Will Improvement in Venezuela's Healthcare Persuade Other Countries to Follow in Their Lead?

Guessing that many other third world countries are in the same shape as Venezuela, it’s okay to assume that they are lacking necessary medical resources as well. No country wants to be known as the worst place to reside; similar to people and how no person wants to be seen on their worst days. If another underdeveloped country sees Venezuela growing it’s very likely that they will want to do the same. If they see that Venezuela is getting help from the United States and it’s actually working and making their country a better place for their citizens to live then why wouldn’t they try and get the same help for their people? Many of the countries around Venezuela were having the same issues.  They want to help their people but they do not have the money to provide the resources or care for them.  Neighboring countries like Colombia and Guyana were also having the same healthcare issues.  Research shows that they have made this better.  Of course the level of treatment and available antibiotics are not the same as if you were in the United States but for an underdeveloped country they are doing better than they were in the early 1900’s.  That’s not to say that they are trying to develop because they see Venezuela developing and want to be better than them. It shows that since they see a country of similar caliber doing better they know they can do better as well; that the resources to be able to help their people are attainable.

Gonzalez, Jenny. "The Corruption At The Heart Of Colombia's Healthcare System." Worldcrunch. Worldcrunch, 02 2012. Web. 5 Nov 2012. <http://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/the-corruption-at-the-heart-of-colombia-039-s-health-care-system/colombia-health-care-corruption-privatization/c1s9688/>.

Summary; This article was focused on the state of healthcare in the past and how it has changed recently in Colombia. They now have healthcare that is accessible to all people.  It demonstrates how unhappy the people that live in Colombia are with the current healthcare system.

Analysis:  As far as I can tell the source is credible.  It seems to have good factual information.  It’s more of an article written for a newspaper in Colombia.  The article was translated to English but it was originally written in Spanish so I would imagine it was written by someone who was experiencing it.  The author also was Hispanic.