Comments on: Too Little, Too Late: Human Solidarity & Haiti’s Disaster

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By: eagle007blogger

eagle007blogger — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:27:58 +0000

The idea that the only reason we withheld aid in 2001-2004 was because we were “mad” at the Haitian president is laughably childish. People were being murdered in the streets, chaos and corruption reigned in government. It wasn’t just America, either. The international community made most of these determinations based on the realistic notion that any money sent to Haiti would be used to enrich the ruling elite and not end up helping the people.

Haiti had a total external debt of 1.4 billion dollars at peak. 45% of this debt was accumulated under the Duvalier dictatorship. In April, Haiti was added to the World Bank and IMF's highly indebted poor country initiative (HIPC) following the election of new president René Préval. In September 2009, following a program of economic and social reforms, Haiti met the requirements for completion of the HIPC program, qualifying it for cancellation of its external debt obligations.

By: eagle007blogger

eagle007blogger — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:24:50 +0000

Most of the buildings in Haiti are so poorly constructed due to short cuts taken by contractors who then POCKET THE DIFFERENCE. A majority of a population of over 9 million suffer the hemisphere's worst levels of poverty and corruption, while a tiny minority of them profit from it. Almost every chance for progress has been ruined by fighting among populist leaders from Haiti's urban slums and among the movers and shakers in the bourgeoisie. From 2004-06, the US sent $230 million in developmental aid to that nation. The 2008 regular foreign aid appropriation was $287 MILLION which doesn’t include another $45 million in food aid.

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By: eagle007blogger

eagle007blogger — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:43:13 +0000

Why is Will trying to criticize and besmirch the USA, which is doing more than anyone, and ignoring one of the world's wealthiest countries Saudi Arabia?

I think Will is intellectually handicapped by his need to rationalize and redefine reality, similar to what addicts do when they rationalize and create a false reality.

By: Duh

Duh — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:52:00 +0000

Thanks for the link Mojo. Last I heard communist China was being pretty stingy, but at least they gave SOMETHING

By: Iraqi_Mojo

Iraqi_Mojo — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:54:03 +0000

'SAUDI ARABIA: Unlike Qatar, Iran and Jordan, kingdom fails to cough up Haiti cash' http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/201...

By: eagle007blogger

eagle007blogger — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:04:11 +0000

This post is historically inaccurate. Why do you people love lies and half-truths? And why do you want to pretend that the U.S. has harmed Haiti?

Incidentally, are you aware of what Arabs participated in Haiti in 1912?

What country do you think is giving the most help to Haiti right now? The same country that provides a safe and prosperous home to millions of Muslims who live in freedom. The country that Will is constantly trying to besmirch.

By: eagle007blogger

eagle007blogger — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:56:44 +0000

In 1912 Syrians residing in Haiti participated in a plot in which the presidential palace was destroyed. Haiti has long been America’s kicking boy, since the earliest days of Haitian independence when a free black state threatened slave-holders everywhere. WILL LIES. Haiti (called Saint-Domingue) was a French colony. Saint-Domingue has been described as one of the most brutally efficient slave colonies. The Haitian Revolution (1791–1803) is the period of violent conflict in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, leading to the elimination of slavery and the establishment of Haiti as the first republic ruled by people of African ancestry. Although an independent government was created in Haiti, its society continued to be deeply affected by the patterns established under French colonial rule. The post-rebellion racial elite (referred to as mulattoes) were descended from both Africans and white planters. The mulattoes dominated politics and economics. Will is wrong. Read: Haiti Anyway, the U.S. is sending more aid than anyone to Haiti, and the U.S. is in control of the airport there. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are leading a private fundraising effort to help Haiti recover.