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Wide of Port-au-Prince port 2. Various of stacked containers at port3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dimitri Torres, Director of container-handler Cap Terminal SA:\"Yes, some of them. Yesterday we drove some...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003ePort-au-Prince, Haiti - 7 March 2008\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Port-au-Prince port \u003cbr/\u003e2. Various of stacked containers at port\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dimitri Torres, Director of container-handler Cap Terminal SA:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Yes, some of them. Yesterday we drove some beans down, out back.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close-up of spoiled beans\u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of worker putting spoiled beans in plastic container\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dimitri Torres, Director of container-handler Cap Terminal SA:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, all I can say is that we have all the containers out there. And they're still full and for some reason, the customers are not able to get them.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Rear shot of worker verifying papers\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close-up of papers being verified\u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of stacked containers\u003cbr/\u003e10. Containers being moved\u003cbr/\u003e11. Machinery clamping down on container\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of trucks passing by with containers loaded\u003cbr/\u003e13. Exterior of customs administration building\u003cbr/\u003e14. Set-up of Jean Jacques Valentin, Customs Director\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (Creole) Jean Jacques Valentin, Customs Director:\u003cbr/\u003e\"There are people who weren't straight with not bringing contraband, and that's why they're making excuses and that's why things are slow.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close-up of Valentin's hands signing documents\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (Creole) Jean Jacques Valentin, Customs Director:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It was our government's position to enact a policy to empty and inspect each container at Cap-Haitien. There was a feeling that shippers were trying to skirt customs and others were shipping in illegal items.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Zoom in on man verifying seal numbers on containers\u003cbr/\u003e19. Trucks with containers passing by\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of sugar being unloaded from ship onto trucks\u003cbr/\u003eMiami, Florida - 6 March 2008\u003cbr/\u003e21. Trucks on boat at Miami River port\u003cbr/\u003e22. Containers on boat\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Munir Mourra, President of Miami-based River Terminal Services:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We're actually delaying the bureaucracy that is holding the clearance of this cargo where a lot of them are being spoiled. Even right here in Miami there is a lot of it that has spoiled and have gone to the dumpsters already. And we know that from Haiti's side that when finally they are clearing customs, the cargo, the food that is supposed to go for people based on their family's sending for them is already being destroyed. And the customers are actually leaving it on the port.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Spoiled cargo in dumpster\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Munir Mourra, President of Miami-based River Terminal Services:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Consider that these goods are daily needs of the people. We're talking about rice, beans, oil, flour, cornmeal. And these are daily stuff that these people need, that depend from their families here in south Florida.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Containers in Miami\u003cbr/\u003eWhilst millions of Haitians go hungry, containers full of food have been stacking up in the nation's ports because of government red tape, leaving tonnes of beans, rice and other staples to rot under a sweltering sun or be devoured by vermin.\u003cbr/\u003eA government attempt to clean up a corrupt port system that has helped make Haiti a major conduit for Colombian cocaine has added new layers of bureaucracy, and led to backlogs so severe they were being felt 600 miles (965 kilometres) away in Miami, where cargo shipments to Haiti have ground almost to a standstill.\u003cbr/\u003eThe problems have deprived desperate people of donated food. \u003cbr/\u003eSome were so poor they have been forced to eat cookies made of dirt, salt and vegetable oil to satisfy their hunger.\u003cbr/\u003eAn Associated Press investigation found the situation was most severe in Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second-largest city. \u003cbr/\u003eOne recent afternoon, garbage men shovelled a pile of rotting pinto beans that had turned gray and crumbled to dust as cockroaches and beetles scurried about.\u003cbr/\u003eThe men had found the putrid cargo by following a stench through stacked shipping containers to one holding 40,000 pounds (18,140 kilograms) of beans. \u003cbr/\u003eIt had been in port since November.\u003cbr/\u003eThough it was unclear how much of Haiti's food supply was tied up in the port delays, the effects could be serious. \u003cbr/\u003eHaiti imports about 75 percent of its food supply, according to the US Department of Agriculture. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd there was little room for error in a country where the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation reported that almost half the population was undernourished in 2002.\u003cbr/\u003eThe UN World Food Programme and large-scale US rice growers said they have been able to get their food into Haiti by hiring local agents to handle bureaucratic procedures. \u003cbr/\u003eBut smaller charities, merchants and private citizens have often been forced by the delays to throw away containers of food or pay exorbitant fees.\u003cbr/\u003eThe problems stem in part from efforts to clean up a port system the World Bank recently ranked as the second-worst in the region, ahead of only Guyana.\u003cbr/\u003eBefore the changes were implemented last fall, bribes flowed freely and goods passed through un-searched and without duties being paid. \u003cbr/\u003eThat deprived the government of money and helped make Haiti a major trans shipment point for Colombian cocaine destined for the United States.\u003cbr/\u003eThe international community has encouraged Haiti's customs reform efforts, with the US government helping fund port security and UN peacekeepers stepping up anti-smuggling patrols along the coast and Dominican border.\u003cbr/\u003eBut new requirements for licenses and manifests in triplicate have overwhelmed poorly trained workers and the country's archaic, handwritten customs system.\u003cbr/\u003eUnlike US ports, where less than 5 percent of containers were scanned last year and only a fraction of those opened up and inspected, Haitian cargo handlers said each container at Cap-Haitien must now be completely emptied and inspected. \u003cbr/\u003eCustoms chief Jean-Jacques Valentin said that policy was Haiti's own decision.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It was our government's position to enact a policy to empty and inspect each container at Cap-Haitien. There was a feeling that shippers were trying to skirt customs and others were shipping in illegal items,\" Valentin said.  \u003cbr/\u003eFrustrated by the new procedures and demanding higher pay, striking workers shut down the port at Cap-Haitien for 20 days in December. \u003cbr/\u003eGraffiti denouncing the port's director still mars its buildings.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd despite the reforms, some say the bribes are continuing.\u003cbr/\u003eHaitian President Rene Preval echoed those concerns in a speech to parliament in January, calling for a crackdown on illegal contraband and a lowering of exorbitant container fees that are three times higher than those in neighbouring Dominican Republic.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile lawmakers haggle over the answers, precious food rots by the ton.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter opening the door of the orange container filled with rotting beans last month, the workers were hit by a revolting smell. \u003cbr/\u003eThey let the odour dissipate for a week before spending two days loading the beans into a flatbed truck and hauling them away for disposal.\u003cbr/\u003eThe garbage collectors grumbled about the waste, with one saying he wished he could have taken the beans to his neighbourhood before they rotted. \u003cbr/\u003eThe workers then went in search of a container loaded with spoiling rice.\u003cbr/\u003eDimitri Torres, the director of container-handler Cap Terminal SA., said that he doesn't even know who shipped the beans. They had already been transferred from one container to another during inspection and the shipping documents had disappeared.\u003cbr/\u003eValentin, the customs chief, blames the backlog on shippers who are trying to skirt the new system. He said some intended to smuggle items into Haiti and avoid customs duties.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There are people that weren't straight with not bringing contraband, and that's why they're making excuses and that's why things are slow,\" Valentin said.\u003cbr/\u003eCap Terminal normally has about 50 containers at its yard next to the port, Torres said. \u003cbr/\u003eMore than 200 are now stacked up, at least half belonging to Miami-based Frontier Liner Services.\u003cbr/\u003eThat company, like several others, has stopped shipping to Haiti until the delays are resolved and its empty containers are returned. \u003cbr/\u003eHaiti-bound cargo traffic in Florida's Miami River is at a virtual standstill.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The food that is supposed to go for people based on their family's sending for them is already being destroyed,\" said Munir Mourra, president of Miami-based River Terminal Services. \u003cbr/\u003e\"And the customers are actually leaving it on the port,\" Mourra added.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='action-container flex justify-between'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' aria-label='Read more description' class='rp-full-description' type='button'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cspan id='read_more'\u003eRead More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-report'\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='resource-details-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='resource-details-heading'\u003eResource Details\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-resource-details clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eCurator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"star-rating\" aria-label=\" out of 5 stars\" role=\"img\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-regular fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-regular fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-regular fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-regular fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-regular fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"educator-rating-title\"\u003eEducator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"educator-rating-details\" data-path=\"/educator_ratings/rrp_data?resourceable_id=897888\u0026amp;resourceable_type=Boclips%3A%3AVideoMetadata\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"not-yet-rated\"\u003eNot yet Rated\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eGrade\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd title=\"Grade\"\u003eAll Grades\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eSource:\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eDate\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e2008\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-solid fa-language'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='educator-ratings-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title sr-only' id='educator-ratings-heading'\u003eEducator Ratings\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"educator-ratings-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"all-educator-ratings-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"educator-rating-form-root\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-resource'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Show resource details' class='rp-show-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nShow resource details\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Video player' class='player' id='player-wrapper' role='region'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='relative container mx-auto' id='lp-boclips-visitor-thumbnail'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"block\" data-html=\"true\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-trigger=\"click\" data-content=\"\u003cdiv class=\u0026quot;text-center py-2\u0026quot;\u003e\u003ca class=\u0026quot;bold\u0026quot; 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