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Caribbean-Latin America
EU plays down talk of Haiti rift with US
2010-01-19
They'd better.
The European Union on Monday played down suggestions of a rift with the US over the distribution of emergency humanitarian aid in Haiti, devastated last week by an earthquake that may have killed more than 100,000 people. EU leaders expressed gratitude to the US for keeping open the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, and said they had received no complaints from non-governmental organisations about the conditions under which aid is reaching Haitians.

The move came as the World Food Programme announced a major escalation of relief aid distribution on the half-island nation, with the giving out of 180,000 ration packs on Monday. The UN's biggest relief agency aims to distribute 10m ready-to-eat meals to earthquake survivors in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and elsewhere. Within a month, the goal is to reach 2m people.

EU leaders were speaking as the bloc announced it was offering more than €400m to Haiti in humanitarian aid and longer-term assistance.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  We don't have to do this stuff.

The EU is welcome to send their carrier group, marines, paratroopers, amphibious ships, et al., to Haiti and we'll be glad to withdraw while they cover themselves with glory run things their way.

Oh, wait....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-01-19 15:07  

#2  We had an article about it here the other day, Depot Guy. She rode in on a regular transport plane sandwiched in among the supplies, did a little something at the airport out of the way of the people doing the actual work, spoke for an hour with the senior living Haitian government person, and flew back out on an empty plane. The person(s) fussing about it really need to get their facts right -- Secretary of State Clinton did her job right, with as little disruption of the rescue work as possible.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-01-19 13:58  

#1  Â“Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, was able to land on Saturday, while some planes carrying aid were turned away.”

Was she rushed to her photo-op under sniper fire this time?
Posted by: DepotGuy   2010-01-19 10:49  

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