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Doctors, deities and ancestral spirits: immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean rely on traditional healing. Is the medical world prepared to care for them?
Alfredo Alonso sat on the edge of the rumpled bed tucked in one corner of his Northern Manhattan apartment. He was facing the altar and wearing ceremonial garb: white cotton fabric swaddling his head, colorful beads around his neck. His silky white pants were cropped at the knee, revealing watermelon-size calves, riddled with lumps and purple welts.
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The priest--a wiry man with bulging, tattoo-covered biceps--dabbed cocoa butter onto Alonso's thumbnails, the crown of his head, his inner arm. Then he sprinkled Alonso with perfumed water, called Agua Florida, to shoo away unwanted visitors from the spirit realm. All the while, Alonso ...
- Crawford's Mauricio Alonso to Oversee Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 18, 2005 700+ words
...announce that Mauricio Alonso has been appointed senior...director of the Company's Latin America and Caribbean operations. Alonso will be a member of...consolidated region. Alonso assumes the regional Latin America role from Norman Mitchell...
- Creating a scene: Eugenio Lopez Alonso is the creator of Coleccion Jumex in...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Cohen, Laura December 1, 2008 700+ words
...football match', says Eugenio Lopez Alonso, sole heir of Grupo Jumex, Mexico...goose bumps.' Now 41 years old, Mr Alonso bought his first painting in 1990, when...contemporary art in Mexico, remembers Mr Alonso's arrival on the art scene at that key...
- Mobile Internet Usage to Surpass PC-Based Access in Latin America by 2005,...
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 18, 2001 700+ words
...Jupiter's ICF- Latin America will take place February...president and CEO, AOL Latin America; Jose Soriano, founder...In addition, Roberto Alonso, VP and managing director, Yahoo! Latin America; Adriana Kampfner...
- AOL Latin America Remains Hopeful about Market.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 12, 2002 700+ words
...veteran executive in Latin America, was undaunted. He...presided over Revlon Latin America, witnessing debt crises...team," said Roberto Alonso, who runs operations at competitor Yahoo! Latin America in Coral Gables...
- AIRBUS MOVES ON BOEING IN LATIN AMERICA MARKET.(Business)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) November 12, 1997 700+ words
...said Rafael Alonso, Airbus sales vice president for Latin America, the Caribbean...other airlines.'' Alonso said Airbus is discussing...sales campaigns in Latin America, to take advantage...customers,'' Alonso said. ``As the...
- Google Continues International Expansion, Opens Offices in Latin America;...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 17, 2005 700+ words
...manager for HBO in Brazil. Alonso and Hohagen bring to...as markets throughout Latin America. As general managers...Google in their markets, Alonso and Hohagen will work with Google's current Latin America clients and continue...
- Global Crossing Latin America Launches Expanded Suite of Solutions Under...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 31, 2007 700+ words
...suite of solutions in Latin America following its acquisition...brand equity across Latin America, we're underscoring...commented Hector Alonso, managing director of Global Crossing Latin America. "This unified product...
- ON24 to Cover Jupiter's Internet Commerce Latin America Forum.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 15, 2000 700+ words
...Communication's Internet Commerce, Latin America Forum, February 15th and...and portal. -- Roberto Alonso, VP, Yahoo! Latin America. -- Moyses Pluciennik...Internet access provider in Latin America, partner with Microsoft...
Source: HighBeam Research, Doctors, deities and ancestral spirits: immigrants from Latin America...