Who will the U.S. declare President of Haiti this time? Testing the public’s ability to stomach more of the revolting Martelly, Haiti Electoral Council, presidentPierre-Louis Opont announced, on November 5, 2015, that preliminary results show Martelly’s handpicked subservient, Jovenel Moise in first place at 32.8%. Jude Célestin, a former protégé of president René Preval, garnered […]
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Vertieres 2014-Haiti Resist US Occupation & Martelly-Lamothe Puppet Gov
Haitians Protest Life Under US-UN Occupation Ezili interview on Black Agenda Report weekly radio broadcast with Glen Ford plus interview with Cornel West and Bob Avakian Dialogue at Riverside Church, published by BAR, Nov. 26, 2014 Thousands demonstrated in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, on November 18th and throughout the week, fueled by a […]
Haiti: 209 years since Janjak Desalin
Oct. 17, 2015 – 209 years of suffering later. The Gathering honors the roots of liberty, Janjak Desalin and the indigenous Haiti army It’s October 17th and the gathering honors Janjak Desalin, Haiti’s founding father. Nou fè yon sèl kò – we gather as one. Janjak Desalin (Jean Jacques Dessalines), born September 20, 1758 said: […]
Leta Restavek: The Suppression of Democracy in Haiti
Leta Restavek: The Suppression of Democracy in Haiti Source: AP October 17, 2011 | Source – Coha.org (See also, Photos of protest against UN/Minustah in Haiti and “Who protects us from you?” – MINUSTAH and Haiti) The U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has suppressed both electoral democracy and free speech in Haiti by organizing […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]