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Cholera Triples in Haiti – An Appeal for Help from Partners in Health

July 19, 2011

I received the following email from Partners in Health a short while ago. The numbers are shocking. With hurricane season in full swing, the cholera epidemic is more dire than ever. From Partners in Health (PIH) As you may be aware, a second wave of cholera is battering Haiti. What you may not know is […]

Humanitarian Imperialism – “Caring for Haiti” by Michael Barker

February 16, 2010

“Caring for Haiti” by Michael Barker (Swans – February 8, 2010) Humanitarian imperialism is a phenomenon that needs to be understood and unmasked by all who care to safeguard life. Yet to date, many thoughtful and often selfless individuals have failed to address the depths to which imperial forces have penetrated human rights […]

US Brags Haiti Response is a “Model” While More than 1 Million are Homeless

February 14, 2010

February 14, 2010 U.S. brags Haiti response is a ‘model’ while more than a million remain homeless in Haiti by Bill Quigley Over a month after the earthquake, hundreds of thousands of Haitians are still living in “sheet cities,” their only shelter made of bedsheets tied to tree branches serving as tent poles – […]

HAITI VIDEO from Al Jazeera: “The Politics of Rebuilding” (Avi Lewis Reporting for Faultlines)

February 12, 2010

US Suspends Airlift of Injured Haitians in Cost Dispute

January 30, 2010

Amputees in Haiti Face a Tough Road Darslin Launa, 10, screams in pain as her bandages are changed last week at a hospital in Jimani, Dominican Republic. Her right leg was amputated at the scene of a building collapse in the Haiti earthquake. Prior to the article is a comment […]

WEISBROT: US “Security Concerns” Could Cost Many Lives in Haiti

January 21, 2010

U.S. “Security Concerns” Could Cost Many Lives in Haiti By Mark Weisbrot This column was published by The Guardian Unlimited on January 20, 2010. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to the original. An earlier version was published in Portuguese in Folha de S. Paulo (Brazil) on January […]

HAITI: Relief Groups Call for Immediate Distribution of Water and Supplies

January 20, 2010

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Haiti: NGO’s and Relief Groups Call for Immediate and Widespread Distribution of Water and Other Aid Supplies Aid Needs to Be Centrally Coordinated, Not Hindered, They Say For Immediate Release: January 20, 2010 Washington, D.C. – NGO’s and policy groups today called for the U.S. government to prioritize aid delivery over military […]

HAITI: When the US Decided to Overthrow Aristide, Here’s One of the Many Lousy Things It Did

June 24, 2008

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Not one penny from the international financial institutions went to Haiti from 2000 until February 29, 2004, the day that the US put Aristide on a plane and banished him to the Central African Republic. It was not the instability of the Aristide government that caused the IFI’s to withhold funds. It was the US […]