Haiti
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Haiti Newslinks 27-28 January, 2010
A compilation of links, with descriptions to news and analysis on the crisis in Haiti. Continue reading
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The Destabilization of Haiti: Anatomy of a Military Coup d’Etat By Michel Chossudovsky
This article largely focusses on the history of the 2004 US led coup d’Etat, including its preparations. It also outlines the process of economic destabilization under the helm of the IMF and the World Bank which played a key role in the events leading up to the military coup. Continue reading
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Haiti Newslinks 26-27 January, 2010
A compilation of links, with descriptions to news and analysis on the crisis in Haiti. Continue reading
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Haitian police shoot scavengers indiscriminately
Haitian police on Monday shot indiscriminately at scavengers and looters in Port-au-Prince, hitting two in the head as post-quake security deteriorated, an AFP photographer reported. A group of police, pushed to keep control among a desperate population after the January 12 tremor which killed or injured many of their number and destroyed the city prison,… Continue reading
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Haiti’s elite hold nation’s future in their hands By Tracy Wilkinson
A few businessmen like Gregory Mevs will decide how — or whether — Haiti recovers from one of the worst natural catastrophes in modern times. The Mevs family owns all the petroleum storage facilities in the country, 30% of the Internet business, a 2.4-million-square-foot industrial park and a network of 50 warehouses for food and… Continue reading
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Venezuela Cancels Haiti’s Oil Debt
President Hugo Chavez announced Monday that he would write off the undisclosed sum Haiti owes Venezuela for oil as part of the ALBA bloc’s plans to help the impoverished Caribbean nation after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. Continue reading
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Haiti Newslinks 25-26 January, 2010
A compilation of links, with descriptions to news and analysis on the crisis in Haiti. Continue reading
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Haiti’s agony
Peter Lavelle asks his guests why the US first sent troops to Haiti instead of water and food. Continue reading
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Haiti and the Devil's Curse
Mainstream news attributes Haitian poverty to the supernatural, avoiding history of foreign intervention Continue reading
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Haiti and the Devil’s Curse
Mainstream news attributes Haitian poverty to the supernatural, avoiding history of foreign intervention Continue reading
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Haiti's suffering is a result of calculated impoverishment By Seumas Milne
Most scandalously, US commanders have repeatedly turned away flights bringing medical equipment and emergency supplies from organisations such as the World Food Programme and Médecins Sans Frontières, in order to give priority to landing troops. Despite the remarkable patience and solidarity on the streets and the relatively small scale of looting, the aim is said… Continue reading
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Haiti Newslinks 23-25 January, 2010
A compilation of links, with descriptions to news and analysis on the crisis in Haiti. Continue reading
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Securing Disaster in Haiti By Peter Hallward
Nine days after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, it’s now clear that the initial phase of the U.S.-led relief operation has conformed to the three fundamental tendencies that have shaped the more general course of the island’s recent history. It has adopted military priorities and strategies. It has sidelined Haiti’s… Continue reading
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Haiti Newslinks 23-24 January, 2010
A compilation of links, with descriptions to news and analysis on the crisis in Haiti. Continue reading
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Russian Report: Did U.S. weapon against Iran cause Haiti earthquake? By Andrew Moran
According to an unconfirmed report by the Russian Northern Fleets, the tragic earthquake in Haiti was caused by a US navy earthquake weapon that went ‘horribly wrong,’ reports Press TV. The weapons test was originally supposed to be used against Iran but caused the cataclysmic earthquake in the Caribbean country. Continue reading
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MERCY-NARY: My appearance January 21 on The Rachel Maddow Show By Jeremy Scahill
My appearance January 21 on The Rachel Maddow Show, discussing how US mercenary companies are looking to cash in on the earthquake in Haiti. Continue reading
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Disaster Capitalism in Haiti By Stephen Lendman
In her book, ‘The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism,’ Naomi Klein explores the myth of free market democracy, explaining how neoliberalism dominates the world with America its main exponent exploiting security threats, terror attacks, economic meltdowns, competing ideologies, tectonic political or economic shifts, and natural disasters to impose its will everywhere. Continue reading
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Haiti needs emergency relief, not military intervention — add your name to open letter
We, the undersigned, are outraged by the scandalous delays in distributing essential aid to victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Since the US Air Force seized unilateral control of the airport in Port-au-Prince, it has privileged military over civilian humanitarian flights. As a result, untold numbers of people have died needlessly in the rubble of… Continue reading
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Haiti: A history of exploitation and struggle By Amanda Zivcic
The oft-repeated tag of Haiti being ‘the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere’ is true but this did not just happen. It is the result of a history of colonialism, slavery, imperialism, foreign military intervention, foreign-imposed dictatorships and unjust debt. Continue reading
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Haiti: US military occupation worsens suffering, blocks aid By Tony Iltis
Most media coverage of Haiti’s latest tragedy lacks Brooks’ crudeness, but the same assumptions dominate. This racist narrative is being used as a smokescreen, behind which the US is cynically using the earthquake to increase its military, political and economic control of Haiti. (Actively hampering relief efforts in the process.) Continue reading
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