Haiti Action Committee: Attempted Assassination of Aristide Marks a New Stage of Terror in...
Haiti Action Committee
Yesterday, there was an assassination attempt against former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti’s first democratically elected president. President Aristide had been summoned to appear as a witness in a court case.
While returning from...
Haïti : le capitalisme des paramilitaires
Jeb Sprague-Silgado - América Latina en movimiento
Cet article examine l’évolution et la flexibilisation des forces paramilitaires en Haïti, ainsi que les stratégies hégémoniques des élites transnationales. Dans ce contexte, la « flexibilisation » désigne...
Exposing the “real” mission of Christian zealots in Haiti
Reza Aslan - Religion Dispatches
After the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, the popular televangelist Pat Robertson went on his flagship TV program, the 700 Club, and made an extraordinary claim. The earthquake, he said, was...
7 Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, Millions Still Need Aid
By: Jesselyn Cook - The World Post
On Jan. 12, 2010, a massive earthquake ravaged Haiti, claiming up to 316,000 lives and displacing more than 1.5 million people. Today ― seven years later ― 2.5 million Haitians are still in...
Having Helped Washington Overthrow Aristide, Guy Philippe Knows “Too Much” and Is a “Danger”...
Kim Ives - Haiti Liberte
What goes around, comes around,” says the proverb, and former Haitian “rebel” leader Guy Philippe must be pondering this karmic truth as he languishes in his Miami, FL jail cell.
In...
1943-2017: René Préval: Who He Was and What He Represented
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
In 2009, former
U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Janet Sanderson called him “Haiti’s indispensable man,” who was
“capable of imposing his will on Haiti - if so inclined.” Another diplomat
recently dubbed him one...
Female witness speaks out about 2002-2004 crimes of Guy Philippe & his henchmen
By: Jafrikayiti Jean Elissaint Saint-Vil
In this interview (in Haitian Creole), a native daughter of Lascahobas, Haiti, courageously describes several crimes committed by Guy Philippe and his paramilitary henchmen against unarmed Haitian women, men and...
The Next Few Years Look Bleak
by Marc-Arthur
Fils-Aimé (Haiti Liberte)
Haiti’s Nov.
20, 2016 elections did not live up to expectations. There was great hope that
they would enable the country would emerge from its ever-deepening crisis.
Instead, the elections were fraught with fraud...
Haiti 2017: From Demonstration Election to Electoral Coup
By: Charlie Hinton - Haiti Action Committee
On January 3, Haiti’s Electoral Council (CEP) sealed the steal by confirming Jovenel Moïse as president of Haiti. A massive police presence resembling martial law has suppressed street...
Haiti’s Eroding Democracy: Haiti has a new president. But Jovenel Moïse’s right-wing coalition is...
by Jake
Johnston (source: Jacobin)
After more than
a year of delays, Haiti finally elected a new president this past November.
Jovenel Moïse — nicknamed the Banana Man — scored a first-round victory in a
sprawling field of 27...
