U.N. sued for 'bringing cholera to Haiti,' causing outbreak that killed thousands.

(Analysis)

In 2010 a disastrous earthquake crumbled Haiti, what most of the world does not know is the tremendous epidemic that happened after that and how it is still a big problem today. Human rights lawyer filled a class action law suit in the U.S. against the U.N. of gross negligence and misconduct on behalf of victims of a cholera outbreak in Haiti. You might be wondering why? the U.N. sent peacekeepers soldiers from napalm there to help with the situation Haiti was having after the earthquake, the thing that no one foresaw was that after some investigations, scientist and researchers related a sewage leaking from the U.N. base that held the soldiers and went to the Artibonite River. Another crucial fact is that cholera isn't native of Haiti, in addition the U.N. punished anyone who talked about this before now. The lawyers are requesting that the U.N. financially compensate for the 8,300 deaths and the 650,000 survivors of the illness. The U.N. says they have legal immunity according to an international convention. With more and more cases emerging each month, the problem gets bigger and bigger.

We think the U.N. messed up by not taking precautions and now that the error was made they aren't taking responsibility of their actions because of the consequences and the repercussions it might have, so Haiti has to struggle while the U.N. evades problems.

Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/09/world/americas/haiti-un-cholera-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=hp_t4