Haiti Calls for More Humanitarian Aid and Less Military Occupation

The Haitian people continued on anxiety and wandering the streets in search of aid and carrying some of their belongings, so that Haiti, now more than ever needs the solidarity of all countries, after his condition worsened on Wednesday, when there was a second quake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale, at approximately 6:45 am, 60 kilometers from the capital Port-au-Prince.

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A report from the Telesur network, made on Wednesday, from Haiti, reported on the current situation in that nation, where more structures collapsed with the second movement.

Given this new situation, now more than ever necessary that all countries be in solidarity with the Haitian people and provide whatever humanitarian aid is needed.

This Tuesday was founded Solidarity Brigade Petion-Bolivar by the governments of Haiti and Venezuela, with the objective of designing an overall plan for the reconstruction of the island.

Venezuela was the first country to deliver humanitarian aid to Haiti and is interested in working with the community of that country to organize a project for the economic revitalization of the nation.

It was learned that a census be made of almost 20 thousand Haitians living in Venezuela to determine how they can participate in the rehabilitation of the ravaged nation since the first earthquake, which occurred on Tuesday 12 January, a magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale.

In this context of solidarity work carried out by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela with the sister country of Haiti, was sent a C-130 aircraft to airlift international Venezuela-Haiti, with 14 tons of food.

This cargo was composed mainly of baby food, water, medicine and various products that the public along with the state have provided for the people of the island.

Also, on Monday dispatched a ship belonging to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) and two Navy ships Venezuelan Tango, with 5 thousand 675 tons of food, which left the port of La Guaira, Vargas state, and Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state.

Venezuela has expressed the need to assist the lifting of the most impoverished country in the region and send humanitarian aid, make a display of solidarity and not a military force, an assumption is apparently not the U.S. line.

The American nation has increased its military occupation forces in Haiti, has sent more than 12 thousand Marines to the island and recently Black Hawk military helicopters, which landed in the remainder of the Presidential Palace in Port au Prince, “for unloading supplies and troops army under the gaze of hundreds of victims “.

Meanwhile, the Security Council of the Organization of the United Nations (UN) said it would send more than 3 thousand 500 personnel, who will join the 9 thousand are already in Haiti for six months “to ensure safety and proper distribution of humanitarian aid. ”

Several leaders of the region have expressed concern about the U.S. military presence in Haiti after the earthquake, U.S. action rather appears that seeks to establish its military forces in the nation.

Presidents Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, among others, have argued that the U.S. seeks to establish more military bases in Haiti, a country that needs more military forces is humanitarian aid.

Chavez asked why U.S. leaders were deployed around 3 thousand troops in Haiti, which is due, rather, an act of occupation.

These statements by the Venezuelan head of state confirmed the statements of Daniel Ortega, who asked the U.S. to withdraw its forces from Haiti.

Similarly, Brazil’s defense minister claimed that the relief operation in Haiti has become a U.S. bilateral operation, so the Haitian President Rene Preval called on all countries to maintain peace and asked them to concentrate on offering aid.

This happens while the shortage of logistical possibilities has hampered relief operations in Haiti and a Qatari plane carrying medical and relief teams faced problems downloading cargo.

The aircraft requested help from U.S. forces established at the airport in Haiti, but they refused on the pretext of being involved in other duties.

In this context, the U.S. filibuster is one of the main reasons that the Haitian people do not receive enough help and this has provoked harsh criticism, even among allies of the American nation, like France.

In fact, Brazil and France strongly criticized the U.S. forces established at the international airport of Haiti, not to permit the landing of a plane carrying humanitarian aid.

Meanwhile, Brigadier Michael Mollen confirmed that Washington intends to send between 9 and 10 thousand soldiers and another 2 thousand Marines to Haiti.

The presence of U.S. military forces in Haiti has undermined efforts to rebuild schools destroyed in the earthquake government.

In fact, the U.S., using the lack of a strong government in Haiti, seeking to justify the presence of its forces that have already taken unofficial government activities under the pretext of “providing humanitarian aid ‘.