Venezuela sends 364 tons of food to Haiti
www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-14 09:35:48
CARACAS, April 13 (Xinhua) -- A fleet of airplanes carrying 364 tons of food for humanitarian help took off on Sunday from Venezuela to Haiti.
President Hugo Chavez said the shipment is to help relieve the crisis in Haiti that has plagued the country for the last nine days.
Since last week, Haiti has been the scene of disturbance due to a sharp hike in food prices. The situation has also led to many deaths, including a 36-year old Nigerian soldier from the UN peace-keeping forces attempting to stabilize the situation in Haiti.
The humanitarian aid from Venezuela includes tons of meat, chicken, ham, milk, vegetables, olive oil and lentils, according to President Chavez.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/14/content_7971849.htm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I might add that after the
Bush administration sponsored death squads to destroy Aristide's presidency, and so many Haitians were slaughtered in the streets, and in home invasions by death squads, doctors from Cuba and other countries moved to Cuba to start working every day to help save the gunshot victims.
I've never heard any reports from them that their precious lives were at risk at the hands of the terrifying Haitian people. Those doctors got in there and did some good. No one ran them off, or scared them spitless. But then, they put the wellbeing of the Haitians first.
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October 11, 2004
One Man's Democracy, Another Man's Chains
The Untold Story of Aristide's Departure from Haiti
By KEVIN PINA
A recounting of recent events in Haiti is reminiscent of a statement written by an American Marine private during the first U.S. occupation of Haiti that began in 1915 and lasted nineteen years. The homesick marine wrote:''Dear Mother,
All is well for me here. I have taken well to my duties in Haiti but I still can't believe how they let the niggers have the run of the place.''
Haitians Running Haiti?
Now let's fast forward to last December 31, 2003 as Luigi Einaudi of the Organization of American States (OAS) is ushered into the lobby of the Hotel Montana for Haiti's bicentennial celebrations. While checking into the luxury hotel he makes this comment in front of several witnesses: "The real problem in Haiti is that the international community is so screwed up and divided that they are letting Haitians run Haiti." When questioned about his objectivity given his attendance at the opening of the Haiti Democracy Project (HDP), a Washington think-tank funded and supported by right-wing Haitians opposed to President John Bertrand-Aristide, he becomes defensive and denies he had been there at all. After it is pointed out to him that there are photos on the organization's website of him with HDP Director James Morrell he quips, "Maybe I was there, I don't remember, but I really think Morrell is a kook." The exchange turns to the question of Otto Reich's role as "fixer" for the Bush Administration in Haiti, at which time Einaudi grows red in the face and visibly angry, shouting, "You are ignorant, you don't know what you are talking about," as he makes a mad dash for the Hotel's elevator.
It is duly noted that Mr. Einaudi has since gotten his wish. Haitians no longer run Haiti.
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