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Noam Chomsky: Cuba’s Internationalism is Dramatic

ESTADOS UNIDOS, March 9, 2010. -- Renowned U.S. historian and writer Noam Chomsky highlighted Cuba’s medical aid to Haiti and the "dramatic internationalism" of the island for years, in an interview published by the digital website Rebelión.

“The Cubans were already there before the earthquake. They had a couple hundred doctors there. And yes, they sent doctors very quickly; they had medical facilities there very quickly”, said Chomsky when assessing the tragedy of the Haitian people after the earthquake of last January 12th.

The intellectual also noted Venezuela’s cooperation, which "sent aid quickly and was the first and only country to cancel totally the debt. Haiti had a considerable debt to Venezuela because of Petrocaribe."

It’s rather striking that Venezuela and Cuba were not invited to the donors’ meeting in Montreal. At the urgent summit held in Canada, as Chomsky describes in the interview, the prime minister of Haiti went out of his way to thank three countries: the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Venezuela for their rapid provision of aid. (Cubaminrex - RHC)

 

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