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 Unaware he was being recorded, the consul of Haiti in Brazil, George Samuel Antoine, told Brazilian TV network SBT that the earthquake that hit his country may have been caused by "voodoo."
"I think it has to do with messing so much with voodoo, I don't know what it is ...." Antoine also said that " the African himself has a curse. Everywhere there are Africans it's f....."
The consul also commented that the tragedy caused by the earthquake that struck Haiti is good because it brings visibility to his consulate. "The disgrace there has become a bliss for us here, for us to get known," he said.
The diplomat has about 100 relatives in Haiti and at the time of the interview still hadn't heard anything about them. During the interview the consul said he was depressed about the situation in Haiti and that he was using a rosary to calm down.
Talking to reporters on Friday afternoon, the consul, who lives in Brazil since 1975, said he had difficulties with the Portuguese. "My Portuguese is not good. I would never wish my country bad things. I do not mean I'm perfect and I'm not used to so many people following me," he said, in a reference to the press.
"I speak several languages, but I haven's studied Portuguese, and I make mistakes sometimes," he argued.
In a statement issued by the consulate, Antoine also apologized for the comment, claiming he had been misinterpreted.
"In face of the tragic event that struck Haiti and shook the world, Consul Jorge Samuel Antoine, in the heat of the facts and above all for having hundreds of relatives in the country, from whom he has little information, knowing that they are missing, probably dead, in a commentary, had his words interpreted in a misleading way," says the official note.
The Haiti Red Cross says it now estimates the death toll from the January 12 earthquake could reach 50,000. And it presents a startling figure: another three million people are injured or homeless.
The capital of the country, Port-au-Prince, was practically leveled. Thousands of building collapsed and thousands more were seriously damaged.
Relief efforts are complicated by the incredible extent of the destruction and loss of lives which did not spare international organizations.
For example, 150 members of the United Nations peace mission in Haiti are simply missing. The chief of the UN mission, Hedi Annabi, was killed. The Brazilian, Luiz Carlos da Costa, second in command, is also missing.
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He's Catholic,,, right?
Moving right along.....
Let's say it IS voodoo. Well, the situation is going to be used to pump up an international political platform ultimately in praise of the U.N and a united front. So the "demons" are getting their work done well. It may in the end serve to have many more worshipping and praising the "beast"
This is a sad event. And the ignorant comments coming from Oral Roberts and Rush Limbaugh are crazy. Natural disasters happen everywhere. Haiti sits on a fault line. The issue is building cities on fault lines. Nothing more,nothing less. And all those "Africans" would not have been there if it weren't for the greed of the slave trade.
This is the bottom line at the end of the day. It was all foretold. And we are bound to see more.
“For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another. 8 All these things are a beginning of pangs of distress
Matthew 24:7
And it misleads those who dwell on the earth, because of the signs that were granted it to perform in the sight of the wild beast, while it tells those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the wild beast that had the sword-stroke and yet revived. 15 And there was granted it to give breath to the image of the wild beast, so that the image of the wild beast should both speak and cause to be killed all those who would not in any way worship the image of the wild beast
Revelation 13:14
So go ahead,, blame it on "Voodoo". In the end it will all give props to the United Nations. (the beast) which the Catholic Church wholeheartedly supports.
What is he "depressed" about is supposedly the tragedy is giving his consulate 15 minutes of fame???
Pure Ignorance!!!
Keep playing with you beads and be quiet!