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 […]
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Stop the assault on the Haiti Diaspora
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 […]
Denouncing low expectations of Obama: because he’s “Black”
In the Chris Hedges article entitled “The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic” Cornel West describes Obama as “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats. And now he has become head of the American killing machine and is proud of it. We circulated the article and received […]
Haiti: The Structural Difficulties of “Building Back Better”
“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 […]
Occupied Haiti: A Prefab President, Parliament and Constitution
“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
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 […]