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Gift of fish is a gift of hope
By
G. Dunkel
Published Jan 10, 2009 5:52 PM
A few days before the 50th anniversary of its victorious revolution, Cuba
made a significant gesture of international solidarity to its nearest neighbor,
Haiti.
It delivered three million fish and 500 breeding adult fish to Haiti’s
Toussaint Louverture International Airport, according to
Haïti-Liberté (Dec. 31) The Haitian government is going to use these
fish to restock Haiti’s lakes and develop fish farming (pisciculture) to
relieve the country’s chronic lack of protein.
Ever since U.S. imperialism forced Haiti to eradicate its Creole pigs in the
1980s by whipping up false fears of swine flu, Haiti’s production of
protein has been on a downward spiral.
Cuba’s gift, made despite 46 years of a criminal blockade imposed by the
United States, gives Haiti the hope of improving the lives of its people.
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