However insensitive it may seem to some to make politics of the horrible tragedy that has occurred in haiti, leaving almost 200,000 dead, the disaster that targeted the nation of haiti was not a natural disaster—it was a disaster of apathy and neglect.
Haiti is the poorest nation in the western Hemisphere. The same nation was shaken last year by a tropical storm and hurricane.
The problem was the infrastructure. The problem is that any natural ‘disaster’ that strikes this poor island is bound to be catastrophic due to the faulted foundations.
The nation has not only been mired by financial and developmental it has also been haunted by political turmoil with both being intrinsically linked.
In the immigration debate, at least in Florida, there has been a low, growing murmur seeking to fight for the Haitians in the state. For years, the discussion has been for one of economic refuge, much as the Cubans seeking political refuge in the states.
The South Florida government must live with the fact of the thousands of people dead today that had attempted to migrate here and were turned back upon arrival while Cuban (and at times South American) citizens were allowed to stay, immediately welcomed and aided in becoming integral parts of this country.
In the day of Genoa treaties and globalization which is more dangerous: being the poorest country in the hemisphere or being the only communist country in the western hemisphere?
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