[A-List] Haiti - Obama Could Be Risking Another Katrina; Meanwhile, Cuba Tends to Haitian Victims

[Nadja Tesich]

Whoever wrotefrom COHA(I don't know who they are)
yes Cubans were there before anyone.Not in the news.
 It's nice and sweet how Cubans and Americans could become friends over this misery.BUT it will never happen
since Americans only want a servant and Cuba will never be that.Never.
_Never.Nadja__________________________
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> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:37:37 -0500
> Subject: [A-List] Haiti - Obama Could Be Risking Another Katrina; Meanwhile, Cuba Tends to Haitian Victims
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> Council on Hemispheric Affairs Research Memorandum
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> Haiti’s Tragedy Could Provide an Opportunity for Improved US-Cuban Relations Through Disaster Relief Collaboration
> Why is there almost no media coverage of Cuba’s medical assistance to Haiti? The Cuban government has provided free health care to the Haitian people since 1998 as well as many full scholarships to its medical schools. It also should be noted that Cuban doctors work in all 10 of Haiti’s departments (administrative divisions). At the time the earthquake struck, 344 Cuban doctors were providing health service in Haiti along with over 500 local Haitian graduates of Cuban medical schools. For years, the Cubans had been implementing their model Comprehensive Health Program in Haiti, but immediately switched to treating earthquake victims when the emergency struck. The Cubans quickly established field hospitals at the University Hospital in Delmas 33, and at Rennaissance and Oftama. Cuban personnel also began performing operations on an18 hours-a-day schedule. Yet, not a word of this appears in the mainstream U.S. media. In fact, U.S. news organizations seem to make the charge that patients routinely die at US-operated makeshift medical clinics and hospitals in Haiti because of a lack of adequate facilities to care for them, yet what about Cuban-run hospitals on the island? Do they have a better record?
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> In a tragedy as great as Haiti’s, there is no room for political cards to be played. All aid-givers should be cooperating to save as many lives as possible. They also should share resources to the greatest extent possible, as well as integrate their medical resources and patients. The present tragedy gives both the US and Cuba an opportunity to work together, thereby harvesting the benefits of medical diplomacy through a rational integration of their respective health service resources. This cooperation between Cuba and Washington would increase aid to Haitian victims while improving their own bilateral relations. Wouldn’t it be a constructive moment if the Cuban medical teams, which have been on the ground in Haiti for many years, and the now newly arriving US medical teams could work together? This would allow them to share their practical knowledge, procedures and supplies to save more Haitian lives today, and later jointly assist the island authorities in constructing their own viable health care system capable of responding to future natural disasters.
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> This analysis was prepared by COHA Senior Research Fellow Julie Feinsilver
> Bleak Prospects for Haitian Recovery: To Avoid Repeating Past Mistakes, US Role Must be More Than Rhetorical
> As the days go by, it has become almost impossible to exaggerate the untold devastation left in the wake of the massive earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday, January 12, with its epicenter just southwest of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The quake, registering a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale and followed by over thirty serious aftershocks, left what is likely to be well over 200,000 dead and millions more injured. Many additional victims remained trapped in the rubble of homes, schools, hospitals, and government buildings as the primary three-day window for search and rescue ran out. Early this morning, a major aftershock registering a magnitude of 6.1 wreaked yet further havoc on the island.
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> The crisis has thus far drawn significant contributions of humanitarian aid from around the globe, including $100 million pledged by the US and tens of millions more by public and private agencies, in addition to relief efforts bearing food, medicine, and supplies for critical search and rescue operations. Still, the international response has been insufficient to keep up with the mounting challenges stemming from Haiti’s weak existing national infrastructure, social and political instability, and chronic underdevelopment, amplifying the disastrous impact of the earthquake.
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> This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Christina Esquivel
> COHA: This Week in the Public Arena
> - On Thursday, January 14, COHA Director Larry Birns was interviewed on NPR's Tell Me More. He addressed the effects of the earthquake and aid to Haiti. Birns also discussed the subject on BBC World TV, BBC World Service Radio and C-SPAN on Friday, January 15, Newsweek On Air on Saturday, January 16, and NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook on Tuesday, January 19.
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> - Birns was interviewed on Al Jazeera TV last Sunday, January 10, where he discussed Venezuela's new monetary policy. He further discussed the topic on the Jamaican Breakfast Club radio show on Tuesday, January 12.
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> - Austrian State Radio also interviewed Birns on January 12 to discuss Mexican drug trafficking.
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> - COHA Research Associate Evan Oullette was interviewed by Voice of America regarding the prospects for effective disaster relief in Haiti on Thursday, January 14.
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> - Tomorrow, Thursday, January 21, COHA Research Fellow Shantel Shurb-Beach will participate in a teleconference with a representative from the Consumer Energy Alliance to discuss low-carbon fuel standards.
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> COHA Article Appearances
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> The Dirty Little Secret: Nuclear Security Issues In Latin America And The Caribbean, by COHA Research Alex Sanchez
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> This analysis was prepared by COHA Staff
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> Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | Research Memorandum 10.1
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