Re: Haiti Report for March 5, 2008

[cyberk...@yahoo.com]

Unfortunately, Reed Lindsay has disappointed us all and turned into an
apologist for UN operations in Haiti. It is perhaps because he now has
a vested interest by virtue of a NGO largely funded by his mother in
Haiti. NGOs by definition have a vested interest in stability and
presenting a rosy picture while the reality is otherwise.

http://haitiaction.net/News/HIP/4_13_8/4_13_8.html

The dire situation of Haiti's poor went largely ignored by Alexis'
government and the United Nations. International press reports in the
months leading to the open rebellion against hunger in the streets led
casual observers to believe the situation was normalizing. The
international press actually helped to obscure the reality of hunger
and misery in Haiti. On March 8. 2008, Reed Lindsay reported in the
Washington Times, "U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti say they are battling an
image of fear that is keeping the Caribbean nation mired in hunger and
disease, with little hope of attracting foreign visitors and
investment.' Lindsay's fundamental point being that the only thing
standing between Haiti and prosperity was merely the perception of
‘hunger and disease.'