BLOG # 7 JUAN PABLO II

The  Pope John Paul II has made history since 1978 by becoming the first non Italian pope in more than 400 years.

Karol Józef Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 in Poland.  He was a defender for human rights. The catholic church had used his influence to effect political change. Some experts had credited him with the fall of communism in his native Poland.  Also, he has been attributed two miracles after dying. He died in Italy in 2005. He  has been  declared a saint. The official sainthood ceremony, was held on April 27, 2014.

At this time, I think the catholic church  had not had another similar character like him. In the past people  recognized  him for his humility, intelligence, for his capacity for negotiating.  Thanks to the legacy that he had left, humanity had been chosen as an example of solidarity, and commitment.

BLOG # 6. ELDERLY PEOPLE

Some countries such as Canada, Japan and in Europe the population  has experienced ageing. For example, Japan during 30 years has been preparing to face that problem. 

And here in Costa Rica some statisticians have been ensuring that in five years from now,  will be living around one million elderly people. That means it is imperative that we must work hard for confronting that situation. 

To illustrate, in our country the government has been working in  developing a program which is " Atención al adulto mayor." In this case, INA has been giving professional training to the staff who is going to work with ageds.

Also, I believe that the government should act beyond in order to solve the problem in the future. It  not only has to build  hospitals, housing, pensions and entertainment, but also work in educating people who are related to this kind of population. 

Blog # 5. IMPORTANT EVENTS

I have lived in Desamparados for more than 30 years. In the past we could experiment a peaceful life. I didn´t see any assault in the streets. It only hapened in  the Central of San José. When I studied in the high school, in the worst of the cases people only used mariahuana, so we didn´t listen about other kind of drugs.

However, in the present it is completely different. Something is part of the routine. Everydays we have  listened to the news about all the bad things the citizens have had to face. The peace has gone. Especially in the South part of San José, Alajuelita and Desamparados.  The drogadiction has been a big problem.  The government hasn´t been able to control that. The proliferation of the gangs has become an important problem that not only the government, but also people in general have had to confront. In my case, I have lived near Clinica Marcial Fallas for many years. The other day, The police found a burned body three blocks near my house. Can you imagen, even we are not famliar with this kind of "world", always  being affected  is a possibility that we fear.

I think that we should make many changes to the future to recover the peace. One of these are in education, laws, more employment,  etc.