“In Haiti, many people died when the earthquake struck, but a lot more people died when cholera hit the country.” – Linda Benoit, volunteer nurse and president of the Haitian American Nurses Association
By JOE CONASON Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com If the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti carry any message for those of us fortunate enough not to live in those places, perhaps it is that government regulation could save your life — while right-wing ideology may kill you someday. For those of us unfamiliar with geological…
By JAMES RIDGEWAY International Posted by Bulatlat In the wake of the devastating earthquake, American eyes are again turned toward Haiti—something that only seems to happen when yet another disaster strikes, and never during the daily chaos and misery that plague the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. I’ve spent a good deal of time…
By DENNIS O’NEIL FreedomRoad. Org International Posted by Bulatlat As this is being written, there is no way to tell how bad the catastrophe that has hit Haiti will get. The government there is estimating the earthquake has caused an almost unbelievable 100,000 deaths! There are important political lessons to be drawn, and already analyses…
Why the Blood Is on Our Hands By TED RALL Common Dreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat As grim accounts of the earthquake in Haiti came in, the accounts in U.S.-controlled state media all carried the same descriptive sentence: “Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere…” Gee, I wonder how that happened? You’d think…