Comments on: Haiti’s Tragedy Could Provide an Opportunity for Improved US-Cuban Relations Through Disaster Relief Collaboration

By: Ilan Kelman

Ilan Kelman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:08:53 +0000

US-Cuba disaster diplomacy has a long history http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org/cubausa.html and it has not yet worked. That does not preclude possible successes now or in the future, nor does it preclude attempts to actively use disasters to bring enemies together. But this article is disappointingly naive, just hoping that it will happen without recognising the reality that solid (if uncomfortable) reasons exist for why disaster diplomacy continually fails, as detailed in extensive scientific publications on the topic http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org/publications.htm...

By: Robert Irvin, PhD

Robert Irvin, PhD — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:25:23 +0000

Cuban doctors, Haitian needs, whats more natural.

By: Justin Morals

Justin Morals — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:37:21 +0000

Dear Julie Feinsilver,
I can tell how much you admire Cuba's dictatorship, just by looking at how many books you dedicate to price Castro's Jail-Isle Health System, have you being in one of Cuba's hospital? I'm not talking about the one for the high clase of cubans or the ones for medical-turism, no, I'm talking about the ones for the people, simple cubans, visit them by yourself, without gide, go for ejemple to the ones in citys like San Antonio de los Baños or the one in Bejucal, Quivicán, only 45 minutes, 1 hour a way from Havana, talk to regular cubans without any witness and then you will change your mine completely about that sistem you admire so much…
First hand information.
Justin.

By: Bernardo

Bernardo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:17:35 +0000

I would agree with you if weren't fanatics that in the name of a religion or ideal are capable to give their lives and take with them the lives of others.

By: Josie Michel-Brüning

Josie Michel-Brüning — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:11:20 +0000

i just want to add: Perhaps these media coverages about Cuban medcines working in Haiti is able to change Cuba's image of a "rogue state" in public opinion of U.S. Americans and perhaps they can learn, why the Cuban Five unjustly held imprisoned in the USA are so loyal to their system taking even the risk of their lives by having tried to prevent terrorist acts from their compatriots. For more information, see www.freethefive.org