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USA cancels Haiti's debt.
But you know, there is something I want to say here. You see, this is the story we all here (in this region) have heard, we hear it every time the idea of a FTA with USA comes around. I have heard about it even before I started to think about politics. And it's Haiti's story.
You see, Haiti had a lot of problems, but something it was was one the the biggest producers of rice in the World. They produced themselves all the rice they needed, and their rice market was growing. That was until the FTA with USA happened (and it happened when the country was in a politic crisis). Of course, as any FTA between two countries with very uneven economies, Haiti was flooded with USA's products. Now is the poorest country of the region and all the rice it consumes comes from USA. Heck, most of what it consumes comes from USA.
skywardprodigal:USA cancels Haiti's debt.
But you know, there is something I want to say here. You see, this is the story we all here (in this region) have heard, we hear it every time the idea of a FTA with USA comes around. I have heard about it even before I started to think about politics. And it's Haiti's story.
You see, Haiti had a lot of problems, but something it was was one the the biggest producers of rice in the World. They produced themselves all the rice they needed, and their rice market was growing. That was until the FTA with USA happened (and it happened when the country was in a politic crisis). Of course, as any FTA between two countries with very uneven economies, Haiti was flooded with USA's products. Now is the poorest country of the region and all the rice it consumes comes from USA. Heck, most of what it consumes comes from USA.
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Date: 2009-10-12 01:02 pm (UTC)