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But it’s also time to stop having a conversation about charity and start having a conversation about justice–about recovery, responsibility and fairness. What the world should be pondering instead is: What is Haiti owed?
Haiti’s vulnerability to natural disasters, its food shortages, poverty, deforestation and lack of infrastructure, are not accidental. To say that it is the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere is to miss the point; Haiti was made poor–by France, the United States, Great Britain, other Western powers and by the IMF and the World Bank.
Click Snapshot for: Haiti's tradition of curious tyrants, by Robert Dewar. Contemporary... - 0 views
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This is a history that compares the past with the present, looking for patterns. I think it is well worth our time to consider this history at this time. Copy and paste this URL to see the Snapshot of this article: http://bit.ly/7tM8NO
A brief primer on the present Haiti/IMF relationship « Mississippi Learning - 0 views
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These are exactly some of the things that I've been thinking. I'm especially curious about how often the poverty of Haiti is talked about in the passive voice. I like the naming-names here.
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Haiti: a long descent to hell | World news | The Guardian - 5 views
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Interesting read!
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