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Haiti always was open for profit and exploitation. Earthquake devastation created new opportunities. The country was declared open for business. Washington and other Western predators took full advantage.
So did hundreds of for-profit NGOs. They skim most relief aid donations for themselves. So do corporate developers and other profiteers. They steal private donations and pledged amounts freely. Haiti's pseudo-government then and now acquiesces.
No one helped Haitians like Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Two coups ousted him. Exile followed each time. He's back but out of politics. Electoral manipulation installed Washington's man.
Stealth Duvalierist Michel (Sweet Micky) Martelly became president. Most Haitians despise him. It hardly mattered. They had no say in preventing his illegitimate elevation to the nation's highest office. Haitian suffering continues.
In January, Bill Quigley and Amber Ramanauskas headlined "Where the Relief Money Did and Did Not Go - Haiti after the Quake," saying:
Despite billions in pledged and donated aid, "Haiti looks like the earthquake happened two months ago, not two years."
Rarely does this news get covered. Over half a million people then remained homeless. They still do. Most debris lay where it fell. Cholera was killing thousands. It's still out of control because too little is done to stop, control, and treat it.
Instead of relief going to help Haitians, it's given to profiteering companies and NGOs. Haitians then and now ask where did the money go? It hasn't helped them.
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