Why Haiti again?

Haiti, the chaotic destiny of the first `independent` Negro nation!

(*Lansana Dabo)

During centuries and centuries, the Black people, mainly the Haitians have been tortured and are still in this situation in different parts of the world. It is often tough to detect the real intention of some leaders around this planet. Whenever the question is about justice and even equal rights, hypocritically they are always hidden behind the tentacles of their bastard philosophies of so-called leaders who are always denying the welfare of their nations.

While some nations are still worried about the maintain of their domination or supremacy upon the would be poor countries, denominated by the so-called civilized nations. Whereas denying the real meaning of the civilization. Is this world really civilized in all sense? How come some nations continue denying the equal rights to those who are really in need? Here, we’re talking about those who suffered the holocaust: such as the African slavery, colonialism and today the neocolonialism upon the black people by the westerners those who brought with themselves several kind of diseases still reflecting on different generations from that epoch until this 21^st century.

I ask myself, how can the leaders from different countries around this planet meeting in one modern and sophisticated place (Davos, Switzerland) with almost everything there, wasting billions and billions of dollars during a short time, drinking the most expensive beverages and varieties of foods full of different kinds of vitamins, calories, mainly all the needed components that an orphan in Haiti can’t even dream to have.

They really don’t have the same feeling as human beings. Because, they don’t care about the miserable conditions in which many Black children are today. These are the consequences of the damned slavery and colonialism caused by the westerners. They are still enjoying the benefits of this crime against humanity. Whereas the African and the African Diaspora still lack almost everything: fertile lands, good schools, comfortable houses, healthcare, and even entertainment for these peoples who were stolen and are being stolen. So, we demand reparations.

As this racist statement of the Haitian consul in São Paulo, speaking to a Brazilian TV (SBT) about the quake in Haiti. “The tragedy (in Haiti) has been good for us here, for (the consulate) to become known. I think it has to do with messing so much Voodoo, I don’t know what it is…The African himself is cursed. Wherever there are Africans it’s fucked up,” said the consul. This so-called Haitian diplomat is only reproducing the damned philosophy of the cursed colonizer towards the Black people in general. We all know that France and Spain had populated Haiti of slaves from Africa. The Haitian consul in São Paulo has no Black characteristic. This man even looks like a French descendant. What a shame!

The tragedy in Haiti is more than an earthquake. It is the mass destruction of the center of a country, which has always been neglected by the western countries, mainly France Spain, countries which have sent their slaves to this island without any descent conditions. Since its independence in 1804, Haiti has been boycotted by the westerners. They have been exploiting the first ‘freed’ Negro nation without giving any chance of self-development. It was the result of several kinds of bullshit interventions; massacres and nonsense occupations through which the western countries have tried to eliminate the first independent Negro nation in the world.

In 2004, the everlasting political collapse and the escalation of violence in this country, created once more a multilateral action of the United Nation named MINUSTAH - United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, commended by Brazil. It represented the fifth UN mission in this country. Its principal purposes are to reestablish the institutional order of the country, promoting political dialogue so that they can achieve a national reconciliation.

Is it the right moment for political confrontations among countries? Absolutely no. As we can perceive between the USA and Brazil. Critics see the American intervention as an invasion: controlling everything around, including the airport and the port of the capital Port-au-Prince. The first Brazilian plane of militaries going to Haiti, right after the tragedy, was not allowed to land at the airport of Port-au-Prince. Because the American troops have taken over control of the airport. The Brazilian plane had to come back to Brazil and landed at the border between Brazil and Venezuela. The controversial situation still remains, as the similar incident occurred with the plane of the Médecin Sans Frontière - MSF, carrying 12 tons of medical supplies was also prevented from landing at the same airport of Port-au-Prince for three times. Consequently, five patients were dead, because of lack of medicine.

Therefore, some specialists see a diplomatic maturity of the Brazilian government with urgent responses without any political confrontation. Brazil is having an important and a crucial participation, as the main objective is to resolve the problem and not to look for the interest of Brazil. This humanitarian operation could create a possible bilateral cooperation between Brazil and the USA, changing the way both countries deal with each other. “They are very strong, the American, we know that. But Brazil has been in Haiti before the tragedy. So, the UN should be controlling the airport. The United States must respect the UN mission in Haiti. There is no co-ordination at the present moment. The situation of this country cannot be used politically, because people are dying,” said a journalist during the local TV GloboNews debate.

President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela criticized the United States for sending too many soldiers but not enough medical supplies.

Some Brazilians don’t see the American intervention as an invasion. But yes, as a humanitarian operation which everybody seems to be a bit lost, due to the actual state of the situation. A popular belief is that Americans are trying to avoid the mass immigration of the Haitians into the United States.

By the way, the remaining question is the following: “who is going to lead this operation?” “The United Nations or the United States?” The USA is logistically and materially more powerful than Brazil. There is lack of materials, Human Resource, and lack of everything except hunger and devastation. It is in this conditions that the UN Secretary-General has visited Haiti and witnessed the real state the country: “I saw destruction in mass, necessity in mass,” declared Ban Ki-moon.

The Brazilian Foreign Minister, Celso Amorim has called the Secretary of the State Hillary Clinton to find a consensual agreement about this humanitarian operation. According to Mr. Amorim, many other programs are being implemented around the country for the reconstruction of Haiti, and Ban Ki-moon on the phone with Lula thanked Brazil for the effort of this humanitarian help; has reiterated his condolences for the loss of the Brazilian diplomat Luiz Carlos da Costa, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Minustah. Brazil has lost 21 people, among them, 18 militaries and two civilians.

“Brazil is not in Haiti to compete with any other country. Our troops are there, achieving an important mission: helping the Haitians to overcome their necessities, to minimize their pain; such as healthcare, security, establishing order in the slums,” stressed professor Yedo Ferreira, a Brazilian activist for reparations. Mr. Ferreira also remembers this famous statement of Alvey A Adee, US Assistant Secretary of State in 1886-1924, “Haiti is a public nuisance at our door,” consequence of the Haitian revolution led by a freed slave, Toussaint Louverture,” explained professor Yedo Ferreira.

Co-ordination

What is deplorable is the great number of peoples from the western countries trying to adopt the Haitian children. How come? They want to finish with the future of this country. Instead of adopting these children, it is better supplying donations in mass so that the UNICEF can take care of them. But with adoption, the future of these children can become an illusion. Who is going to follow them in their host countries? Won’t they become victims of human traffic?

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reported the phone conversation he had with President Obama emphasizing that all the actions in Haiti must be maintained under the control of the UN.