The reconstruction of Haiti - Cuban solidarity an example to the world‏

As we approach the anniversary (12th January) of the earthquake that killed 230,000 Haitians, injured 300,000 and left 1.2 million people homeless let us reflect and ask why is the situation is no better now than it was then?

Where was the body found?
Who found the dead body?
Was the dead body dead when found?
How was the dead body found?
Who was the dead body?
Who was the father or daughter or brother
Or uncle or sister or mother or son
Of the dead and abandoned body?

Haiti's future must lie in its own hands‏

Ahead of tomorrow night’s concert for Haiti at Congress House in London, Natasha Hickman of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign compares the economic, social and political realities of Cuba and Haiti – separated by just 50 miles of Caribbean Sea.

New war for oil? Conspiracy theories abound amidst the tragedy‏

We know that large amounts of oil had been discovered in Cuba as reported in a Guardian article on Saturday, October 18th 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/18/cuban-oil.

Cuban doctors in Haiti – appeal for funds‏

Support the Cuban medical brigades in Haiti: A Cuban bank account has now been opened to receive financial contributions to help with the Cuban medical teams working in Haiti. If you wish to support the Cuban efforts in Haiti directly then you can do so in the following ways:

Haiti Disaster Capitalism Alert‏

Haiti Disaster Capitalism Alert: Stop Them Before They Shock Again: Readers of Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine know that the Heritage Foundation has been one of the leading advocates of exploiting disasters to push through their unpopular pro-corporate policies http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/resources/part7/chapter20/pro-market-ideas-katrina

Haiti - solidarity in action

While the rest of the world is still in the planning stage, Cuba and Spain have staffed and equipped real working field hospitals in Haiti and are treating thousands of injured. Watch a report on CNN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw6R2UOGN2Q amp;feature=player_embedded

Haiti needs solidarity not occupation‏

On Thursday US State Department spokesman Charles Luoma-Overstreet expressed that the United States government was willing to work with Cuba to address the needs of the Haitian people. http://fpc.state.gov/135240.htm

Haiti's tragedy - solidarity is vital‏

The truly horrendous scenes of devastation, destruction and death in Haiti cannot fail to touch our hearts‬‪. The first large earthquake in 240 years, this enormous richter scale 7.0 quake's effects are only barely understood at this time.‬‪ Thousands have though been killed and tens of thousands left homeless. Nothing could be more worse for a country with problems of‬‪ poverty on a grand scale.