by Jean Yves Point-du-Jour * Haiti and the Clintons, Can Obama afford not to act? By Jean Yves Point-du-Jour, Haiti Perspectives, Special Op-Ed, September 12, 2012 Watching the Democratic National Convention (DNC) held last week in Charlotte, North Carolina was an eye opener. On Wednesday night, former US President Bill Clinton said during his well […]
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Basic Haiti rights repealed
by Ezili Dantò The forgotten and abandoned The MAAFA – Haiti holocaust continues, 2012 Basic Haiti rights repealed under newly amended Haiti Constitution, part 1 Article 297 of the 1987 Constitution that reinstated the basic human rights of Haiti masses is REPEALED by the combined efforts of the two Haiti governments (Preval and Martelly) under […]
Swapping Haiti lives: Interview on US Haiti Exploits
July 25, 2012 interview Jeff Blankfort host of Takes on the World interviews Ezili Dantò on Haiti’s Exploitation / Radio Project MP3 KZYX Public Radio Interview Summary: Ezili Dantò talks about her review, titled “Foreign investment means death & repression“(Part 1 and Part 2) of New York Times July 6, 2012 article detailing how foreign […]
Haiti: Foreign Investment means Death and Repression: A Historical Perspective
by Ezili Dantò This writing reviews, in two parts, the consequences of US investment in Haiti. It looks at the New York Times investigation into the Caracol industrial park, its anchor tenant, the South Korea’s Sae-A Trading, giving Haiti context with the August 17, 2012 Lakou New York (Kreyòl) interview Dahoud Andre and Manno, the […]
Haiti: The soul of Africa, not for sale
By Ezili Dantò * (Editor’s Note: If BlogTalk Radio Ezili interview comes on immediately upon clicking this essay, just scroll down to very end and turn off it if you wish. Interview begins 15minutes into music.) May 18 Flag day essay: Haiti: The soul of Africa, not for sale By Ezili Dantò, May 18, 2012, […]
Caracol, SHADA: Hoax masking foreign appropriation of fertile Haiti lands
English translation by Doumafis Lafontan * (Editor’s Note: Scroll down for the French original of this article. English translation by Doumafis Lafontan for HLLN, May 1, 2012. The article outlines the similarities between SHADA (Haitian-American Society for Agricultural Development) clear-cutting, stripping fertile Haiti forests and lands to plant rubber and sisal for US market , […]