December 13, 2010
Categories: Medicine and Health, NGOs, United States
Tags: cholera, Franklin Graham, Samaritan's Purse, Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin visits crisis-hit Haiti: Sarah Palin says residents of refugee camp ‘are so full of joy’, during visit tightly stage-managed by Christian relief group. Earthquake. Cholera. Political strife. And now Sarah Palin. The former US vice-presidential candidate is visiting Haiti’s refugee camps on a mission variously described as bringing great comfort to the people …
December 13, 2010
Categories: Farming, United States
Tags: farming, Port Au Prince, rice, US Imperialism
“Miami Rice”: The Business of Disaster in Haiti: “As we file this article, Port-au-Prince is thick with the smoke of burning tires and with gunfire. Towns throughout the country, along with the national airport, are shut down due to demonstrations. Many are angry over the government’s announcement on Tuesday night of which two presidential candidates …
December 8, 2010
Categories: Elections, United States
Tags: elections
Haiti’s sham election shames US | Mark Weisbrot: ” Washington cannot confer legitimacy on this flawed election that does nothing for Haitians living under tarps, menaced by cholera The election in Haiti shows, once again, how low Washington’s standards are for democracy in countries that they want to control politically. And there is no doubt …
December 6, 2010
Categories: United States
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — A leaked memo by a U.S. ambassador to Haiti said President Rene Preval’s primary concern ahead of last weekend’s election for his successor was to ensure the winner would not force him into exile. The June 2009 memo sent under the name of then U.S. Ambassador Janet Sanderson was released Wednesday by …
November 24, 2010
Categories: United States
Tags: Bill Clinton, colonialism, mass media, US Imperialism
Bill Clinton: Haiti’s neocolonial overlord “Clinton has betrayed all his humanitarian promises and failed to collect even a fraction of the promised $10 billion for reconstruction.” The corporate media portrays former President Bill Clinton as a great humanitarian friend of Haiti. The truth could not be more different. He has always supported policies in the …