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Haitian community organisations have united to demand an “end to the militarisation of aid” and plead for international solidarity brigades to help the country’s reconstruction.
Anti-poverty groups, shanty town community organisers and local medical charities issued a joint statement criticising the US government’s takeover of relief efforts following last month’s devastating earthquake as part of a “strategy of the remilitarisation of the Caribbean.”
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Haiti organisations attack US takeover
Haitian community organisations have united to demand an “end to the militarisation of aid” and plead for international solidarity brigades to help the country’s reconstruction.
Anti-poverty groups, shanty town community organisers and local medical charities issued a joint statement criticising the US government’s takeover of relief efforts following last month’s devastating earthquake as part of a “strategy of the remilitarisation of the Caribbean.”
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Tags: community organisers, Haiti, militarisation of aid, new military occupation, United States
This entry was posted on February 1, 2010 at 9:18 am and is filed under Commentary, imperialism, Uncategorized, US policy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.