Don’t be distracted by Aristide in Haiti Demand Justice not Gestures HLLN recommended post on Aristide return March 18, 2011: Beating back the elite’s rabid rage: Against all odds Aristide returns to Haiti President Aristide’s Final Day In South Africa.wmv Video: South Africa wishes Jean-Bertrand Aristide bon voyage Danny Glover in South Africa: “I”m Here […]
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Why does US fear Aristide’s return?
Why does US fear Aristide’s return? By Rickey Singh, Mar 16, 2011, Source: trinidadexpress.com (See also, HLLN’s Obama administration stops Aristide return to Haiti: Fears Lavalas, Returns Duvalierists) SUCCESSIVE administrations in Washington have demonstrated an obsession with the presence in Haiti of Jean Bertrand Aristide — whether or not he is functioning as president of […]
Obama administration stops Aristide return to Haiti: Fears Lavalas, Returns Duvalierists
Obama administration stops Aristide’s return to Haiti: Obama Fears Lavalas, returns Duvalierists, refuses Aristide According to news reports the Obama administration is stopping the return of Haiti’s first democratically elected president back to Haiti. In contrast, Obama administration has no problem with the return to Haiti of the bloody baby doc dictator, Jean Claude Duvalier, […]
Ask Obama and Sec. Napolitano to STOP all deportations to earthquake and cholera-ravaged Haiti
HLLN Action Requested: Please send an email to haitipolicycomments@dhs.gov Ask Secretary Napolitano to STOP all deportations to earthquake and cholera-ravaged Haiti. Stop all roundups and detention of Haitian nationals in the United States and release those currently in custody. (See –Input request on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) proposed Policy for Resumed Removals to […]
US$2billion annually augmented by 360M more in Haiti remittances in 2010
US$360M more in Haiti remittances this year Source: Trinidad Express Newspaper National News of Trinidad and Tobago Story Created: Jul 14, 2010 (Related HLLN post on increasing Diaspora remittances the ONLY effective and sustainable aid that works in Haiti. Support Humanitarian Parole for Haitians and No other national group anywhere in the world sends more […]
Haiti billionaire, Gilbert Bigio
Does Haiti Billionaire, Gilbert Bigio, make Israel look good? by Paul Woodward, January 25, 2010 Source: War In Context See also: Haiti Oligarchy- Mercenary Families; Haiti’s Enslavement: The Ruling Oligarchy and World Profit-over-People System, Part 1. ; Some of the Coup D’etat Haitians – The Subcontracted Haitians and Inside the CIA (Covert Action in Haiti, […]
Haiti: Anti-Apartheid Veterans Call on South Africa to help return of Aristide
*********** For Immediate Release: February 24, 2011 Contact: Walter Riley , ( 510 ) 451-1422 Prominent Anti-Apartheid Movement Veterans Call on South African Government to Assist Aristide in Returning to Haiti Now Oakland , CA – Several prominent figures from the International Anti-Apartheid movement have sent South African President Jacob Zuma an open letter “in […]
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 […]