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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Martelly: Haiti’s second great disaster
””Cholera democracy formally inaugurated “bad boy’ Mickey Mouse (or, is it fascist Mickey Mussolini) to govern occupied Haiti under newly adopted occupation constitution. Over 80% of Haiti voters disenfranchised in the foreign supported cholera elections…” –Ezili Dantò of HLLN, May 14, 2011 ********** Martelly: Haiti’s second great disaster Haiti’s new president is a friend of […]
Haiti: Obama Resumes Deportations | Obama, there are 55,000 reasons to be fair to Haitians
Recommended links for HLLN’s Campaign Two: Equal Treatment for Haitian refugees, stop deportations, justice for the ill treated Haitian asylum seekers (Previous page); See also, Preserve Haiti remittances ; There are 55,000 reasons to be fair to Haitians”¦ (editorials); Dec. 9, 2010 – HLLN’s Haiti Message to the US Embassy in Haiti: The Will of […]
Rebuilding on Quicksand: Haiti after the US (s)election
***************** Solidarity with Haiti: Ezili Dantò of HLLN in Toronto (Photo)| (See also: Ezili Dantò on the election of Michel Martelly ; Beating back the elite’s rabid rage; Seismic shifts and Avatar Haiti) ***************** Rebuilding on Quicksand: Haiti after the US (s)election An analysis by Ezili Danto of HLLN *** After reading, Rebuilding on Quicksand: […]
Haiti: Ezili Danto on the election of Michel Martelly
Haiti: Ezili Dantò on the election of Michel Martelly (See also: Martelly, Haiti second great disaster ; US False Benevolence in Haiti ; Beating back the elite’s rabid rage; Seismic shifts and Avatar Haiti) Question to Ezili Danto of HLLN: On Tue, 4/5/11, RLwrote: From: RL Subject: [ezilidanto] Carnival Musician Michel Martelly Elected President of […]
The Historical Amnesia in the International Media about Haiti
Related HLLN posts Felipe Luciano interview on the historic return of Aristide with Ezili Dantò and Pierre Labossiere, March 25, 2011, Wake up call, WBAI ****** Haiti: Telling our own stories despite the media blackout on Aristide’s historic and triumphant return to a celebrity welcome – In this essay, I post six videos from the […]
Haiti: The media blackout on Aristide’s historic and triumphant return to a celebrity welco...
Haiti: Telling our own stories despite the media blackout on Aristide’s historic and triumphant return to a celebrity welcome In this essay, I post six videos from the alternative news media – four from Democracy Now!, one from Aljazeera dealing with the huge and celebrity welcome for Aristide. The last video is by a young […]