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The pit of human despair known as Haiti just got a little bleaker. Cholera, a result of the non-existent sanitation and waste disposal is becoming more widespread.
“An outbreak of cholera is worsening in Haiti, and moving closer to the country’s earthquake-devastated capital, Port-au-Prince.As of the most recent reports on Saturday evening, the disease has killed at least 208 people and sickened another 2,674.
There are concerns tens of thousands of people made homeless by January’s earthquake could be at risk.”
Haiti has return to the memory hole, resurfacing only recently as more grim news besets the population.
“If the epidemic makes its way to Port-au-Prince, where children and families are living in unsanitary, overcrowded camps, the results could be disastrous,” said Dr. Estrella Serrano, World Vision’s emergency response health and nutrition manager.“
What the West needs to do is immediately negate any debt owed to them. France, Canada and the US are all partially responsible for the wretched state Haiti is in. Consider small portion of the historical record (from the comments section of the CBC article):
“69% of Haitians voted for Aristide. Then the elites together with American and Canadian governments ensured that he was maligned and then whisked off to Central African Republic in the middle of the night.
Why? Because he actually wanted to help the huge poor majority with radical things like increasing minimum wage and organizing better housing. Not so good for profits if you are an American garment maker. Dangerous stuff if you are a wealthy Haitian enriched by the status quo.”
We broke it, we need to fix it. Debt forgiveness would be only the first step.
For a detailed breakdown of the relief effort in Haiti please see the Wiki article. – H/T tildeb.
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