Fault Lines - Haiti:The politics of rebuilding

hbktminc Says:

Apr 8, 2010 - @manouchecamf you dumb cockroaches u should be thankful for all the aid you are getting and stop being so ignorant

WODMIdotORG Says:

Apr 9, 2010 - Please watch the Haitians awful living conditions after the earthquake documentary video. Just type Haitians awful living conditions after the earthquake in the search box...THANKS!

0neofthem Says:

Apr 12, 2010 - why the hell doesn't france or haiti's neighbors do a greater part in the rebuilding. its always america that pays for all the shit that happens in the world.

Didem92 Says:

Apr 13, 2010 - @0neofthem Sarkozy did give a million for the rebuilding of Haiti, and there are many french associations that also help for the rebuilding and the care of the population. Concerning the neighbors of Haiti,there is a racism between the domenicans and haitians,and the latinos countries.. Thanks to the Americans and other countries who gathered to help Haiti,Haitians are very grateful of it.

Didem92 Says:

Apr 13, 2010 - @kpierre2003 No one wants Aristide back ! A priest who became a president, especially a bad president...no way.

kpierre2003 Says:

Apr 13, 2010 - @Didem92 my question to you is are you haitian? what makes you think that no one wants aristide back? bc if what you see on the news??? he was so baddd that ppl were having demonstrations a couple of weeks ago asking for his return. As a haitian, I know the TRUTH n im not going to let some outsider tell me otherwise. the US overthrew aristide both times and destroyed haiti even before the earthquake

kpierre2003 Says:

Apr 13, 2010 - @0neofthem its bc the US wont let other countries get involved in the rebuilding bc they want to control haiti's resources. what 99% of americans dont know is that their is oil and other mineral resources in Haiti. I know this bc im haitian n ive seen and taken pics of these foreign mining companies in Haiti. Clinton n Bush DESTROYED haiti, overthrowing the former pres 2x amongst a whole bunch of other things

Didem92 Says:

Apr 14, 2010 - @kpierre2003 Yes,I was born in Port-au-prince,and lived there during 9 years. A part of my family is haitian,and some of my members live there.Personally we don't want Aristide back..the only haitians who ask for him is " le sous peuple " ,pas guin moune ki mande pou li.

kpierre2003 Says:

Apr 14, 2010 - @Didem92 well ur PART haitian family doesnt speak for the true full blooded haitians. I would be willing to bet that ur family arent even originial descendants from haiti. Of course ur members dont want aristide to come back so your opinion is NON GRATA to me. even as i come from jacmel, those "le sous peuple" as your call them are still MON PEUPLE. put aristide or the lavalas party in the elections tommorrow and see who wins so save ur comments

Didem92 Says:

Apr 15, 2010 - @kpierre2003 As you want, you are free to have your opinion. But brush your mouth before you talk about people's family, don't "bet" on anything about this, you don't know anything about me. Second of all, I'll say it again, we don't want Aristide back, except those like you for x reasons..why Aristide back ? Dis-moi..

RandyMontReynaud Says:

May 2, 2010 - "Men make their own history," wrote Karl Marx. "But they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under given circumstances directly encountered and inherited from the past." In this clip. a farmer calls out, "Decentralize the government's power TO the countryside!"

jaakoptube Says:

May 3, 2010 - @manouchecamf That's because us Haitians obviously haven't made the best choices ourselves since our country is in the situation that it's in. If we knew what was good for us we would've not elected some presidents in the past, and we would've conducted business in general differently. Because of our short sightedness of the past, we now don't even have the resources to help ourselves and 90% of the population would probably die of starvation if it wasn't for external aid.

jaakoptube Says:

May 3, 2010 - So, you think that given the level of corruption in our country, the international community is just gonna give us billions of dollars and let us decide what to do with it? Of course not. So given a choice between their aid, and their decisions, as opposed to no aid and starvation, I think the choice is clear. And maybe if we would've been a bit more responsible in the past, we wouldn't be in this situation now.

ANDjjela Says:

May 5, 2010 - unfortunately the us government doesn't want them to prosper

hubergeek Says:

May 6, 2010 - @manouchecamf 'cause you haitians are always crying about haiti being shitty, bad, and poor. And because your ...'leaders' have nothing better to do than steal all the money and give a rat's ass about the haitian people.

skjoyner Says:

May 18, 2010 - @ANDjjela The U.S. and other White Christian nations have done all the help over there. Where was all the North & South Black African leaders to help???? There sorry asses did not spend a penny to help & North Black African leaders starve their own people to death because of greed. It's Black leaders who do not want them to prosper dumb ass. tard

ventper Says:

May 21, 2010 - support should go to the peasant organization for permaculture training and planting that will have them sustainable in 2-3years. alongside this annual crops could be planted that produce rapidly. a warm country like haiti has all it requires, except maybe enough seed stock?[non-gmo]

jeffcalixte Says:

May 23, 2010 - Tblazz was here .... look at what happened to my country hold on everything is going to be o.....k

Ayisiens Says:

Jun 5, 2010 - They soldiers are not needed!!.

macadamien11 Says:

Jun 5, 2010 - Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture

meishappie Says:

Jun 7, 2010 - so sad -breaks my heart ... there is hope in their eyes. I pray for them-my kids and I do - we sponsor a child in haiti - Her name is Loudwidge .. I hope to meet her one day ..

bustergmaxx Says:

Jun 19, 2010 - Great journalism. I've heard American interests have been crafting Haiti to become another second or third-world production nation like Malaysia, Taiwan or other 'silicon valley' places. I think we need to take on board what Ostenio Lious Jean [forgive me if my spellings off :)] had to say, Haiti is fertile and recieves half a year of rain - let it offer the world (and its people) what it has to offer agriculturally. US+ industries still operate with agriculture, lol, "bio..." this "bio" that

lproth Says:

Jul 10, 2010 - @manouchecamf So you do not want food, money or material support? Thats fine with me. I will call my congressman on monday and tell him Haiti doesn't need support or help. thanks for telling me:-)

GmanZouk Says:

Jul 28, 2010 - 1000 trucks are needed to clean up Haiti. Out of billions of dollars that were received thanks to the world's generosity only 100 million was actually disbursed. If more money would be disbursed for specific projects 1000 trucks can be purchased for the cleanup. There are 8 million unemployed people in Haiti. They can be given work to cleanup the rubbles. Six months after the earthquake it is incredible to see millions of unemployed with crossed harms. We need the funds to be disbursed!

GmanZouk Says:

Jul 28, 2010 - The video states that Haiti imports almost everything. That is true. But the Haitian people are not lazy. Haiti has the potential to grow its own food (e.g., rice, mangos, coffee, sugar). The problem is that multi-nationals lowered their tariffs and flooded the Haitian market with their goods. In effect, the Haitians growers could not compete and drove them out of business. What needs to be done is a regulation of those tariffs to allow Haiti to compete so that jobs can be created.