Machtergreifung in Haiti
verfasst von Wal Buchenberg
, 23.01.2010, 14:19
Die USA, die mit ihren Plänen zum "State-building" oder "Nation-building" im Irak ebenso gescheitert sind wie in Afghanistan, haben sich als neues Objekt ihrer imperialistischen Missionarstätigkeit Haiti ausgeguckt. Klappen kann auch dieser "Staatsaufbau" auf fremdem Boden nicht, denn er wird zentralistisch, bürokratisch und für alle Ansätze der Selbstorganisation und Selbsthilfe zerstörerisch sein. Die Menschen in Haiti werden von massiver ausländischer Hilfe abhängig gemacht wie junge Leute von Drogen abhängig gemacht werden, indem der Drogenhändler ihnen zunächst Drogen schenkt.
Einzelheiten über den amerikanischen Traum ist im "Economist" nachzulesen:
"Haiti’s government cannot rebuild the country. A temporary authority needs to be set up to do it(…)
Because the quake devastated the capital, both the government and the UN, which has been trying to build a state in Haiti since 2004, were decapitated, losing buildings and essential staff. So did many NGOs. The president, René Préval, and his cabinet have been reduced to meeting in a police station.
Into that vacuum stepped the United States.
Inevitably the dispatch of marines, Black Hawks and an aircraft-carrier looked to some like an invasion (after all, they have been there before). A brief caricature of great-power prickliness ensued as the Americans took charge of the airport and seemed to some others to give priority to their own flights. But by mid-week the airport was receiving three times as many flights as it did before the earthquake. The American forces are well-equipped for the vital task of setting up a supply chain for aid. (…)
Fortunately there is a blueprint, drawn up by Haiti’s government and presented to donors last year. It calls for investment to be targeted on infrastructure, basic services and combating soil erosion to make farmers more productive and the country less vulnerable to hurricanes. The pressing question is who should do it and how. Haiti’s government is in no position to take charge, yet the country needs a strong government to put it to rights. Paul Collier, a development economist who worked on the plan, reckons that the answer is to set up a temporary development authority with wide powers to act.
Given the local vacuum of power, this is the best idea around. The authority should be set up under the auspices of the UN or of an ad hoc group (the United States, Canada, the European Union and Brazil, for example). It should be led by a suitable outsider (Bill Clinton, who is the UN’s special envoy for Haiti, would be ideal, perhaps to be followed by Brazil’s Lula after he steps down as president in a year’s time) and a prominent Haitian, such as the prime minister. To provide services, it should work with aid groups.
Some will object that this would undermine a democratically elected government. But there is not much left to undermine. Done well, it could create a state in Haiti able to do more than preside over chaos and corruption."
Gekürzt aus: The Economist
gesamter Thread:
- Haiti oder die Revolution - Wal Buchenberg, 19.01.2010, 15:02
- Erdbeben und Revolution - Jens, 19.01.2010, 18:38
- US-Besatzer in Haiti - Harald Neuber (Doku), 21.01.2010, 07:35
- Machtergreifung in Haiti - Wal Buchenberg, 23.01.2010, 14:19
- Haiti-Resolution im US-Kongress - US-Abgeordneter Ron Paul (Doku), 25.01.2010, 15:40
- Machtergreifung in Haiti - Wal Buchenberg