Haiti
Haiti Report - BBC: LINK ¤ B B C
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- "officially - the Republic of Haiti - is a Caribbean state !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "historically Haiti - became the world's first - black-led - republic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Haiti - gained independence in - 1804 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( reparations to France - until 1947 ! )"
- "there should be - more stability - in the whole society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and in the - governmental structures - with a more - responsible leadership !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "infrastructure - and the environment - should be bettered !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the wealth gap - should be reduced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( five percent - of Haitians ! )"
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- "the Creoles - have their own culture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Haiti needs - sustainable development - for all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there should be more - democracy - in Haiti !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and there should be more - social justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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economic Model of Haiti - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "four years after the Earth - he visited Haiti - to record !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "how ordinary people - were doing ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the US embassy had lobbied - a few industrial parks !"
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- "one in the north of Haiti - at Caracol - had fallen far short - of official expectations !"
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- "the US embassy had lobbied - a neoliberal economic model - in Haiti !"
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- "lower paying - textile factories - stores of its own country !"
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- "the Haiti state - and its leaders - have to disagree - more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "so that there is - no - permanent poverty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and that workers - are better protected - and have enough high wages !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Haiti - two levels - capital - a number of !"
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- "expensive hotels - for westerners - and richer tourists !"
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- "he attended the closing night - of the Port au Prince !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "International Jazz Festival - he saw many - expats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "diplomats - and wealthier Haitians - partying in style !"
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- "a few kilometres away - thousands of people - had lived in tents !"
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- "from 100,000 - to 160,000 !"
- "250,000 - residences - and 30,000 - commercial buildings !"
- "before - the pre-existing circumstances - national debt !"
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- "foreign intervention - and trade policies - should be fairer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Hillary Clinton - wrote "she was - deeply concerned" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "about unfavorable - international media coverage - of its intentions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the US military - in Haiti - did not represent its interests !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but this time - was helping - the Haitian people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it was imperative - to get the narrative right !"
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- "over the long term - she directed as chief of mission !"
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- "to personally contact - media organizations - at the highest !"
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- "possible level - owners - publishers - or others - as appropriate !"
USAID - US cable - 2010: LINK ¤ 10PORTAUPRINCE126
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- "the US military - was the quickest - at the places - in Haiti !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but the US aid agency - USAID - said - of the 70 cases !"
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- "in a year - only a neglectablen small portion - involved the US military !"
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- "the department of defense - was not an instrument !"
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- "in responding to - humanitarian problems !"
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- "500 additional troops - from the 82nd airborne - arrived in Haiti !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "which took - US military personnel - on the ground to 1,300 !"
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- "total personnel in the area - including offshore - was 5,302 !"
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- "official number - 111,400 !"
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- "609,000 people - had been displaced !"
Petrocaribe - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06PORTAUPRINCE692
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- "president-elect - Preval - announced - that Haiti !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "joined - PetroCaribe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "given the oil prices - and that there was more electricity !"
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- "the US embassy lobbied - Preval - against joining PetroCaribe !"
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- "Preval's senior advisor - Bob Manuel - was aware - that this deal !"
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- "with Chavez - could cause problems - with the US embassy !"
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- "US embassy - met with representatives - of oil companies !"
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- "that operated - in Haiti - ExxonMobil - Esso - and Chevron !"
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- "Texaco - both companies did not want joining - PetroCaribe !"
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- "Chevron - signed a three-year contract - with the Haitian government !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "under the - PetroCaribe - arrangement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "purchased refined - oil products - produced by the Venezuelan !"
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- "oil company - PDVSA - Chevron also agreed !"
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- "to ship the refined petrol - on one of its tankers !"
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- "PDVSA - sells to the - Haitian government !"
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- "which then sells to - private oil traders - who finally !"
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- "sells it in Haiti - for distribution !"
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- "Peru-Dumesnil - Chevron's Haiti retail manager - said !"
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- "the Chevron management - at home - did not want !"
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- "to make - a lot of "noise" - about that agreement !"
Corruption - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06PORTAUPRINCE2230
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- "senator - Youri Latortue - was a corrupt - Haitian politician !"
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- "Latortue's - illegal activities - were in the port !"
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- "city of Gonaives - and other areas of the Artibonite !"
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- "authority in that port - where illegal trafficking - took place !"
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- "Haiti - has to be a politically - better country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and needs help - from the international community !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
re-envisioning Haiti - Oxfam - PDF: LINK ¤ OXFAM
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- "for the future - of Haiti - there should be decisions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "on relief - reconstruction - and recovery !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that should help - rural Haitians !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there should not be - agricultural trade liberalization !"
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- "until the 1980s - Haiti - was self-sufficient !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in rice - a staple food - for most Haitians !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in the 1990s - international financial institutions !"
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- "and the US embassy had lobbied for - import liberalization !"
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- "the government of Haiti - should reform - agriculture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and trade policies - for a sustainable development !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "without dumping - so that the country - can promote !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "its own - agricultural development !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and ensure - food security !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a 1995 USAID - US aid agency - report !"
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- "the US embassy had lobbied - Haiti - export-driven trade !"
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- "and investment policy - that would press - domestic rice farmers !"
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- "to agroexport - would want - US agribusiness - and investors !"
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- "Haitian - rice farmers - are quite efficient !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but they should not compete - with US agribusiness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( 40% - government subsidies ! )"
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- "Haiti - needs serious help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "from the - international community !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Internationale Hilfe - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD
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- "viele internationale Organisationen - leisteten 2010 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "sehr starke Hilfe - in Haiti !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "doch es braucht auch - langfristige - strukturelle Verbesserungen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "zuerst gab es Nothilfe - in Form von Zeltlager - und Nahrungsmitteln !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "danach wurden für - 1,5 Millionen Betroffene - nur 6000 Häuser gebaut !"
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- "auch die komplette Infrastruktur - hätte verbessert werden sollen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "erinnerte sich eine haitianische - IHRC-Funktionärin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "53 Prozent - der Hilfe wurden für - Logistik - und Nothilfe !"
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- "wie importiertes Wasser - und Zeltplanen - ausgegeben !"
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- "90 Prozent davon - gingen an der - haitianischen Regierung - vorbei !"
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- "teilweise ausländische Berater - und Baufirmen !"
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- "die Sache ist also - dass es insgesamt - langfristiger !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "ausgerichtet sein sollte - um die Hilfsbedürftigkeit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "langfristig - zu senken - und den Lebensstandard - zu erhöhen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Unterstützung für Haiti - Noam Chomsky - ZMAG: LINK ¤ ZMAG_________________________________________
- "ein Bericht von USAID - von 1995 - die US Botschaft !"
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- "hatte in Haiti - für eine exportorientierte - Handels !"
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- "und Investitionspolitik - lobbyiert - was die einheimischen !"
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- "Reisbauern - von Haiti - in Richtung Agrarexport - drängen würde !"
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- "was sich US Agrofirmen - und Investoren - wünschen würden ! - ( 40% - staatliche Subventionen ! )"
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- "die Reisbauern Haitis - arbeiten sehr effizient !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "sollten aber nicht mit dem - US-Agrogeschäft - konkurrieren !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Haiti - braucht die Unterstützung der - internationalen Gemeinschaft !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "die Menschen - von Haiti - haben kulturelle Vielfalt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "die Menschen packen an - und sind kreativ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "wir sollten ihre Interessen - ernst nehmen - und mehr mit ihnen arbeiten !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "den Markt - in den Hintergrund - treten lassen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "damit Haiti - eine würdige Zukunft - hat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
HAITI - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ H A I T I
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