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Cynthia McKinney: Haitian Crisis, US Occupation, Progressive Response
Three weeks to the day after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, at least 150,000 are dead and 1 million people have been left homeless. Before the earthquake, Haiti was the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, beset by decades - some would say centuries - of political interference by US, France and other world powers that left underdevelopment and political instability in its wake. As the world rallies to send millions in aid to support Haiti's recovery, some reports on the ground indicate recovery efforts being interrupted by the US military presence and misprioritization of military over humanitarian aid. With Haiti's government in shambles in the earthquake's aftermath, thousands of US and foreign troops have filled the void, this in a country that has already experienced two US-backed coup d'etats in the last two decades. From the repatriation of ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide to the cancellation of foreign debt, what demands are progressives in the US and the international community putting forward? Eric Mann talks with former Congresswoman and Green Party Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney, whose article last week "An Unwelcome Katrina Redux" exposed the contradictions of the US role in Haiti and the parallels to Hurricane Katrina.
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