to join the 13 Colonies. Its constitution was the first to ban slavery. It was the first to establish the right to free education for all—public education. This week, Vermont will boast another first: the first state in the nation to offer single-payer health care.
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Murder Mystery: Chile Exhumes Salvador Allende
A panel of forensic scientists will examine the remains of former Chilean President Salvador Allende, who either killed himself or was slain as forces loyal to all-around bad guy Augusto Pinochet stormed the presidential palace in 1973. Pinochet went on to enjoy 17 years of tyrannical rule, which might explain why Allende’s death never got a proper investigation. —PZS BBC: The official version is that Allende shot himself in the presidential palace as General Augusto Pinochet’s forces closed in on him during the 1973 coup. But as his death was never formally investigated, some believe the military killed him and covered up the crime. […] With the Allende family’s blessing, a judge set up a panel of Chilean and foreign forensic experts that will try to clarify the circumstances surrounding the late president’s death. Read more
A panel of forensic scientists will examine the remains of former Chilean President Salvador Allende, who either killed himself or was slain as forces loyal to all-around bad guy Augusto Pinochet stormed the presidential palace in 1973.
Pinochet went on to enjoy 17 years of tyrannical rule, which might explain why Allende’s death never got a proper investigation.? —PZS
BBC:
The official version is that Allende shot himself in the presidential palace as General Augusto Pinochet’s forces closed in on him during the 1973 coup.
But as his death was never formally investigated, some believe the military killed him and covered up the crime.
[…] With the Allende family’s blessing, a judge set up a panel of Chilean and foreign forensic experts that will try to clarify the circumstances surrounding the late president’s death.
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