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<font face="georgia" size=3>Dear Haiti Action brothers and
sisters,<br><br>
Today, January 12 marks the 2nd anniversary of the devastating earthquake
that collapsed much of Port-au-Prince and points south, killing at
least</font> <font face="georgia" size=3>316,000 people, and leaving more
than a million homeless. People of the world opened their hearts to Haiti
and gave more than $3.6 billion. UN countries pledged an additional
$9.9 billion over three years. <br>
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In the linked <i>truthout</i> article:
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/haiti-seven-places-where-earthquake-money-did-and-did-not-go/1325873508">
Haiti: Seven Places Where Earthquake Money Did and Did Not Go</a>, Bill
Quigley and Amber Ramanauskas tell us the shameful truth about what
happened to the money.<br><br>
In the ongoing efforts to reverse the democratic gains of the grassroots
majority Lavalas movement and in keeping with the goals of the February
29, 2004</font> <font face="georgia" size=3>coup, the Haitian and
international elites have now imposed on Haitians the presidency of
popular musician Michel Martelly. He was funded by "unidentified
millionaires" in Florida and strongly supported by US Secretary of
State Hilary Clinton to became the Haitian face to preside over disaster
capitalism in Haiti. As the US ambassador wired after the earthquake,
"THE GOLD RUSH IS ON."</font> <br><br>
<font face="georgia" size=3>Martelly has quickly begun to act like the
second coming of the Duvaliers, rife with extravagant spending and
nepotism. He's filled his appointments with Duvalier associates. He's
also called for the reconstitution of the brutally-repressive and hated
Haitian army, disbanded by President Aristide in 1995, the
most</font> <font face="georgia" size=3>popular action of his
administration. A member of the Haitian senate claims he has evidence
that Martelly is a US citizen, making him ineligible to be the president
of Haiti. The Haitian media is full of news of these scandals, but
they're totally unreported in the US or international press.</font>
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<font face="georgia" size=3>We ask you to turn your thoughts once again
to Haiti on this terrible anniversary. Support Haiti’s 99%, who call
for:
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<li>An end to the U.N. occupation, its bloody repression, and the rapes
and</font>
<li><font face="georgia" size=3>child prostitution that have come with
it.</font>
<li><font face="georgia" size=3>A truly democratic government, with free
and fair elections in which all</font>
<li><font face="georgia" size=3>parties can run candidates.</font>
<li><font face="georgia" size=3>U.N. to take responsibility for the
cholera epidemic it introduced.</font>
<li><font face="georgia" size=3>No return of the Haitian army, which has
long suppressed popular</font>
<li><font face="georgia" size=3>organizations.</font>
<li><font face="georgia" size=3>Distribution of aid money to rebuild
Haiti the way the Haitian 99% wants</font>
<li><font face="georgia" size=3>it built, not the Obama/Clinton
administration.</font>
<li><font face="georgia" size=3>A living wage. An end to
sweatshops.
</ul>Haiti Action Committee<br>
<a href="http://www.haitisolidarity.net/">www.haitisolidarity.net</a> and
on FACEBOOK<br><br>
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