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WIKILEAKS: Haiti - PetroCaribe VS. Washington - Big Oil

There is Wikileaks Haiti cable making headlines these days... According to the cable, the United States pressured President Preval against joining PetroCaribe despite the benefits for Haiti...

Guess what... If it's not good for ExxonMobil... It's not good for Haiti

Big Oil, in case you didn't know, is the nickname given to the lobbyists in Washington who attempt to influence US government policies (foreign and domestic) in favor of big oil and gas companies like ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Total, Chevron, etc...

Basically... PetroCaribe does not put any money in the pockets of the Big Oil companies!

Here is a clip from the article...

"Embassy cables provide a fascinating look at how Washington sought to discourage, scuttle and sabotage the PetroCaribe deal despite its unquestionable benefits, under which the Haitian government " would save USD 100 million per year from the delayed @payments," as the Embassy itself recognized in a 2006 cable.

A review of PetroCaribefs genesis and the Embassyfs response to it provides a window into understanding why the U.S. has been so forceful in backing the U.S.-centric Martelly team over Preval's two-timing sector."

O O... What does Michel Martelly have to do with this???

Mesye O... Gen zen wi nan peyi sa-a LOL

Things that make you go... Hmmm...

Read the full article here... and then, of course...

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Samuel Jerome says...

Haiti Wikileaks: Biased Analysis of Cables Advances Political Agendas By Stanley Lucas

Earlier this week, thenation.com published two articles analyzing thousands of US cables about Haiti.

The Nation announces that it is partnering with Haiti Liberte, managed by American Kim Ives, to release a series of cables, which would no doubt be enlightening.

But what they have done is publish two

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Sofia Barbamcourt says...

This Frantz is an agent of the CIA bee caaarre fulll with

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Frantz says...

Being a poor country, we should get help from wherever it comes.

It is all about Haiti interest.

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Jean Zenith says...

Haiti Wikileaks: Biased Analysis of Cables Advances Political Agendas By Stanley Lucas

Earlier this week, thenation.com published two articles analyzing thousands of US cables about Haiti.

The Nation announces that it is partnering with Haiti Liberte, managed by American Kim Ives, to release a series of cables, which would no doubt be enlightening.

But what they have done is publish two

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Jeff Herard says...

i guess we must go with PETROCARIBE..IF ITS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE HAITIAN PEOPLE..ETAZINI SE ENTERE PAL AK AMERIKEN LAP CHACHE METE DEVAN, SE PA ENTERE MOUN AYITI...VOUZAN POU YO

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John says...

ou se yon moun fou Kim Manti ou pa konn fe bon nouvel mwen pap demanti l sa ka vre mwen sonje Preval te gen poul al rankontre ak Chaves but Georges B te fel kansel vwayaj la e fel vinn pale avek li isit

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Kim Manti says...

Vye pwopagand politik yon sitwayen ameriken ki rele Kim Ives. Misye se yon neg kap chache kraze peyi pou empoze Ayisien ideoloji politik li. Misye se yon anachis.

Si misye te vle Ayisien genyen pwop opinyon yo li ta pibliye kab yo olieu ke se vye entepretasyon magouye ke la lage nan figi nou. Sa Kim Ives a mennen la se bonjan

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