10 Steps to Dictatorship
10 steps to dictatorship: Why the grassroots movement in Haiti is
taking to the streets against President Michel Martelly - SF BayView
September 25, 2013
By: Charlie Hinton, Haiti Action Committee
1. Who is Michel Martelly? Martelly grew...
14 Caribbean nations sue European countries for slavery reparations
Lawsuits seek reparations from Britain, France, Netherlands for their roles in Atlantic slave trade
Associated Press
Fourteen Caribbean nations are suing the governments of the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands for reparations over what the...
The Proposed 2013-2014 Budget: More for the President, Less for the People
by Francklyn B. Geffrard and Kim Ives
President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe have presented to the Haitian Parliament for ratification their budget for the 2013/2014 fiscal year, but it has provoked criticism...
Dr. Matthew J Smith reviews new book ‘Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in...
Working USA: The Journal of Labor & SocietyBook ReviewsSprague, Jeb. Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti.New York: Monthly Review Press, 2012. 400 pp. US$23.95 (paperback).A sense of the arguments and perspective that...
Senator Accuses President of Planning Parliamentary Assassinations
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
A prominent Haitian senator
charges that President Michel Martelly is planning to assassinate him and three
other senators by withdrawing their security details and then attacking them
with hired gunmen, who have allegedly...
Another UN Soldier Accused of Rape in Haiti
by the Center for Economic and
Policy Research (CEPR)
The United Nations mission in
Haiti, already facing a credibility crisis over its introduction
of cholera, is facing new allegations that one of its troops raped an
18-year old woman...
Popular Organizations Issue Call for a Provisional Government to Replace Martelly
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
On. Sep. 9, Haiti’s most outspoken opposition senator and leading popular organizations announced that they would hold a national conference in Port-au-Prince on Sep. 29 to forge an alliance and...
As Deputies Uncover Same Crimes and Lies as Senators: Popular Groups Demand Lower House...
Parliament Chiefs Hold Meetings to Scuttle Impeachment Process
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
A second Special Commission of
Inquiry into the Jul. 13 death of Investigating Judge Jean Serge Joseph, this
one commissioned by Haiti’s Chamber of Deputies,...
Haiti Action Committee Introduces First Issue of “HAITI SOLIDARITY.”
Haiti Action Committee has just released the first issue of our newsletter, "Haiti Solidarity."
Volume 1, Number 1 is available for download below. Published copies will be available at upcoming Haiti events for $3.
IN THIS ISSUE:
Cover Art - "Hands...
Brazil Hides Humanitarian Emergency in Acre
With a “refugee” camp holding over 800 Haitians in inhuman conditions,
Conectas charges Brazil is covering up an international crisis
by Conectas Human Rights (for Haiti Liberte)
The Brazilian government has for
months now been playing a word...
