Thursday, May 12, 2005

A special report of the current aftermath of the tsunami disaster with a brief summary and reports in the different countries. While the massive outpouring of support and aid for the Asian victims by people and governments of the West was tremendous and encouraging, things haven't been good at all for many of the victims themselves.

Note the report on Sri Lanka where it says the government is doing all it can to aid hoteliers recover whilst preventing fishermen to rebuild their coastal villagers.
Also note Indonesia where the army has used a truce made after the tsunami with local resistance/separatists to take further action against them.

Sadly a recurring theme can be seen to exist in different countries whereby the government puts more emphasis in helping foreign nations than in its own citizens. It seems those in power have different agendas for their priority instead of helping the poor and suffering like generating more business investment or projecting themselves as a regional power, like India. It's the common or poor who bear the brunt for these agendas of course, so those in power disregard them without much inconvenience.