Oil In Haiti?

We have long been speculating... Something about the Earthquake in Haiti is wrong. It all smells like a bad movie script. Some say the US is involved, not just in the suspect handling of the quake but also in the very reason it occurred in the first place. Is there something to benefit from all this, if so... what could it be? Que Bono? Anyone? Ask Chavez!

The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, says it is all about oil, money and power! But mainstream media does not take him seriously especially after he said it was HAARP in Alaska that caused the quake. Anyway... Something is still wrong here and things are beginning to make more sense to the truthers and people in general.

Some people are concerned about the situation in Haiti these days. Some say that not enough is being done or if it is being done, then the job is much larger than anticipated.

It is "funny" that things this important can go by this quietly, according to Bloomberg News a new concern is emerging - that there may be other factors when it comes to Haiti, especially the ulterior motivating factor known as “Oil”.

Bloomberg News is reporting that there may indeed be oil offshore in Haiti, and natural gas reserves that could reshape the economic landscape of the island nation.

According to a 2000 report by the U.S. Geological Survey, at least 142 million barrels of oil and 159 billion cubic feet of gas is held by The Greater Antilles, which includes Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and their offshore waters, maybe as much as 941 million barrels of oil and 1.2 trillion cubic feet of gas is yet to be discovered. The U.S. Energy Department has stated that most Caribbean oil production can be accounted to Trinidad and Tobago, some small South American islands off the coast of Venezuela. Furthermore nations in the northern Caribbean, Cuba and Jamaica have awarded offshore leases for oil and gas development.

So...?
A decade ago the U.S. Government under George Bush, knew there was oil off of Haiti at a time when the administration was choking the country’s foreign aid. The same Bush that went to war in Iraq for oil, in many people opinion anyway. The same administration made Hugo Chavez public enemy number one, as Venezuela was also rich on oil. The locals expresses concern that oil interests would trump humanitarian interests and pointed to the massive U.S. Embassy on the island.

Natasha Archer was in Haiti for six weeks and wrote in the Washington Post:
"There are few words other than "horrible" to explain the stench emanating from the nursing school at General Hospital, as Hôpital Universitaire d'État d'Haïti is known. I couldn't hold my breath the entire time it took to walk by the remains of the building, which collapsed during exams and killed essentially a first-year class of nursing students.”

Referring to things she saw at the hospital:
"…inspiration" is not among the things that come to mind -- especially not when walking past cribs with dead babies in them.  The most neutral response about my time in Haiti is "challenging." It was physically challenging. With the temperature always 90 degrees or hotter, the tents, especially the pediatric tents, were like incubators -- at least 10 degrees warmer than outside.”

What will be the outcome of all this? Will oil make the Haitians rich? Will the politician still be able to do the right thing? Something IS up, people with muscular builds and dark sunglasses are being spotted in the area! Freelance soldiers that often accompany big businesses seeking to invoke their will on the government of some third world nation. Should we be concerned?

Bloomberg quotes Stephen E. Pierce from Zion Oil and Gas Company:
"Haiti, from the standpoint of oil and gas exploration, is a lot less developed than the Dominican Republic. Neither nation produces oil or gas. As much as 1 trillion cubic feet of gas may be trapped in a border formation near the earthquake fault. One could do a lot more work there. The question is when will that work begin and will that work affect the other work to rebuild Haiti?"

Bloomberg also reported that:
"Abraham Lincoln’s consul to the Dominican Republic reported oil seeps there in 1862."

Perhaps it is time that we pay more attention to the poorest island in the Western Hemisphere. The problem is that the money often gets in the way of good intentions. What else is new?

More brilliant journalism on this specific subject can be found on Globalresearch.ca.

Read The Fateful Geological Prize Called Haiti

By by F. William Engdahl

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