“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 […]
by Ezili Dantò “Cholera democracy formally inaugurated ‘bad boy’ Mickey Mouse (or, is it fascist Mickey Mussolini?) to govern occupied Haiti under a newly adopted occupation constitution. Over 80% of Haiti voters were summarily disenfranchised in the foreign supported cholera elections…” –Èzili Dantò of HLLN, May 14, 2011 (See essays written days after the quake […]
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 […]
HLLN Message to the UN and all decent peoples on the UN importing cholera to Haiti The Meille River feeds into the Artibonite, Haiti’s longest river that fertilizes its breadbasket. At first the UN said its Nepalese contingent in Mirebalais, Haiti use seven septic tanks to contain their raw feces. These tanks were built in […]
””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 […]
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 […]
***************** 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: […]
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