• Investigations
  • Opinion & Analysis
  • Cartoons
  • Podcasts
  • Videos
  • Language
    • 中文
    • русский
    • Español
  • National News
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Elections
  • Civil Liberties
  • Environment
  • Health & Lifestyle
  • Media & Culture
  • MyMPN Announcements

Corporations Are The New Conquistadors: Haiti

February 11, 2015 By Andrey Panevin 8 Comments

On the 12th of January 2010, Haiti was devastated by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. An estimated 3 million people were affected, with upwards of 160,000 to 316,000 people killed. In the wake of this disaster a massive aid-campaign was initiated, with the United States leading the charge.

However the allotted funds have not been used to help the people of Haiti, instead they have been funneled towards programs managed by USAID and Monsanto. The goals of these programs are to fundamentally restructure the Haitian economy, particularly the agricultural sectors. This is being done in order to maintain a corporate monopoly on both the import of food products into Haiti, as well as the means of food production within the country.

At the head of the post-earthquake aid effort was the the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which reported that in 2013 alone it had spent over $270m in Haiti. From this significant figure, American non-profits received 40% and a further 50% went to US-based corporations. One such company is Chemonics International, which was allotted more than $58m. Chemonics claimed this would be dedicated to further “promoting recovery and laying the foundation for long term development in Haiti.” Unfortunately Haiti’s recovery is not being pursued and the only long term foundations that are being laid are for the total corporate annexation of Haiti’s economy.

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs, Health & Lifestyle, National News Tagged With: agriculture, American imperialism, Barbados nut, biodiversity, capitalism, Carl Bildt, Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, Chemonics International, Corporate America, corruption, earthquakes, Environmental Instability in Haiti, food, food safety, foreign aid, foreign policy, George Soros, Global capitalism, green capitalism, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, Haiti: Saving the Environment Preventing Instability and Conflict, ICG, imperialism, International Crisis Group, Jatropha curcas, local food, locavore, Monsanto, Mouvement Paysan Papaye, multinational corporations, NATO, Peasant Movement of Papaye, pesticides, poverty, The Grand Chessboard, United States Agency for International Development, US Inspector General, USAID, Watershed Initiative for National Natural Environmental Resources, Wesley Clark, WINNER, Zbigniew Brzezinski

The Violent Paradox Of Origins: An Excerpt From Border Patrol Nation

November 13, 2014 By Todd Miller 1 Comment

The first thing that I want to do when I arrive in Dajabón, one of the Dominican Republic’s border towns with Haiti, is find a good place to eat. After all, it is a five-hour bus ride from the capital of Santo Domingo, through a lush, mountainous landscape with many small towns, all with baseball fields on their edges. As soon as I get off the bus it’s obvious that I’m in borderlands again. There is the roar of a cumbersome green helicopter that will circle the town for hours. A mere three blocks away is Haiti, a nation where more than nine million people earn less than a dollar per day. Between the spot where I step off the bus and Haiti is the Massacre River, representing the border that divides the island of Hispaniola into two countries.

This is the Dajabón that is in one of the key places in charge of policing the Dominican border with Haiti. And that is why I am here, to learn more about the Dominican Republic’s border police. While Dajabón is more than 1,000 miles from Miami, the U.S. Border Patrol and the Department of Homeland Security have a presence of sorts there. The U.S. government has helped to fund the Dominican border policing agency and provides it with training. This speaks to Dajabón’s strategic location within something that is larger and more complex than the United States proper but is part of its sphere of interests and influence, and thus equally “vulnerable.” It is the place that the United States has long considered its “backyard.”

Filed Under: Foreign Affairs, Media & Culture, National News Tagged With: Border Solidarity, borders, Canada, CESFRONT, Cuerpo Especializado de Seguridad Fronteriza Terrestre, Dajabón, Department of Homeland Security, Diario Libre, Dominican Republic, Edwidge Danticat, Farming of the Bones, Father Regino Martínez, Haiti, Hispaniola, history, hunger, Iroquois, James Anderson, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Juan de Jesús Cruz, Junot Diaz, Land Border Security Special Forces Unit, Liam O’Dowd, Major League Baseball, Massacre River, Mexican-American War, Mexico, National Public Radio, NPR, Ouanaminthe, poverty, Rafael Furcal, Rafael Trujillo, rayanos, Solidaridad Fronteriza, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, U.S. Border Patrol, United Nations, Uruguay, War of 1812, Woodrow Wilson

The file does not exist View/Post/small_loop.php

About MyMPN

MyMPN is MintPress News' community site. Anyone can participate by writing a diary and commenting on others' diaries.

Content posted to MyMPN is the opinion of the author alone, and should not be attributed to MintPress News.

MyMPN will cease publishing on January 15, 2017. Thank you for your support of our work.

  • More about MyMPN
  • Report site problems and bugs
  • MyMPN Comment Moderation

Follow Mintpress

RSSTwitterFacebookGooglePlus

Our Latest Posts

In The Age Of Trump, Peaceful Revolt Is Our Only Option

By Kevin Patrick Kelly January 11, 2017

Hafizah Geter Gives Moving Poetic ‘Testimony’ At Medgar Evers College

By José Negroni January 10, 2017

Gonzo Journalism Rejects The Myth Of The Neutral Media

By Dr. Milena Rampoldi January 9, 2017

Aleppo: How The US Manipulates Humanitarianism For Imperialism

By Steven Chovanec January 6, 2017

Why One ‘Remain’ Voter Now Supports A Hard Brexit

By Tara Lighten Msiska January 5, 2017

Hawaiian Kingdom, American Empire: An Interview With Professor Keanu Sai

By Dennis Riches January 4, 2017

War Against Rape In Karachi: Advocating For A Rape Free Society

By Dr. Milena Rampoldi December 30, 2016

What’s In A Name? From ‘Al-Qaeda’ To The ‘Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia’

By Nu’man Abd al-Wahid December 29, 2016

Popular Tags

activism Africa American imperialism Barack Obama Canada capitalism Climate change democracy Democratic Party Donald Trump Egypt election 2016 energy fracking history Human Rights inequality Iraq ISIS Islam Islamic State Israel journalism MENA Middle East mining nuclear oil Palestine police poverty prison propaganda racism Republican Party Russia Saudi Arabia Syria terrorism Texas United Kingdom United Nations Wall Street War water

Sign up for our Daily Newsletter

Copyright © 2022 Mint Press, LLC