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theworkinglad OP t1_j66q6zq wrote

Reply to comment by Veragoot in TIL cholera was reintroduced to Haiti after a century by UN peacekeepers responding to the 2010 earthquake. The resulting outbreak was the worst on record, killing 10,000 and infecting 820,000. by theworkinglad

I think it took a while for the UN to admit responsibility. Can’t imagine how it’d feel as one of those peacekeepers.

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Dimako98 t1_j66xwyi wrote

They probably didn't care. They were busy raping their way through Haiti at the time.

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dabigua t1_j67l3ko wrote

Those famous Nepalese rapists

EDIT: Cholera was from Nepalese soldiers. Child rape/ sex slavery was from from Sri Lankans, Gabonese and soldiers from Burundi. Fuck everything about this.

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TitaniumDreads t1_j67wvw3 wrote

in Haiti i think it was the sri lankans running the child sex prostitution rings.

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dabigua t1_j6a74fp wrote

I did not know that. I seem to recall that epidemiologists had traced the cholera outbreak to a company of Nepalese soldiers serving as UN forces.

I Googled your information. Incredibly bleak.

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TitaniumDreads t1_j6adinq wrote

To me, the bleakest thing is that they caught them fucking 7 year olds and most of them faced zero punishment. They just got sent back to sri lanka.

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Hewholooksskyward t1_j67iemc wrote

The problem is that no one wants to get stuck on peacekeeping duty, so it ends up being mostly populated by 3rd world soldiers whose nations need the stipend money. Needless to say, their healthcare and legal systems are often less than stellar.

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