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sthompson
Forum Junkie   Posts: 538  Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:32 pm <strong>Written By:</strong> sthompson
<strong>Date:</strong> 2004-03-12 21:32:42 <a href="/article/213242458-us-aid-subverted-haitis-sovereignty-for-a-long-time">Article Link</a> But even before Aristide's election, the United States was funneling money to Haitian organizations that constituted a different, much smaller sector of civil society, one with a conservative political perspective. Trade unions, political parties, broadcast and print media, civic associations, and educational organizations were funded to promote a conservative form of electoral democracy. The “pro-democracy” funding has been channeled primarily through NED and the Agency for International Development (AID) and started following the collapse of the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier in February 1986. Although maintained at modest levels after Duvalier's flight, funding for these programs increased dramatically when elections were scheduled for December 1990, climbing again after Aristide's victory. Cut off briefly after the coup, they are being reactivated as this Backgrounder goes to press. <P> Read more:<br> <a>Populism, Conservatism and Civil Society in Haiti</a> Once it was decided that Canada was to be a branch-plant society of American capitalism, the issue of Canadian nationalism had been settled.--George Grant | |
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Jim Callaghan
Forum Junkie Posts: 770 Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 10:05 am Keep an eye on Venezuela, it's next on the US hit list.
Chavez has them in fits, and it won't be much longer that he will be removed. The crime ? He wants to stop oil from becoming privatized. He wants the poor to increase their standard of living, and has diverted oil revenues to social programs. His time is coming. We could help, but Martin is not as friendly to Chavez as Chretien was. Martin is a businessman. Enough said. --- "Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable" Jim Callaghan Minden, Ontario 705-286-1860 www.misterc.ca "Arrogance is unacceptable. Do it to my face, and I will react" - Jim Callaghan |
 
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