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 […]
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 – […]
Displaced Women Demand Justice in Port au Prince by Bill Quigley and Jocelyn Brooks, June 30, 2011, HLLN’s News, Essays and Reflections “We women demand!”¦” sang out a hundred plus voices “”¦Justice for Marie!” Marie, a 25 year old pregnant mother, was injured by government agents when they slammed a wooden door into her stomach […]
What is Needed by JOSEPH G. RAMSEY Campside (based on true events) 1. In Haiti there is money to build walls not to house the poor but to block them from view; to lay brick high and thick, not to protect the homeless from the elements, but to protect the rich man’s twenty-acre estate from […]
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 […]
“Even assuming that Haiti had a government that was willing to act in the interests of the majority of its people, it is hard to imagine how it could be expected to bring about significant change because of the inherent difficulty in transforming Haiti’s peripheral position and relative powerlessness vis-a-vis other States and international institutions […]
“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 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 […]
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