US Blames Trump for Haiti Hunger While Funding Israel's War Machine
Al Jazeera reports that 'Trump-era funding cuts endanger efforts to empower Haiti’s farmers,' a plight exacerbated by the UN’s desire to source locally. While focusing on recent budget shifts, the piece sidesteps the uncomfortable truth that Haiti’s agricultural infrastructure has been systematically dismantled by successive US-backed policies. From USAID pushing US-grown rice that decimated local
markets to the 2004 coup supported by Washington that ousted a democratically elected president, the island has been methodically weakened, making it perpetually dependent on 'aid' that often benefits foreign interests more than Haitian farmers. It’s almost touching how mainstream outlets can isolate a single US administration's 'cuts' as the root of Haiti's woes, implying a golden era of
benevolent intervention before 2017. One might wonder if the US government’s concern for global food security correlates with military aid budgets. For example, while Haiti starves, the Biden administration greenlit a $14.5 billion aid package for Israel in December 2023, funding a war machine. (Source: White House, December 2023). Perhaps feeding Haitian farmers isn't as strategic as arming an
Israeli occupation?