Tuesday, January 19, 2010
 (One day from "A Chronology of Haitian Protest and Resistance since the Earthquake")
A resource produced by Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade

 
 

Haitians describe landing of yanki Marines as occupation
GRANMA INTERNATIONAL, January 19, 2010
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PORT-AU-PRINCE— Hundreds of Haitians watched with a mixture of resignation and anger on Tuesday as several helicopters landed U.S. troops in the grounds of the Presidential Palace, an act considered by many Haitians as a loss of sovereignty, the AFP reported.

“I haven’t seen them distributing food downtown, where the people urgently need water, food and medicine. This looks more like an occupation,” said Wilson Guillaume, a 25-year-old student.

At least four helicopters brought 100 U.S. soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to the grounds, as hundreds of Haitians looked on stunned. Having lost their homes in the earthquake, they are living as refugees in the Palace gardens.

As the U.S. troops left the Palace to guard Haiti’s general hospital, overflowing with injured people, many people yelled “Go home!” and “Don’t occupy us!”

 

 

 

A Brazilian U.N. soldier is run out by Haitians searching for jobs at the U.N. compound located at the airport of Port-au-Prince January 19, 2010. World leaders pledged aid to rebuild Haiti after what the United Nations called the worst humanitarian crisis in decades, while the chances to find survivors on Tuesday already one week after the January 12 earthquake were close to zero.
(Reuters)
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[Note: The soldier appears to have removed a canister of pepper spray or tear gas from its holster.]

 

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
 (One day from "A Chronology of Haitian Protest and Resistance since the Earthquake")
A resource produced by Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade