Despite Washington’s decision not to deploy Marines to Haiti after the July assassination of Haitian president Jovenelle Moise, the devastation of last Saturday’s 7.2 earthquake has provided US leaders the cloak of humanitarian aid for doing just that. These Marines will be operating at the behest of USAID, a CIA cutout that disastrously coordinated humanitarian relief efforts after the 2010 earthquake. Haitian recovery emphatically needs a Haitian solution.
List of Local Haitian Relief Efforts
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Show Notes:
Kim Ives: Washington Chooses Ariel Henry for PM as More Details about Moise Murder Emerge
TIME: The Death Toll From Haiti’s Earthquake Rises Above 2,200 People
CBC: Frustrations, violence flare in Haiti as earthquake survivors plead for aid
Patrick MacFarlane: Uncle Sam Must Cease Intervention in Haiti
Haiti Liberte: Les marines débarqueront-ils à nouveau? Will the Marines Disembark again?
US State Department: U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Haiti, 1915–34
NACLA: Haiti’s Earthquakes Require a Haitian Solution
New York Times: Secret Programs Hurt Foreign Aid Efforts
Pando: The murderous history of USAID, the US Government agency behind Cuba’s fake Twitter clone
Noam Chomsky: Failed State: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
CNN: Aristide says U.S. deposed him in ‘coup d’etat’
Rolling Stone: Beyond Relief: How the World Failed Haiti
ProPublica: How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes
List of Local Haitian Relief Efforts