{"id":2288,"date":"2010-01-17T15:01:22","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T19:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2010-01-19T08:31:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T12:31:05","slug":"disputes-emerge-over-haiti-aid-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=2288","title":{"rendered":"Disputes emerge over Haiti aid control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0F5TwEK24sA&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0F5TwEK24sA&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeerah.info\/News\/2010\/January\/18%20n\/France,%20Venezuela,%20Nicaragua%20Accuse%20the%20US%20of%20Occupying%20Haiti.htm\">France, Venezuela, Nicaragua Accuse the US of Occupying Haiti<\/a><\/strong><br \/>The United Nations must investigate and clarify the dominant U.S. role in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, a French minister said Monday, claiming that international aid efforts were about helping Haiti, not &#8220;occupying&#8221; it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE60G2DW20100117?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a49:g43:r3:c0.055344:b29862142:z0\">Chavez says U.S. occupying Haiti in name of aid<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nVenezuela&#8217;s President Hugo Chavez on Sunday accused the United States of using the earthquake in Haiti as a pretext to occupy the devastated Caribbean country and offered to send fuel from his OPEC nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/558f15be-038b-11df-a601-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1\">Clash over Haiti aid flights<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAlain Joyandet, French co-operation minister, told reporters at the airport he had protested to Washington via the US ambassador about the US military&#8217;s management of the airport where he said a French medical aid flight had been turned away.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail.aspx?id=116347&#038;sectionid=351020706\">Ortega warns of US deployment in Haiti<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says that the United States has taken advantage of the massive quake in Haiti and deployed troops in the country.<br \/>\n&#8220;What is happening in Haiti seriously concerns me as US troops have already taken control of the airport,&#8221; Ortega said on Saturday.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/canadianpress\/article\/ALeqM5ghlhAbLFHWhGeXDHs7OBLDe0iy_Q\">UN Secretary-General visits Haiti to support relief efforts&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/node\/416016\">Ruined Roads Impede Haiti Relief Effort<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/mma\/post\/2010\/01\/mixed-martial-artists-call-for-donations-to-haiti-relief-groups\/1\">Mixed martial artists call for donations to Haiti relief groups<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypress.com\/news\/dp-local_haiti-dispatch_0117jan17,0,7367806.story\">Heavy-lift helicopters join Haiti quake relief effort<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/world\/2010\/01\/16\/2010-01-16_wyclef_jean_denounces_attacks_on_yele_haiti_foundation.html\">Wyclef Jean denounces attacks on Yele Haiti Foundation with video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/world\/latinamerica\/articles\/2010\/01\/17\/frustration_amid_aid_gridlock\/\">Frustration amid aid gridlock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/2010\/0117\/haiti.html\">Thousands of Haitians wait for help<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/stories\/2010\/01\/17\/2794190.htm\">Tens of thousands neglected at quake epicentre<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/us_and_americas\/article6991380.ece\">Haiti earthquake: Hillary Clinton visits devastated capital<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/haiti-desperate-for-the-world-to-deliver-on-its-promises-1870407.html\">Haiti: Desperate for the world to deliver on its promises<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France, Venezuela, Nicaragua Accuse the US of Occupying HaitiThe United Nations must investigate and clarify the dominant U.S. role in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, a French minister said Monday, claiming that international aid efforts were about helping Haiti, not &#8220;occupying&#8221; it. 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