James O’Nions says the tragedy of Haiti doesn’t just lie with the recent earthquake
Like many ‘natural disasters’, the earthquake in Haiti may have had a natural cause but what has made it such a disaster was more political and economic than tectonic. Cheaply constructed buildings, a lack of basic services and infrastructure, and a lack of the resources to deal with the aftermath are all the result of a deep poverty which rich countries bear a huge responsibility for.
Tags: buildings, democracy, Duvalier family, earthquake in Haiti, Haiti, IMF and World Bank, James O’Nions, Jean Bertrand Aristide, poverty, slave colony, uprising by the slaves, US troops
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