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Keywords: Haiti

INTERNATIONAL

Ending poverty is a human challenge, not a technical one
- Andrew Hamilton
- 17 October 2017
7 Comments
The difficulty inherent in the metaphor of eradication is that it sees poverty as a discrete object that exists independently of the people whom it affects, and that can be dealt with by devising technical solutions. It ignores the complex sets of relationships that constitute poverty as a human reality.
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AUSTRALIA

Racist massacre in the Dominican pigmentocracy
- Jeremy Tarbox
- 01 October 2012
9 Comments
A Dominican drivers license specifies skin colour: white, light, dark, almost black or black. 'Black' likely brands the holder as a poor and inferior Haitian. Understanding this pigmentocracy is especially relevant now, on the 75th anniversary of the worst peace time human rights abuse of civilians in the Americas during the 20th century.
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INTERNATIONAL

The Western origins of Hati's 'curse'
- Adele Webb
- 04 March 2010
3 Comments
The story of Haiti, even from the earliest decades of its independence, is one of a downward spiral into debt and underdevelopment. It has been at the short end of the stick, time and time again, in its relationships with richer and powerful countries. Haiti, it turns out, never stood a chance.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Today I desire less debris
- Marlene Marburg
- 16 February 2010
It is harder to write poetry .. when you are rich ... People in Haiti are dead .. dying, grieving, .. starving and hunting for loved ones, .. and if they have the energy .. looting the few things left. .. Do I really believe .. that mine is yours, my friend?
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AUSTRALIA

Haiti needs to be free
- Aurelien Mondon
- 05 February 2010
7 Comments
The Haitians need help, but are not a failed people. Two hundred years ago, Haiti became a beacon of light and freedom for all oppressed people. Colonialism was defeated, and the myth of white supremacy dealt a mortal blow. For this, the little country would pay.
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INTERNATIONAL

Haiti faces the best and worst of Christianity
- Beth Doherty
- 20 January 2010
4 Comments
Pat Robertson's comments about Haiti's 'pact with the devil' are unhelpful, when deeply religious Haitians are themselves wondering about God's role in the earthquake. A more welcome image of Christianity is visible in the aid agencies that are assisting in the relief efforts.
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INTERNATIONAL

Empathy for the Haiti I know
- Kent Rosenthal
- 18 January 2010
9 Comments
In 2006 while living in Haiti I wrote about the plight of human trafficking victims. But the same issue of justice doesn't enter the picture when talking about an earthquake. What light could I shed on the enormity of suffering and destruction with my slight contribution?
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CONTRIBUTORS

Kent Rosenthal SJ
- Kent Rosenthal
- 17 May 2007
Kent Rosenthal returned from an assignment in Haiti with the Jesuit Refugee Service, to complete a six-month placement with Jesuit Communications in Melbourne, in 2006.
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INTERNATIONAL

Undeclared war on Haiti's poor
- Kent Rosenthal
- 10 July 2006
5 Comments
Living conditions in Ouanaminthe, a ‘town’ of around 100,000 inhabitants amount to an undeclared war on the poor. There’s a lack of services, which makes Ouanaminthe a gathering place for human traffickers, smugglers and corrupt authorities ready to profit from people desperate to leave for the Dominican Republic.
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AUSTRALIA

One island, two nations
- Kent Rosenthal
- 25 April 2006
The common African past of both the Dominican Republic and Haiti continues to be a wound
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INTERNATIONAL

Tension and grief in the Caribbean
- Kent Rosenthal
- 20 April 2006
Deep anguish and frustration, not a desire for violence, is the plight of Haiti’s impoverished people.
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Keywords: Haiti