organization:haitian government

In Aiding Quake-Battered Haiti, Lofty Hopes and Hard Truths - NYTimes
►http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/world/americas/in-aiding-quake-battered-haiti-lofty-hopes-and-hard-truths.html?smid=tw-sha

the numbers tell the story: Donors provided $2.2 billion of humanitarian aid in response to the earthquake. The United States Department of Defense got nearly a fifth of that aid to carry out its relief operation, which involved 22,000 troops. The Haitian government got less than 1 percent.

via @IrèneBonnaud qui twitte:

Reportage à #Haïti 3 ans après le #tremblement_de_terre. #Néo-colonialisme #humanitaire et toujours pas de reconstruction.

The UN’s report on origins of cholera in Haiti (H5N1 blog)
►http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2011/05/the-uns-report-on-origins-of-cholera-in-haiti.html

We have to understand that the MINUSTAH forces are there because of a coup organized by the US and Canadian governments against the elected Haitian government of Jean-Claude Aristide. Rather than send in the US Marines, who ran the country early in the 20th century, it was now politically expedient to hand the dirty work over to the UN.