Flashpoints Radio: Special Haiti Episode Hosted by Kevin Pina.
Today on Flashpoints:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s current 18-month designation of Haiti for temporary protected status(TPS) expires on July 22nd will affect 58,000 Haitians who arrived in the US prior...
In Violation of Haiti’s Constitution: After MINUSTAH, UN Seeks to Keep an Armed Force...
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
The main thing
you need to know about the Apr. 11 speech to the UN Security Council of
Sandra Honoré, the head of the United Nations military occupation force in
Haiti, is that...
Former Haitian First Lady Visits Detroit with U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters
LISTEN HERE to an interview with former First Lady of Haiti Mildred T. Aristide.Few countries in the world have faced as much hardship as Haiti. The Haitian people had been forced to deal with one...
Prison Aid to Haiti for Captive Slave Labor
by Dady Chery (Haiti Liberte)
Haiti’s incarceration rate
of roughly 100 prisoners per 100,000 citizens in 2016 was the lowest in
the Caribbean. Nevertheless, there is a systematic campaign underway for more
prisons. Canada and Norway have each...
Haitian Cholera Victims Demonstrate for MINUSTAH Departure, Reparations
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
On Mar. 29, 2017, the 30th
anniversary of the popular referendum which adopted the 1987 Haitian
Constitution, about 200 demonstrators rallied and marched from Port-au-Prince’s
Champ de Mars to the Parliament to demand...
Under Guise of Troop Withdrawal Discussions: Is Chile Pressuring Haiti to Join OAS Coup...
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
Chile’s
President Michelle Bachelet visited Haiti this week ostensibly to discuss with
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse the future of United Nations troops in Haiti.
Since the deployment of the UN Mission to Stabilize...
After Aristide Court Appearance, Police Fire on Cortege, Wounding Two
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
On Mar. 20, Haitian police
fired on partisans accompanying the vehicle of former Haitian president
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, after he had responded to the summons of an
investigating judge in a money-laundering case against...
Eluding Tricks and Raids, Guy Philippe Bargained for a Lighter Sentence, U.S. Says
He Wasn’t Immune or Mistreated, It Adds
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
For eleven
years, the U.S. attempted all manner of ruses, persuasion, negotiations, and
ambushes in an attempt to capture paramilitary leader Guy Philippe after a
Miami grand...
