Catastrophe Delivery (The Saga Continues)
Published in El Universal
(Venezuela) on 21 February 2010
by Alejandro A. Tagliavini (link to original)
(Venezuela) on 21 February 2010
by Alejandro A. Tagliavini (link to original)
Translated from
by CV Tábora.
Edited by Robin Silberman.
In a previous column, “Haiti: Catastrophe Delivery,” I stated that the tragedy had not occurred as a consequence of the absence of the government, but, on the contrary, due to its coercive omnipresence, manipulated by a mafia-like oligarchy, that impeded the protection of life. I also declared that if we want to save Haiti, we should prioritize private organizations that have worked more efficiently than governmental teams. For example, the Salvation Army, a private organization, always arrives at disaster zones before government teams. On the other hand, let's remember that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE), a governmental agency, built and maintained the canals and walls that protected New Orleans, which they knew would not withstand a storm of Katrina’s magnitude.
Moreover, I stated, and the facts exceed my assertion, that governmental authorities, such as the U.S. armed forces and the Blue Berets, are already obstructing non-governmental agencies. A couple of days after I wrote that column the accusation of child trafficking by ten Americans from the private organization New Life Children’s Refugee emerged. I don’t know them, but the accusation by none other than the corrupt Haitian police seemed far-fetched to me.
I did some research and found out that this organization has successfully worked in Haiti for a long time. Therefore, it seems plausible to me that they had the best of intentions, and I don’t want to think that what actually happened was that they did not bribe the police like the actual criminals, who go unpunished, do.
In any case, the results from so much governmental “zeal” for the children’s safety are already evident.
In the midst of all these accusations, I found out, from a column published by Panama’s La Prensa (whose author I could not find), about a column by Ian Urbina, a reporter for The New York Times, reporting that private emergency medical evacuation flights have virtually come to a stop (a Port-au-Prince pediatric hospital evacuated fifteen children by air daily). This is a development that is seriously putting lives at risk, to the point that more than twenty children have died since then.
Charges should be brought against the Haitian and U.S. governments' political leaders for these deaths, since they are the ones asking for such nonsense as valid passports or other forms of identification for minors, when everything is buried in the rubble and it is impossible to go to the agencies that grant them. The few inefficient flights organized by the armed forces and U.S. government have the same problem.
Anyway. . .while I was pondering how the government is harming — almost intentionally — people’s health, I found out that an acquaintance of mine died while waiting for a lung transplant that the Instituto Nacional Central Único Coordinador de Ablación e Implante (INCUCAI), the governmental entity that has the monopoly in Argentina, never sent.
While I write this, according to INCUCAI’s web page, there are 5,951 patients waiting for transplants and only 123 transplants have been performed in 2010. The rest will die waiting. The question is: If the government and INCUCAI know that the system is inefficient, why does the government insist on having the monopoly and doesn’t allow others to take action?
Could it be that the government has a hidden homicidal mission?
Moreover, I stated, and the facts exceed my assertion, that governmental authorities, such as the U.S. armed forces and the Blue Berets, are already obstructing non-governmental agencies. A couple of days after I wrote that column the accusation of child trafficking by ten Americans from the private organization New Life Children’s Refugee emerged. I don’t know them, but the accusation by none other than the corrupt Haitian police seemed far-fetched to me.
I did some research and found out that this organization has successfully worked in Haiti for a long time. Therefore, it seems plausible to me that they had the best of intentions, and I don’t want to think that what actually happened was that they did not bribe the police like the actual criminals, who go unpunished, do.
In any case, the results from so much governmental “zeal” for the children’s safety are already evident.
In the midst of all these accusations, I found out, from a column published by Panama’s La Prensa (whose author I could not find), about a column by Ian Urbina, a reporter for The New York Times, reporting that private emergency medical evacuation flights have virtually come to a stop (a Port-au-Prince pediatric hospital evacuated fifteen children by air daily). This is a development that is seriously putting lives at risk, to the point that more than twenty children have died since then.
Charges should be brought against the Haitian and U.S. governments' political leaders for these deaths, since they are the ones asking for such nonsense as valid passports or other forms of identification for minors, when everything is buried in the rubble and it is impossible to go to the agencies that grant them. The few inefficient flights organized by the armed forces and U.S. government have the same problem.
Anyway. . .while I was pondering how the government is harming — almost intentionally — people’s health, I found out that an acquaintance of mine died while waiting for a lung transplant that the Instituto Nacional Central Único Coordinador de Ablación e Implante (INCUCAI), the governmental entity that has the monopoly in Argentina, never sent.
While I write this, according to INCUCAI’s web page, there are 5,951 patients waiting for transplants and only 123 transplants have been performed in 2010. The rest will die waiting. The question is: If the government and INCUCAI know that the system is inefficient, why does the government insist on having the monopoly and doesn’t allow others to take action?
Could it be that the government has a hidden homicidal mission?