Caribbean, ALBA Nations Defeat Anti-Venezuela Motion at OAS
teleSUR
Caracas has repeatedly accused the OAS and its chief Luis Almagro of promoting intervention and destabilization in Venezuela.The OAS has suspended its meeting called to discuss the political and economic situation in Venezuela, with...
The Constellation of individuals & groups supporting the FLRN paramilitary insurgency in Haiti, 2000-2004
By: Jeb Sprague-Silgado -- HaitiAnalysis
Readers of my 2012 book Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti will have learned about a number of individuals involved in supporting the 2000-2004...
Paltry Six Month Renewal of Haitians’ TPS Suggests It May Be the Last
by Steve Forester (Haiti Liberte)
On May 22, 2017, the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it would extend the Temporary Protected
Status (TPS) designation for some 50,000 Haitians living in the United States
for only...
Comparing Venezuela’s Media with Our Own
By: Joe Emersberger - teleSUR
The international media's coverage of Venezuela comes down to caricatures that have been spread by Venezuela's opposition.A reporter from one of the largest international media outlets contacted me recently because...
La scène politique des États-Unis : La blanchité et la crise de légitimité...
Par Salvador Rangel & Jeb Sprague-Silgado -- Counterpunch & L'Aut'Journal
La scène politique des
États-Unis a subi un lifting dans le but de rétablir la légitimité décroissante
de la classe capitaliste à orientation transnationale. Cette transformation s’est
caractérisée par une droite...
The Real Crimes of Guy Philippe: Selections from “Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy...
By Jeb Sprague (Haiti Liberte)
Former
paramilitary leader Guy Philippe will be going to jail for money laundering in
connection with drug trafficking. But his more serious crimes were murdering
Haitians and Haitian democracy as the leader of...
Thousands of Haitian Workers Are on Strike Against Foreign-Owned Sweatshops
By: Jeff Abbott - In These Times
Thousands of textile workers in Haiti have stopped work in factories and taken to the streets to demand of improved working conditions in the country’s maquiladora export industry....
Reuters: Haiti workers protest minimum wage as managers threaten exit
By: Makini Brice - Reuters
Hundreds of Haitian textile workers took to the streets on Monday to demand a higher minimum wage as managers of textile factories threatened to leave the country if the government...
“You Live Under Fear”: by Darlene Dubuisson and Mark Schuller
by
Darlene Dubuisson and Mark Schuller
“With TPS, it’s
like you live under fear,” thirty-something aspiring nurse Michaëlle explained.
“You don’t know what’s going to happen. I live with stress because of that.”
Michaëlle’s situation just got worse
on...
Pleading Guilty, Guy Philippe Cuts Deal with U.S. Attorney for Lighter Sentence
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
Former
Haitian paramilitary leader and Senator-elect Guy Philippe sealed a plea
bargain today with the U.S. Attorney’s office to get a lighter sentence in
return for pleading guilty to just one count of...
