Control of Port au Prince airport by U.S. military forces have reached a point of order, without consultation with the Haitian government, the expulsion of the journalists who serve as special envoys to Haiti, who are encamped at the port so as housed in the headquarters of the UN mission in the Caribbean country, as reported by the Spanish Agency of International Development Cooperation (AECI).
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Haití, Haiti
Military forces of the United Nations Organization (UNO) stationed at the airport in Port au Prince, Haiti's capital, equipped with weapons repress rubber bullets and tear gas bombs popular protests taking place in the Caribbean country seriously affected by the earthquake of 7.3 degrees occurred last week.
As reported by the Web site Cubadebate, images of the moment in which the UN Blue Helmets assaulted the Haitian people seeking work and food for survival were captured by a team of Cuban television.
In the same review that the force of UN security guards the outer area of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, occupied by hundreds of U.S. soldiers who, in addition to determining who enters and who leaves the island, has finally enabled a space for arrival of planes carrying humanitarian aid.
Lack of coordination renders the air port to accumulate the supplies sent from various countries and hundreds of people come to the site to find work or food for themselves and their surviving relatives.
in the terminal has delayed delivery of food, water and medical teams from last weekend, which has generated criticism from the international community to continue sending supplies to help the Haitian people.
Against this background of irregularities which is facing the Haitian people, Alain Joyandet, French Cooperation Minister, lodged a formal protest with the U.S. government's embassy in Paris. "Se trata de ayudar a Haití, no de ocuparlo”, enfatizó el funcionario. "It's about helping Haiti, not occupy it," stressed the official.
Control of Port au Prince airport by U.S. military forces have reached a point of order, without consultation with the Haitian government, the expulsion of the journalists who serve as special envoys to Haiti, who are encamped at the port so as housed in the headquarters of the UN mission in the Caribbean country, as reported by the Spanish Agency of International Development Cooperation (AECI).
Spanish Secretary of State for Iberoamerica, Juan Pablo Church, says the fact he is very serious and supports collective protests in view of journalists who lose their accommodation possible, so they will meet on Thursday to urgently with Haitian President Rene Preval, to consider the decision and can avoid eviction.
The U.S. military took over the operations of the airport in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake toppled its control tower, so that these forces were responsible for the departures and landings priorities of intense international traffic that caused the tragedy.
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