by Ezili Dantò US control of Haiti and other little republics’ vote at the UN is not new I found an August 10, 2012 George Will opinion piece relevant to UN/US occupied Haiti today for reasons that would probably not occur to Mr. Will. The piece discusses and juxtaposes other US candidates’ “indelicate claims” to […]
Posts tagged US false benevolence
Gold Rush in Haiti: Mining Investment Good for Whom?
by Ezili Dantò Gold Rush in Haiti: Good for whom? (See also Haiti’s Riches and December 21, 2012 update: Haiti Awards Gold, Copper Mining Permits ) ******************* Haiti ‘s water supply is ALREADY contaminated by foreign cholera feces, what will leaking cyanide, arsenic emissions, mine waste, Marine ecosystem destruction and open pit mining and unsupervised […]
Haiti: Foreign Investment means Death and Repression: A Historical Perspective
by Ezili Dantò This writing reviews, in two parts, the consequences of US investment in Haiti. It looks at the New York Times investigation into the Caracol industrial park, its anchor tenant, the South Korea’s Sae-A Trading, giving Haiti context with the August 17, 2012 Lakou New York (Kreyòl) interview Dahoud Andre and Manno, the […]
Haiti: Ezili Dantò on Wash Post Cholera editorial
by Ezili Dantò Washington Justice For Haiti: In support of Paul Farmer’s pharmaceuticals and the Farmer groups – Brian Concannon/IDJH – asking the UN to judge itself guilty on behalf of Haiti cholera victims, Washington Post opines, justice for the Haiti cholera victims would be collectively awarding $40million to Paul Farmer pharmaceuticals for cholera vaccines […]
Western Traditional NGOs: Tools of War
Editorial point – USAID is not an NGO as stated by the writer below. USAID funds traditional NGOs and, in Haiti, they are mostly a tool of destabilization and neocolonial destruction – a tool of war, which is the main point in the article, also relevant to Haiti – “The Republic of NGOs”, we wish […]
Haiti: A time bomb which must be defused immediately
by Ezili Dantò “If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” — Lilla Watson, the Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, 1970s Haiti: A time bomb which must be defused immediately There’s a reason to […]