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trading partner, Communist China, was refused. The only reason the U.S. embargo on Cuba continues is so politicians can secure the vote of populous south Florida. No matter that the mostly poor remaining residents of New Orleans 9th Ward had to suffer for days waiting for proper medical attention. We couldn’t upset the Cuban voting bloc in Miami by letting the skilled doctors from Cuba in to help New Orleans now could we?
This author is trained in specific disaster management techniques. Years of work in India, Haiti, and even SE Washington, DC honed those skills to a very effective edge. When I contacted Federal officials the day after Katrina to offer my help I was told I would be immediately arrested if I crossed the police barricades south of Baton Rouge. The person at DHS told me specifically that local and state officials had everything under control.
Waste, corruption, and incompetence in the Army Corps of Engineers gave us the problems associated with the faulty Mississippi River levees. The Dutch, experts at keeping the North Sea out of their nation had long offered to help reduce the problem of flooding in New Orleans. Billions of dollars were spent on poorly designed systems that were supposed to contain that mighty river. Important wetlands areas, necessary for absorbing the storm surge, were converted to other uses over the decades.
was busy the new U.S. colony of Iraq at the time.
, aka kidnapping, torture, and imprisonment without trial.
Burma Aid Blockage is Mass Murder
Jacques Rogge Defends China Brutality in Tibet
BBC diary of Burma Relief Efforts
BBC coverage of Sichuan Earthquake
Guardian coverage of Sichuan Earthquake
Washington Post coverage of Sichuan Earthquake
New York Times coverage of Sichuan Earthquake
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