Central America and Caribbean
Cuba's Aid to Haiti Ignored by the US Media?
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 16:28.Published on Monday, February 15, 2010 by Al-Jazeera-English
Cuba's Aid to Haiti Ignored by the US Media?
by Tom Fawthrop
Among the many donor nations helping Haiti, Cuba and its medical teams have played a major role in treating earthquake victims.
[After the quake struck, Haiti's first medical aid came from Cuba. (Gallo/Getty)]After the quake struck, Haiti's first medical aid came from Cuba. (Gallo/Getty)
Public health experts say the Cubans were the first to set up medical facilities among the debris and to revamp hospitals immediately after the earthquake struck.
However, their pivotal work in the health sector has received scant media coverage. read more »
Haitians dying by the thousands as US escalates military intervention
Submitted by rick on Sun, 01/24/2010 - 21:44.
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WSWS, January 22, 2010 Thousands of Haitians are dying every day for lack of medical care and New Orleans' Heart Is in HaitiSubmitted by rick on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 03:05.
I have been hoping there were a way we could prevent the US from treating Haiti like New Orleans. I guess as long as we face free market capitalism we are all part of a massive milking machine which particularly likes to milk natural disasters. I found this piece on Huffington Post just as I was thinking about New Orleans and Haiti. -Rick
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jordan-flaherty/new-orleans-heart-is-in-h_b_427108.html
New Orleans and Haiti are connected by geography, history, architecture, Haiti: Companies Covet Post-War Rebuilding ContractsSubmitted by rick on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 02:08.,
Hundreds of U.S. and Canadian soldiers already
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In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, IFCO/Pastors for REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IMPERIALISM???Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 16:23.Haitians aren't living in hell just due to bad luck. It's called imperialism, stupid. The following is from True/Slant. US debt policies left Haiti vulnerable to catastrophe Haitians protest against the cost of living on... Haitians protest against the cost of living in Port-Au-Prince in 2008. Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife The same message is resonating from all corners of the Internet: Poor Haiti. That little, miserable island just can’t catch a break, can it? Yes, thousands are feared dead, and the pictures coming in from Haiti are heartbreaking, but no one can be blamed for an earthquake. read more » Latin America Solidarity Coalition expresses grave concern about human rights in Haiti.Submitted by rick on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 14:11.
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