An island that has seen a host of tragedies, invasions, dictators, today shows the wreckage of a disaster, a quake no less horrendous for being natural. In that Haiti shown to us by Carpentier in The Kingdom of This World, that the news has made us pity, misery has become chronic and crying an everyday language. More than a quake, the homeland of Jacques Roumain has been shaken by misfortunes that come and fall on the social instability, economic malaise and despair. For any nation, something like this would be a calamity, for Haiti it is a complete apocalypse.
This is not the time to play politics with the pain, nor to step in front of the microphones promising help, but rather to come to their aid unconditionally, without desire for recognition or gratitude. It especially frightens me that three months from now the suffering will no longer be a headline in any newspaper and people will have ceased to feel the urgency of the Haitian drama. I am afraid that we become accustomed to the misery and harden our hearts to the tragedy, focusing on our own problems without considering that others, next door, are screaming.
The seismograph may indicate that here are no new shocks, but the needle on the meter of life is reading red. It is the time for help, and we must do so immediately.
- Currently several bloggers, along with others from Cuban civil society, are seeking a way to make our small contribution to the victims. We propose to collect clothes, medicines and personal care supplies, and bring them to the representative of Caritas in Havana.
Yoani's blog, Generation Y, can be read here in English translation.
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The needs in Haiti now are enormous, as most basic services just aren't functioning. At the best of times, daily life in Haiti for the 80% or so of the population, who have to live on less than two dollars a day, is a daily struggle.
and a shame the Cuban Government will not.
All while calling American Government Evil, Cruel, ect...
The real cruel action was when the castrofascism decided not to accept the help of USA and the cuban nation in exile, just for political reasons, when a couples of hurricanes devastated the island last year.
For finding the true about any thing you can not pretend get the needed knowledge of political propaganda, you need to get it from independent and serious sources.
Cuba commerce with USA today more than ever. 85% of the food the island needs is bought in USA, and USA is the major and almost only supplier of medicine and medical supplies to Cuba. The real reason for Cuba's economical disaster is the internal blockade the castrofascism maintain on the people. Raul Castro self recognized this fact when confessed "75% of the land is in states hands and stands for 40% of the food production"........... with just a little math you can find that 25% of the land in private hands stands for 60% of the food production ....... the castrofascism only needs to put 100% of the land in private hands for getting an increase of 240% of the food production...... but they are too afraid of freedom.