Crisis Pushes Haiti to Brink of Collapse; 'There Is No Hope’

By artappraiser on Wed, 10/23/2019 - 8:23pm |

Haitians say the violence and economic stagnation stemming from a clash between the president and the opposition are worse than anything they have ever experienced. Kirk Semple reporting from LÉOGÂNE, Haiti

“The small hospital was down to a single day’s supply of oxygen and had to decide who would get it: the adults with strokes or the newborns. One drama of countless in a nation driven to the brink of collapse.” #Haiti https://t.co/EJKyl3TOpx
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) October 22, 2019

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/world/americas/Haiti-crisis-violence.html

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Cavaet emptor as I don't know these sources:

Farmers in #Haiti reject food aid. They say having to compete with millions of tons of highly subsidized American rice, chicken parts, wheat and corn that's dumped in the country is enough. They say food aid will further impoverish them, especially in this harvest season. https://t.co/5XwDk9F0GA
— Madame Boukman - Justice 4 Haiti (@madanboukman) October 23, 2019

Months ago also, some paramilitary group chased away rice farmers in the Artibonite region & they had to flee en masse with their families crossing the border into #DominicanRepublic, so this sounds part of a concerted plan to make #Haiti non-independent foodwise.
— Arielius Fornarius (@ArielFornari) October 23, 2019

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/23/2019 - 8:42pm

Crisis Pushes Haiti to Brink of Collapse; 'There Is No Hope’

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