Venezuelan Continues to Send Aid to Haiti
Venezuela continues its aid to reconstruction in Haiti with a shipment of 120 soldiers and 1,200 tons of food and heavy construction equipment. Only Cuban and Venezuelan rescue teams continue to search for survivors. The United States is using Haiti’s tragedy as an opportunity to flood the Caribbean with US marines
2010-01-20 | 10:51:15 EST
La Embajada de Haití en Venezuela es uno de los sitios donde se puede entregar donaciones. Photo: Yander ZamoraZoomAs of Monday, 5,617 tons of goods had been sent from La Guaira harbor, state of Carabobo, Venezuela to Haiti, and more than 200 Venezuelans are already working in Haiti.
Minister of National Affairs and Justice Tareck El Aissami told the press that the Tango 62 Esequibo and the Tango 61 Capana ships would reach Haiti in four days with an important load of electricity generators, water purification plants, excavators and other heavy equipment.
He also spoke of the important mission assigned to the Venezuelan soldiers on board of the ships. “We cannot let Haiti to sink into oblivion and misery again. We’ll be by their side until they can resume their normal lives,” said the minister.
El Aissami noted that Cuba and Venezuela were the first two countries to send aid brigades to Haiti, in correspondence with the principles of respect for humanity that the regional ALBA agreement, to which they are both members, is based on.
He pointed out that the only rescue teams that continue to search for survivors are from Cuba and Venezuelan, while brigades from other countries have stopped looking, in compliance with international protocols.
“Following an order by Commander Hugo Chavez —said the minister—, we haven’t given up the search; and I think that Commander Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro have similarly instructed their missions in Haiti. We know that there are still people under the demolished buildings and we could rescue some of them alive. A single human being, a single survivor would make the effort worth it.”
He also accused the United States of taking advantage of the tragedy of the Haitian people to surreptitiously bring in 10,000 US marines to the region. “They sent 3,000 marines yesterday, and another 7,000 today. We don’t know where this imperial operation will lead,” concluded El Aissami.
