Haiti
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Canadian Imperialism in Haiti in the Spotlight by Yves Engler
Sustained committed activism is unraveling the dominant media’;s shameful blackout of Canadian imperialism in Haiti. But, the bias against putting Canadian policy in a negative light is such that small breakthroughs require tremendous effort. Continue reading
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People’s insurrection against government continues in Haiti
Amid a fuel shortage crisis and continuing corruption allegations, the popular classes in Haiti have been on the streets daily to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse Continue reading
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Shooting at Haitian Parliament surprises few as anti-Government protests continue by Jane Regan
An Associated Press photographer and a security guard were both injured when a Haitian senator pulled out a gun and started firing outside the parliament this week. Suddenly news outlets around the world remembered Haiti. The “if it bleeds it leads” adage was proven right once again. Continue reading
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Haiti News Links 4 October2019
4 October 2019 — Elizi Danto House Speaker Nancy Pelosi participates in a Haiti Unrest Roundtable discussion https://bit.ly/2LIYj9a The Core Group terrorizing Haiti are Declared Persona Non Grata https://youtu.be/asqteh1Dv7g Continue reading
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Haiti News Links 2 October 2019
2 October 2019 – The New Dark Age Coverage of events in Haiti simply don’t exist in the so-called mainstream media, unless there’s an earthquake or a hurricane or when they get cheap oil from Venezuela. I’d like to be able to publish more useful stories on courageous Haiti, but as you can see from the Continue reading
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Haiti on Brink of Revolution to Overthrow US-Backed Regime
Insurgents are fighting to overthrow the corrupt right-wing regime of Jovenel Moise, who is backed by the US. Four people died in clashes in recent days, with many reports of injuries. Continue reading
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Haiti: The Epic of a Great Popular Uprising By Carlos Aznarez
For almost two weeks now, the people of Haiti have been the protagonists of a large-scale insurrection. Two weeks, if not two months, two years or two centuries. But despite this, the world continues to ignore the bravery of these women and men who, as Haitian wrestler Henry Boisrolin rightly says, “have nothing left to… Continue reading
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Haiti Facing Worst Crisis Since 1986? By Nancy Roc
“Here we go again in #Haiti. Another messy morning in #PAP where getting gas has become a matter of who you know because pumps are only delivering on a privilege basis. This station at Bois-Patate says it’s only giving diesel to intl organizations”. This tweet from Miami Herald’s Caribbean correspondent, Jacqueline Charles, on April 2,… Continue reading
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American Mercenaries Arrested in Haiti Were Part of a Half-Baked Scheme to Move $80 Million on Behalf of Embattled President
The Haitian president’s emissaries had told Kroeker that the mission would involve escorting the presidential aide, Fritz Jean-Louis, to the Haitian central bank, where he’d electronically transfer $80 million from a government oil fund to a second account controlled solely by the president. In the process, the Haitians told the Americans, they’d be preserving democracy… Continue reading
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Ghosts of Massacre in Haiti Haunt Bolsonaro Government Generals By Leonardo Fernandes
In the early morning of July 6, 2005, troops of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), commanded by the Brazilian army, conducted a “pacification” operation in the largest slum in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, known as Cité Soleil. According to witnesses, some 300 heavily armed men invaded the neighborhood and murdered 63 people, leaving… Continue reading
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Haiti: imperialist aggression against Bolivarian Revolution sparks mass movement By Rob Lyon
Mass protests and a general strike against growing poverty, corruption, and demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse have shut down Haiti for the past two weeks. This mass movement is a direct continuation of the general strike that erupted last summer against proposed increases to the cost of fuel as well as the mass… Continue reading
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Mercenaries flown back to US after their arrest in Haitian capital By John Marion
The threat of a military intervention in Haiti was demonstrated last Sunday afternoon, when five Americans, two Serbians, and one Haitian were arrested under circumstances that have no innocent explanation. Armed with pistols, assault rifles, drones, a telescope and three satellite phones, they were trying to gain access to the roof of the Banque de… Continue reading
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‘We must live like people’: Chronicle of a red-hot Haiti
Lautaro Rivara, a sociologist and member of the Dessalines Brigade of Solidarity with Haiti, writes a reflection on the socio-political and economic crisis in Haiti and peoples resentment against the government of Jovenel Moïse Continue reading
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Hispaniola Rising: How the US Coup in Venezuela Is Taking Root in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
For more than a decade Venezuela has aided the governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through a preferential system known as Petrocaribe, and the people of those nations are not taking their governments’ support for the US coup in Venezuela lightly. Continue reading
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How Haiti’s Spontaneous Uprising is Connected to Venezuelan Solidarity (1/2)
Kim Ives of Haiti Liberté unravels how the new Haitian revolt entangles Duvalier style corruption of money stolen from Venezuela’s PetroCaribe program and subtle US intervention (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Haiti Whistleblower Says Jovenel Moise and Michel Martelly are Drug Dealers, Thugs, Thieves and Murderers
Former enforcer turned whistleblower, Jonas Belizaire, says Jovenel Moise and Michel Martelly are drug dealers, murderers, thugs & thieves. Why is the West keeping them in office? Continue reading
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Mass Protests in Haiti, Like France’s Yellow Vests, Threaten Modern Oligarchic Structure By Whitney Webb
As Haitians throughout the country seethe with rage over Jovenel Moise’s blatant corruption, gross mismanagement and numerous scandals, the neo-Duvalier era in Haiti that has largely been orchestrated by the U.S. is now in danger of finally falling apart. Continue reading
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Protests in Haiti over Hunger and Repressive Rule By Stephen Lendman
US controlled Haiti endured over 500 years of severe repression, slavery, despotism, colonization, reparations, , unrepayable debt, overwhelming human suffering, and destructive natural disasters. Elections when held are farcical, democracy pure fantasy, Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s tenure the exception to the longstanding rule. Continue reading
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Mass protests shut down Haiti By John Marion
The current protests are demanding a similar fate for President Jovenel Moïse, who in 2015 won an election in which only 20 percent of eligible voters turned out. Last July an attempt by Moïse’s government to cut fuel subsidies led to large protests and the resignation of his prime minister. Continue reading
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Oxfam Prostitution Scandal in Haiti Deepens Suspicions of Other NGOs
The sexual misconduct scandal involving Oxfam in Haiti further deepens Haitians’ suspicions of NGOs, which have already contributed to the profound neoliberalization of Haitian society explains Haiti Liberte’s Kim Ives Continue reading
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