That effort was stopped by the embargo. It blocked half a billion dollars' worth of aid that was coming from the IADB and other sources, and it terminated the projects and, of course, exacerbated the already horrendous conditions. The only help they're getting is from Cuba.
Haiti, incidentally, is paying interest on the loans that are blocked and that it isn't receiving, just to add to the catastrophe. So that's the 2nd embargo. This is also being imposed because of our love of democracy, as Powell and others have explained
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The above quotations are from Power and Terror Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews by Noam Chomsky. Click here for other excerpts from Power and Terror Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews by Noam Chomsky. Click here for other excerpts by Colin Powell. Click here for a profile of Colin Powell.
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