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: 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 [...]