Admin Note: This interview is written by Samuel Maxime and first appeared on DefendHaiti, July 17, 2011. The Personality of Goddess Èzili Dantò by Samuel Maxime Èzili Dantò of HLLN Born in Port-au-Prince, Èzili Dantò, formerly referred to by her colonial name, Marguerite Laurent, is a dynamic leader in the 21st century Haytian culture. Èzili […]
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Haiti rape victim to Mac McClelland: I said “NO,” I did not give you authorization
Haiti rape victim tell McClelland: I said “NO,” you had no right to speak of my story, I did not give you authorization (One of Haiti’s most famous writers relay message for the twice victimized victim) Edwidge Danticat Speaks on Mac McClelland Essay by Edwidge Dandicat, July 8, 2010, Essence Magazine (See also [ezilidanto] Ezili […]
Haiti defines resistance: Stop the fake do-gooders and replace the Global White Supremacist Syste...
By Ezili Dantò, Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network (“HLLN”) and Free Haiti Movement, written for Haitian Perspectives, July 6, 2011 (See also, HLLN Links to honor of Drèd Wilmè and all the UN victims in Site Solèy and Photo Essay: Quiet Genocide in Haiti from FDR to Obama – How It’s Wielded). Haiti defines resistance – […]
Stop the assault on the Haiti Diaspora
Stop the assault on the Haiti Diaspora: Do not eliminate the Ministry for Haitians Living Abroad “Neocolonial government to dissolve Diaspora Ministry but will tax Diaspora to mostly help the Central Bank modernize its banking system.” Haiti’s new president is imposing fees to raise money for his goal of free education. Without any public or […]
Occupied Haiti: A Prefab President, Parliament and Constitution
“Under cover of giving more rights to the Haitian Diaspora, the coup d’etat and Duvalierist overseers unconstitutionally amended the Haiti Constitution to extend the power of the Prime Minister of Haiti, normally chosen by foreign powers. Their amended Constitution effectively eradicates the power of local Haiti governments & municipalities, including taking out the position of […]
Betraying the Diaspora, taxing the poor
Betraying the Diaspora, taxing the poor Below, is an article on Martelly’s proposition to further tax the poor in Haiti, through Diaspora remittances. Diaspora remittances are the ONLY effective and sustainable aid that works in Haiti. A Haiti president ought to protect, not diminish the value and use of Diaspora remittances. Diaspora remittances not USAID […]
Haitian Football Association Report on Incident in Jamaica
Ezili Dantò’s Note: This official report of the Haitian Football Association on the expulsion in Jamaica of the U-17 Haiti football team is translated into English by an HLLN member, Myrtha Désulmé, President of the Haiti-Jamaica Society in Jamaica. Go here to sign the petition asking for an apology and justice for the children. The […]