Submitted by Tania (not verified) on Tue, 01/08/2008 - 22:51.
You seem misinformed. Your comment, frankly, displays a high level of ignorance.
One of major causes of Haiti poverty were sanctions put in place by the U.S. government and other foreign powers. The cause of the sanctions was in response to Raoul Cedras's coup. Although these sanctions were intended to stop Raoul Cedras's military regime, they strengthened it.
Because the sanctions were a failure they resulted in 60% percent of the private sector losing their jobs, this affected nearly 1 million people. Haiti's export industries were forced to shut down, and many of them did, permanently. The U.S. embargo restricted the transhipment of all goods, this led to a shortage of goods, which subsequently led to malnourishment and increased rates of death among children.**www.american./edu/TED/haiti.htm.
Political and economic instability have caused many Haitian professionals to leave their home country and go serve elsewhere. Most notably, the United States.
There are a vast array of different weather phenomenon that affect the world. Consider mother nature's latest contribution, global warming. Global warming is affecting each and every continent and all races. If something is not done about this threat it could lead to dire consequences for humankind as a whole, not just "negroes."
Mother nature has also manifested her "wisdom" rather graciously on African and Carribean countries, blessing their soils with the many resources that supply the American markets everyday. Many African nations are the world's leading suppliers of petroleum and diamonds, luxuries the world does not hesitate to exploit.
Haiti's people will never be reduced to "standing in sewage" because its children carry the legacy of being the world's first, free, black country! The same way we defeated the world's greatest army at the time (Napoleon's Army), it is within that same spirit that the Haitian people will be victorious over violence, poverty, HIV/AIDS, and imperialism.
Reply to: "Did Haitians Invent corrugated metal or plastic?"
You seem misinformed. Your comment, frankly, displays a high level of ignorance.
One of major causes of Haiti poverty were sanctions put in place by the U.S. government and other foreign powers. The cause of the sanctions was in response to Raoul Cedras's coup. Although these sanctions were intended to stop Raoul Cedras's military regime, they strengthened it.
Because the sanctions were a failure they resulted in 60% percent of the private sector losing their jobs, this affected nearly 1 million people. Haiti's export industries were forced to shut down, and many of them did, permanently. The U.S. embargo restricted the transhipment of all goods, this led to a shortage of goods, which subsequently led to malnourishment and increased rates of death among children.**www.american./edu/TED/haiti.htm.
Political and economic instability have caused many Haitian professionals to leave their home country and go serve elsewhere. Most notably, the United States.
There are a vast array of different weather phenomenon that affect the world. Consider mother nature's latest contribution, global warming. Global warming is affecting each and every continent and all races. If something is not done about this threat it could lead to dire consequences for humankind as a whole, not just "negroes."
Mother nature has also manifested her "wisdom" rather graciously on African and Carribean countries, blessing their soils with the many resources that supply the American markets everyday. Many African nations are the world's leading suppliers of petroleum and diamonds, luxuries the world does not hesitate to exploit.
Haiti's people will never be reduced to "standing in sewage" because its children carry the legacy of being the world's first, free, black country! The same way we defeated the world's greatest army at the time (Napoleon's Army), it is within that same spirit that the Haitian people will be victorious over violence, poverty, HIV/AIDS, and imperialism.
written by-A Haitian Queen