Comments on: Haiti: Six Months after the Quake http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/07/haiti-six-months-after-the-quake-2/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stanleylucas http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/07/haiti-six-months-after-the-quake-2/#comment-69833 Stanleylucas Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:02:38 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=19515#comment-69833 This is a very good assessment of the situation on the ground in Haiti and the lack of response. Obviously, there is a tragic disconnect between the aid that has been promised and the aid that is being delivered. But it seems that no one really cares. Additionally, I take issue with one major point: no one but the thugs and gangs are calling for the return of Aristide. By the way, Aristide received the report http://www.bme.gouv.ht/alea%20sismique/Alea_sismique%20HAITI.pdf from the Bureau of Mines in October 2002 stating that there was a 100% chance that Haiti would experience an earthquake in the near future. Aristide never acted on that report which is a big part of why Haiti was so painfully unprepared for this disaster. If he REALLY would like to help the people of Haiti, he could return the $350 million that he stole from the country's coffers. You can read the Haitian General Accounting Office's report http://www.radiokiskeya.com/RapportUCREF.pdf detailing the money he stole from his people. That $350 million would go a long way toward recovery. This is a very good assessment of the situation on the ground in Haiti and the lack of response. Obviously, there is a tragic disconnect between the aid that has been promised and the aid that is being delivered. But it seems that no one really cares.

Additionally, I take issue with one major point: no one but the thugs and gangs are calling for the return of Aristide. By the way, Aristide received the report http://www.bme.gouv.ht/alea%20sismique/Alea_sismique%20HAITI.pdf from the Bureau of Mines in October 2002 stating that there was a 100% chance that Haiti would experience an earthquake in the near future. Aristide never acted on that report which is a big part of why Haiti was so painfully unprepared for this disaster. If he REALLY would like to help the people of Haiti, he could return the $350 million that he stole from the country’s coffers. You can read the Haitian General Accounting Office’s report http://www.radiokiskeya.com/RapportUCREF.pdf detailing the money he stole from his people. That $350 million would go a long way toward recovery.

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