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I hope Haiti doesn't get hung up over sovereignty issues - I remember the tsunami
The [[Red Cross]] has three staffers in Haiti, and a food warehouse in Panama. Their initial response was to "pledge" $200,000 in aid and to send a [[disaster management]] specialist to Haiti. [http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.1a019a978f421296e81ec89e43181aa0/?vgnextoid=a8712721ea326210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD]
The [[Red Cross]] has three staffers in Haiti, and a food warehouse in Panama. Their initial response was to "pledge" $200,000 in aid and to send a [[disaster management]] specialist to Haiti. [http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.1a019a978f421296e81ec89e43181aa0/?vgnextoid=a8712721ea326210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD]
===Sovereignty===
Diplomatic relations, always strained, may force donor countries to tread carefully with relief efforts. [[President Obama]]'s initial statement sounds like a man walking on eggs:
:Officials said Obama told them to start preparing '''in case humanitarian assistance was needed'''.
Of course, [[humanitarian assistance]] is needed; it's just that the Haitian government has to ask for it (or at least, be willing to accept it). Last time, when a hurricane caused devestating mudslides, the Haitian government was more concerned with maintaining its [[sovereignty]] than with getting [[fresh water]] to disaster victims (see also [[tsunami relief]]).
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