medina January 14th, 2010 8:40 pm
I would like to add: Do NOT remove the children with the Operation Peter Pan idea Catholic Charities would like to use. This is abusive to the children to take them from their culture, community, and families and give their island away to capitalism!
UNITY PROGRESS
Maybe the devastation will be so bad that many of the corporations will close up shop and then Haiti will be allowed to reestablish their own industries and agriculture. Unlike countries subject to drought, Haiti is lush and could reestablish very profitable agriculture for export if they could raise import tariffs and slip the noose of the controlling international agricultural corporations and return to small farming. There was one report today that some Hatians were literally walking away from Port-au-Prince and back to the countryside.
GUEST COMMENT
I believe Hatian economy existed by subsistance farming and small local business. It was farming for export that depleted thier resources and to a very large extent thier way of life.UNITY PROGRESS
Yes, you are right, and that Haiti needs to return to small farms as opposed to corporate mega farms was what I meant.
The export aspect is optional and I mean small scale exporting done by Haitian companies that have taken back control of agriculture from international corporations, which are only interested in large scale exporting. Having international corporations in charge of agriculture in Haiti and deciding how much will be exported (way too much) is what caused and will continue to cause the damage if those corporations stick it out despite the devastation, something which at the moment is in at least a little bit of doubt.
As an example of huge corporations closing up shop when times get tough, consider that after the financial collapse that they themselves caused, the international financial corporations pulled out of Iceland in favor of less devastated environs.
The above was in response to this article.
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