In this interview, Haiti’s Jean Maltunes Lamy describes the reign of terror at Ile a Vache against the voiceless, vulnerable people there who built and reforested the island. The Ile a Vache population ask that the May 10, 2013 presidential decree making the offshore island in Haiti a zone of tourism development and public utility […]
Matulnes Speaks: Before jailed by Martelly-Lamothe Haiti dictatorship (Kreyol transcription)
Fòk Devlopman Ilavach la konsidere moun dabò -Haiti development must take the people into account first. This post is the companion audio transcription piece to Haiti: Denounce Venezuela 27 million in Ile a Vache colonial project. Listen to Jean Matulnes/Jan Matilnès speak before he was jailed by the Martelly-Lamothe government. Kreyòl transcription for HLLN of […]
Haiti: Denounce Venezuela 27 million in Ile a Vache colonial project
Stop the colonial intimidation, denounce Venezuela $27 million in tourist project to take Haiti lands from poor and vulnerable Haitians (Kreyòl transcription of Jean Lamy Matulnes and Louis Jean Gardi from KOPI on 4 Je Kontre– February 26, 2014 interview, the day Matulnes was jailed without charge. English translation to come.) The Haitian government is […]
Tourism is not development: Haiti, Liberate Yourself!
Tourism is not development, liberate yourself from that idea, Haiti! Responding to the urgent call for help from local Haitians living on the offshore island, Ilavach (Ãle à Vache), I wrote an article this week to sound the alarm and get the world to pay attention to what’s happening to the people at Ãle à […]
Gaye toupatou: Koukouwouj Pou Nou Bloke Masak Mateli-Lamòt sou Popilasyon Ilavach La
Gaye toupatou: Koukouwouj Pou Nou Bloke Masak Mateli-Lamòt sou Popilasyon Ilavach La (Il a Vache urgent action alert, part 1 in English is here) Ilavache: Privatizing public wealth to give it to the Rich, Exterminate the PoorEzili Dantò Note:The Kreyòl text and audio broadcast here give voice to the people at Ilavach, Haiti who are […]
US occupiers in Haiti privatizing Ile a Vache – Chronicles of a coming massacre
The oligarchs will use every tool at their disposal – military, media, the NGOs, money, religion. They’ll use the very people who are protesting – their protest – to service imperialism. The US embassy has thousands of agents, the UN and USAID forces in Haiti, there solely to keep the US occupation going. Disenfranchise Haiti […]