ANT204H1 Lecture : AIDS and Haiti II - May 31 (L04)
Document Summary
Payback for not going to iraq canada"s involvement in haiti. Vast amount of canadian aid is loan aid country obligated to pay. Cida pay cdn agencies to rebuild infrastructure in haiti recycle money back to. Minustah (un peacekeeping force) = a group of thugs, enforcers for elites: july 2005, cit soleil, massacre of civilians, there to suppress the resistance to the coup against aristide. Minustah led by the brazilian army, the first commander being lt. -gen. pereira: pereira, in early 2005, testified that he and his troops were forced to use violence by the international community, naming usa, france and canada. Later, he resigned and was succeeded by gen. bacellar, who committed" suicide in sept. : new leader of minustah, chilean gen. hermann. Foreign reports and media coverage dehumanize the events, people false reports (whitewash) Cida third of the money for french-speaking countries: laundering money through french enterprises in canada.