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25545: Saint-Vil (pub) New Socialist Interview on Haiti - July 2005 (fwd)




From: Jean Saint-Vil <jafrikayiti@hotmail.com>

http://newsocialist.org/newsite/index.php?id=337

« Haiti is seeing the same kind of infiltration by NGOs we saw in Venezuela. The model of US imperialism is no longer what it was in 1980, where the military just goes in, conducts the coup and then gets out. Imperialism today is conducted behind the illusion of humanitarianism, and that’s why NGOs are important and why imperialists have infiltrated them.

The involvement of NGOs and development agencies in the imperialist agenda is partly explained by how Aristide was represented in the media. Aristide was portrayed as someone who climbed to power because of his personal charisma and ability to manipulate the public. This played into racist and classist perspectives that see the Haitian people as unintelligent and easily duped. It also hid the fact that the coup involved not only the overthrow of the President, but also of seven thousand other elected officials”.

See " Haiti’s Canada-backed coup: An Interview with Haiti solidarity activist Jean Saint-Vil"

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