The role of U.S. imperialism throughout the world

Haiti: The US has been involved in Haiti for decades, using military force to repress popular resistance to corporate exploitation of the country’s resources. Since a US coup in 2004 ousted Haiti’s democratically elected government, the UN has controlled the country and installed a regime marred by electoral fraud, exclusion of political opposition, executive overreach, and paramilitarism. The current government, however, has been powerless to stop the exploitation of Haiti’s mineral resources by international mining companies that were recently granted 1/6th of the total land in Haiti and pay only 2.5% royalties. International sweatshops have also been set up in Haiti’s “free trade zones,” where they are exempt from taxes and duties and can pay workers as little as $4.50 per day, while receiving subsidies. One such complex, the Caracol Industrial Park, forcibly displaced 366 farming families in 2011 from 250 hectares that had been producing 1,400 metric tons of food per year.

In 2010, the UN mission in Haiti brought cholera to the country, which has so far caused more than 8,000 deaths and 600,000 illnesses. The UN, however, has refused to allocate the funds necessary to end the epidemic, despite spending nearly $677 million on maintaining its 10,000-strong military occupation force. The UN mission serves both as Haiti’s military and police force, and Haitians have taken to the streets to protest its presence. A crowd recently burned down a police station, after which UN peace keepers were forced to use tear gas to disperse it.

Syria: The US is attempting to install a puppet regime in Syria, by which it hopes to isolate Iran and break the independent spirit of the nation. In pursuing this goal, the US has facilitated an air drop of 3,000 tons of weaponry for the so-called ‘Free Syrian Army” (FSA), and is also training terrorists  in Jordan. The US has pledged an additional $60 million to purchase armored vehicles and other equipment for the terrorists. Israel, which receives nearly $4 billion in US military aid per year, has been treating wounded militants. In another action, Israel has permitted a US energy company to extract oil from the Golan Heights, which is Syrian land Israel has occupied since 1967 that provides one-third of Israel’s water. The terrorists has clashed with Hezbollah in Lebanon, vowing to eliminate Hezbollah’s military/political organization in Lebanon.

Libya: After attacking Libya several times since the 1970s and finally succeeding in destroying its government, the US installed a puppet regime in the country in 2011. The deadly repercussions of this action continue to plague the Libyan people. Ongoing inter-militia fighting has recently displaced more than 3,000 people and disrupted oil exports.

The brutal siege of Bani Walid finally quelled armed resistance to the NATO-installed government in October, 2012, but the country is now under the control of militias and protest continues in the face of repression. The nominal Lybian government declared the south a closed zone of military operations and established a military governor.

Source: alchemicalnursury.org-By:Seth Rutledge

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