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Devastating Earthquakes, Disaster Capitalism, Creating Debtor Nation Poverty and Haiti

BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG

By Mark Karlin

So many hearts in America have been horrified and galvanized to support relief action in Haiti that it reawakens the common bond of being human -- and reaching out to support those in such devastating need.

But as Naomi Klein points out, Haiti is the poster child for "Disaster Capitalism" in the Western Hemisphere.  Haiti's poverty is not an accident. The U.S. and West have supported corrupt rulers there for decades, with recent intermittent "experiments" in "democracy." But make no mistake; Haiti is kept on a short leash by the prosperous nations of the West.

Like many third world countries, Haiti continues to be a victim of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, who force loans (debt) on third world nations that end up ruining their sustainable agrarian economies and forcing them -- through the terms of the loan -- to buy products from the West, thus further increasing unemployment, squalid urbanization, and poverty in the debtor country: in this case, Haiti.

One network of religious organizations in the U.S.,

reacted with dismay to news today that the IMF is planning to offer a $100 million loan to Haiti through its Extended Credit Facility (formerly the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility).

“Haiti desperately needs money delivered quickly, but the last thing Haiti needs right now is more debt. Loans for disaster relief are totally inappropriate. The international community cannot possibly expect Haiti to pay back a loan for emergency relief in the wake of this disaster,” said Neil Watkins, Executive Director of Jubilee USA.

A commentary in the UK Guaridan the other day acerbicly noted:

The international community has been effectively ruling Haiti since the 2004 coup. The same countries scrambling to send emergency help to Haiti now, however, have during the last five years consistently voted against any extension of the UN mission's mandate beyond its immediate military purpose. Proposals to divert some of this "investment" towards poverty reduction or agrarian development have been blocked, in keeping with the long-term patterns that continue to shape the ­distribution of international "aid."

The IMF and World Bank make the claim that they exist to help third world economies become globalized, but they really generally destroy the fragile sustainable agrarian and economic infrastructure of poor nations and make them even poorer by forcing them to buy services from the wealthier Western nations.

Such has been the case in Haiti.

And such will likely be the case, short of a revolution in the rule of the Big Money globalized elite who still call the shots.

How many will remember the survivors in Haiti a year from now? How many remember the sustainable needs of those who escaped the devastating Tsunami of 2004?

The West is mobilized for relief efforts after tens of thousands have died in Haiti, but considers the living as consumers of Western goods, even if it drives them into grinding poverty.

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It's catasropic events such as a devistating earthquake in Haiti to turn our momentary attention on "Huminitarian" efferts and allow us to give a few seconds of pause to or ongoing and expanding Wars. To look bipartisan and above it all.

Meanwhile in the name of Peace our Nobel winner expands War and wants more money for the tools of making war. And best of all appoints the War profiteers who failed us so completely to do the leading.

Do we now have Blackwater in Haiti with 'shoot to kill' orders like thay had in N.O.? Do we now have the chance to remake Haiti in the vision of corporatism as expressed by those leaders? How fine.

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SHAME ON US!

What we have done to Haiti in the past in the guise of "helping" has been nothing short of criminal!  As Naomi Klein points out, we overthrew a democratically elected government--then reinstated it with OUR rules prevailing!  Good for us, but terrible for the Haitian people!  We have no conscience when it comes to controlling and setting the rules for small, vulnerable, third world countries!  And then.....we have the nerve, as many Americans are doing, to BLAME THE VICTIM!

Americans are great at jumping in and helping other countries in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophe!  What we lack is long-term vision about what is the right thing to do,  and a sense of morality about people's right to self-determination!

 

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