Artículo publicado en Amauta con permiso de Argenpress Fuente: Argenpress por Manuel E. Yepe 15 de marzo, 2010 Los dos formidables desastres deparados recientemente por la naturaleza a Haití y Chile, junto al no menos siniestro golpe de estado que poco antes sufriera Honduras, unido todo ello a la reacción de la superpotencia ante estas situaciones de choque, han [...]

Article published in Amauta with permission from the author by Bill Quigley On March 9 and 10, there will be a Haiti conference in Miami for private military and security companies to showcase their services to governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the earthquake devastated country. On their website for the Haiti conference, the trade group IPOA [...]

Fuente: IPS por Anthony Fenton VANCOUVER, Canadá, 26 feb (IPS) – El terremoto de Haití despertó el interés de empresas militares privadas que ven la oportunidad de hacer una ganancia en el país más pobre del hemisferio occidental. El 9 y 10 de marzo, una asociación que representa a militares y de logística, la International Peace Operations Association [...]

Source: The Nation Traducción en español abajo by Naomi Klein February 11, 2010 If we are to believe the G-7 finance ministers, Haiti is on its way to getting something it has deserved for a very long time: full “forgiveness” of its foreign debt. In Port-au-Prince, Haitian economist Camille Chalmers has been watching these developments with cautious optimism. Debt [...]

Source: The Guardian A letter January 22, 2010 We the undersigned are outraged by the scandalous delays in getting essential aid to victims of the earthquake in Haiti (‘Chaotic and confusing’ relief effort is costing lives, aid agencies warn, 19 January). As a result of the US decision to prioritise the accumulation of foreign soldiers over the distribution [...]

Read also Revisiting The Shock Doctrine in the Wake of Haiti Disaster below Naomi Klein worries Haitians won’t have a role shaping their future. Source: Newsweek by Katie Paul January 22, 2010 Bottom feeders follow closely on the heels of disaster. After Hurricane Katrina, private security contractors landed in New Orleans, hired to guard against looters. After the Indian Ocean [...]

Source: GRITtv January 20, 2010 The Heritage Foundation didn’t wait very long after the earthquake in Haiti to issue its recommendations for Shock Doctrine-style “reforms,” and the IMF has already offered a conditional loan to help rebuild. Haiti has seen enough of this type of policy already, and is in need of a different type of thinking: [...]

Source: Rebel Reports by Jeremy Scahill January 18, 2010 The Orwellian-named mercenary trade group, the International Peace Operations Association, didn’t waste much time in offering the “services” of its member companies to swoop down on Haiti for some old fashioned  humanitarian assistance disaster profiteering. Within hours of the massive earthquake in Haiti, the IPOA created a special web [...]

Traducción en español de las declaraciones de Naomi Klein abajo Source: Democracy Now! Journalist and author Naomi Klein spoke in New York last night and addressed the crisis in Haiti: “We have to be absolutely clear that this tragedy—which is part natural, part unnatural—must, under no circumstances, be used to, one, further indebt Haiti and, two, to [...]