Month: January 2010
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Rebuilding Haiti
Letters to the editor San Francisco Chronicle – Friday, January 22, 2010 Let’s do it right Given the long history of U.S. domination of Haiti and support of its corrupt dictators (described in detail by Dr. Paul Farmer in “The Uses of Haiti”) and its more recent direct involvement in the 2004 overthrow of its…
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Haiti and Afghanistan
Provide help where it’s wanted – San Francisco Chronicle 1/15/10 The United States should end its disastrous occupation of Afghanistan, which is only producing greater and greater resentment among the Afghan people, and turn to Haiti, where it would be welcomed as a partner in rebuilding the country into a sustainable economy. Nothing could benefit…