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Ehrenreich: Why Did We Focus on Securing Haiti Rather Than Helping Haitians?

Forum Post, February, 01 2010 Ben Ehrenreich
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President Obama failed to learn one of the basic lessons taught by Hurricane Katrina: You can't solve a humanitarian problem by throwing guns at it. Before the president had finished insisting that "my national security team understands that I wil...

K: David Brooks

Forum Post, January, 31 2010 A K
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K: David Brooks

Forum Post, January, 31 2010 A K
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Weisbrot: The US game in Latin America

Znet Article, January, 31 2010 Mark Weisbrot
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US interference in the politics of Haiti and Honduras is only the latest example of its long-term manipulations in Latin America

Calley: well said

Forum Post, January, 31 2010 Charles Calley
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Calley: well said

Forum Post, January, 31 2010 Charles Calley
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Ehrenreich: Why Did We Focus on Securing Haiti Rather Than Helping Haitians?

Znet Article, January, 30 2010 Ben Ehrenreich
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President Obama failed to learn one of the basic lessons taught by Hurricane Katrina: You can't solve a humanitarian problem by throwing guns at it. Before the president had finished insisting that "my national security team understands that I wil...

Ford: US Military's Haiti "Relief" Ops A Rehearsal For Troop Deployments in Latin America

Znet Article, January, 30 2010 Glen Ford
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When the U.S. sent thousands of troops into Port au Prince airport, earthquake relief was clearly not the primary mission. Otherwise, ships and whole military units would not have arrived with only supplies for themselves.

Abu-jamal: Haiti's Suffering

Commentary, January, 30 2010 Mumia Abu-jamal
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As we near two weeks after the devastating earthquake and terrifying aftershocks in Port-au-Prince and Zacmel, Haiti, we face the inevitable media wall, that closes up, unless a story emerges of such surprise and delight that it's able to shine th...

Quigley: Hell And Hope In Haiti

Znet Article, January, 29 2010 Bill Quigley
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Smoke and flames rose from the sidewalk. A white man took pictures. Slowing down, my breath left me. The fire was a corpse. Leg bones sticking out of the flames.

Goodman: Let the Haitians In

Znet Article, January, 29 2010 Amy Goodman
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Jean Montrevil was shackled, imprisoned, about to be sent to Haiti. It was Jan. 6, days before the earthquake that would devastate Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Montrevil came to the U.S. with a green card in 1986 at the age...

Pilger: The Kidnapping of Haiti

Commentary, January, 28 2010 John Pilger
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The theft of Haiti has been swift and crude. On 22 January, the United States secured "formal approval" from the United Nations to take over all air and sea ports in Haiti, and to "secure" roads. No Haitian signed the agreement, which has no basis...

Castro: We Send Doctors, Not Soldiers

Forum Post, January, 27 2010 Fidel Castro
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In my Reflection of January 14, two days after the catastrophe in Haiti, which destroyed that neighboring sister nation, I wrote: “In the area of healthcare and others the Haitian people has received the cooperation of Cuba, even though this is ...

Jensen: Great television/bad journalism: Media failures in Haiti coverage

Commentary, January, 26 2010 Robert Jensen
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CNN's star anchor Anderson Cooper narrates a chaotic street scene in Port-au-Prince. A boy is struck in the head by a rock thrown by a looter from a roof. Cooper helps him to the side of the road, and then realizes the boy is disoriented and unabl...

Phillips: Real help required and delivered

Forum Post, January, 26 2010 Blair m. Phillips
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Chatterjee: Haiti: Two Competing Aid Approaches

Znet Article, January, 26 2010 Supriyo Chatterjee
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The first aid aircraft to reach the Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti, within 14 hours of the devastation, was Venezuelan, with a search and rescue team. Almost immediately afterwards, they drove to a disaster site and pulled out four women alive. A...

Street: Thank You, Fidel

Forum Post, January, 26 2010 Paul Street
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Podur: Limited Compassion for Haiti

Forum Post, January, 26 2010 Justin Podur
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Everyone agrees that the Haiti earthquake is a serious situation.

Cohen: Toxic Wastes & Haiti

Commentary, January, 25 2010 Mitchel Cohen
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Two decades ago, the garbage barge, the Khian Sea, with no place in the U.S. willing to accept its garbage, left the territorial waters of the United States and began circling the oceans in search of a country willing to accept its cargo: 14,000 t...

Podur: Re: Hypocrisy in action

Forum Post, January, 25 2010 Justin Podur
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