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My feeling toward the Earthquake in Haiti - 0 views

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2010 Haiti earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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  • Amongst the widespread devastation and damage throughout Port-au-Prince and elsewhere, vital infrastructure necessary to respond to the disaster was severely damaged or destroyed. This included all hospitals in the capital, together with air, sea, and land transport facilities, as well as communication systems. Due to this infrastructure damage and loss of organisational structures, a spokeswoman from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs called it the worst disaster the UN had ever confronted.
    • Traci EWSIS
      Traci EWSIS on 20 Jan 10
       
      I feel bad for all the people dying from this disaster. Earthquake is something that can't be predicted. Thus, I hope that there can be someone in the future inventing some equipment that can predict when and where earthquake will take place.

Haiti Earthquake 2010 - 0 views

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2010 Haiti Earthquake - 0 views

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Haiti Earthquake Freewrite/Questions - 0 views

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Haiti - 0 views

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Thoughts and Questions - 1 views

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Don't count Haiti out - latimes.com - 1 views

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  • Paul Allison on 18 Jan 10
     
    What an inspiring and historically grounded commentary: "The tragedy is tremendous and the threats to life ongoing in a situation in which the ground is still trembling and disease likely. But the capacity of this people for survival and, indeed, for greatness in the worst of conditions has been demonstrated for more than two centuries. These are the descendants of people who overthrew an indecent, inhuman, overpowering slave system. Many of those still alive grew up under a vicious dynasty and rose up to oust it. It's entirely likely, therefore, that Haitians once again will put together a national coumbite. With a huge humanitarian effort from their friends, they will rebuild the country -- for the better. The will must be there for the world to come to Haiti's aid and work with the millions of surviving Haitians to rebuild this valuable country. So many Haitians, including the president, have nowhere to sleep, but they will sleep and get up again tomorrow to face the troubles. "
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Haiti's history as first black republic creates a special bond with many African-Americ... - 3 views

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  • Under French rule, Haiti's abundant sugar plantations made it perhaps the richest colony of the Caribbean. The slave rebellion began about 1790 and a leader soon emerged: Toussaint L'Overture. After years of fierce fighting, L'Overture was captured by Napoleon's forces and died in France.The rebellion lived on, and Napoleon's mighty forces were defeated. Haiti declared itself a nation on Jan. 1, 1804. For years to come, however, Haiti would pay reparations to France.The loss of Haiti's riches and strategic location was part of Napoleon's decision to sell the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States.In America, where blacks were still seeking freedom, there was pride and wonder that Haitians had seized their destiny. This left an indelible imprint on African-American culture.
    • Paul Allison
      Paul Allison on 18 Jan 10
       
      The history that is suggested here is very important. There's a lot of "looking the other way" racism in the U.S. response to the revolution that isn't mentioned here, too.
  • America occupied Haiti from 1915 until 1934, then supported a series of dictators until 1990. Today, Haitian refugees are treated differently than those from other nations, which many believe is partially due to race.
    • Paul Allison
      Paul Allison on 18 Jan 10
       
      I've been reading this wondering when America's more active role in Haiti would be mentioned. I pretty sure that the CIA was involved in the 1994 coup and that our Marines were involved in Aristede's kidnapping in 2004.
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Haiti: a long descent to hell | World news | The Guardian - 5 views

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  • Paul Allison on 18 Jan 10
     
    Interesting read! Very complete historical references.
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"Bush Was Responsible for Destroying Haitian Democracy" - Randall Robinson on Obama Tap... - 52 views

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  • Well, the—I’m not sure what the stated American policy is, but of course the Bush administration policy was to forbid his return. But any obstruction of his return by any power would constitute a violation of international law, a violation of the UN Charter, a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a violation of any number of major UN human rights conventions. You cannot restrict people either from leaving their country—citizens, either from leaving their country or returning to their country. He has every right to return home, should he want to. And one would hope that no administration, the American administration nor any other, would stand in the way of his passage home.
    • corey stanley
      corey stanley on 19 Jan 10
       
      why does the U.S have controll over who Haiti can bring into there country? Isnt he the president of the country? he should be able to go backk to help them out.
  • Paul Allison on 18 Jan 10
     
    Start at 28:10
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Ayiti: The Cost of Life - 77 views

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  • Paul Allison on 18 Jan 10
     
    Now for some gaming!
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SwiftFM - None: None - 5 views

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  • Paul Allison on 18 Jan 10
     
    History of Haiti as a song.
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Haiti's History: Revolution, Subjugation - CBS Sunday Morning - CBS News - 0 views

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  • And now this.
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      Paul Allison on 18 Jan 10
       
      Wow. History ended with Reagan? What happened to the history of Aristide and his being put into office, then removed by the CIA/Marines - Bush and Clinton?
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