Today, February 29, is the fourth anniversary of the 2004 coup in which the US government kidnapped the democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. A purge of Lavalas supporters was in full swing already but no one was prepared for the slaughter that was to come, especially at the hands of UN “peacekeepers.”
Below are [...]
Much has been written by researchers and authors of books about the ousting of the democratically elected president of Haiti Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 29, 2004. Very few, however, actually lived through it.
Journalist and film maker, Kevin Pina, is one of those few foreign journalists who continues to write about Haiti and was on the [...]
Viva Fidel! Viva Raul! Viva la revolucion!
Key address by Comrade Raul Castro Ruz, President of the State Council and the Council of Ministers, at the closing session of the First Session of the 7th legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power. Convention Center, Havana, February 24, 2008, “Year [...]
By Kevin Pina
“Institutional memory is a collective of facts, concepts, experiences and know-how held by a group of people. As it transcends the individual, it requires the ongoing transmission of these memories between members of this group.”
- Wikipedia.com
US Marines, Canadian Special Forces and troops of the French Foreign Legion were authorized by the UN [...]
As one would expect, Fidel’s resignation message reflects humility and great respect for the people of Cuba. Viva Fidel!
Message from the Commander in Chief
Dear compatriots:
Last Friday, February 15, I promised you that in my next reflection I would deal with an issue of interest to many compatriots. Thus, this now is rather a message.
The [...]
Time for a serious music-dance break this evening. If you have never heard of the West African group, Africando, I hope you will check out the two videos I have posted below. With Cuban music as its base (and yes, the roots of Cuban music are based in Africa) and melodies sung variously [...]
Anti-Semitism or Anti-Imperialism in Venezuela?
By James Suggett
Venezuelanalysis
February 12th 2008
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/3148
“We have to be very careful about what is going on in Venezuela, especially what is going on in the private universities,” Mario Silva asserts on his pro-Chávez television talk show La Hojilla (”The Razor Blade”) in late November 2007. The provocative host points out that in [...]
http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/2_10_8/2_10_8.html
By Kevin Pina
Poor Haiti, the nation they would have us believe is close to a failed state, needs our help once again.
A recent AP article shook charitable institutions to their core by revealing that Haitians are eating cookies made of mud to fill their bellies. After more than an estimated 2 billion dollars of international [...]
While the anti-FARC march snaked across the globe, many watching this spectacle were coming to the same conclusion: What effect did this have on current hostage negotiations? And, for a march professing peace, why was the rhetoric so bellicose, especially the rhetoric from Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe? See two articles below.
Finally, as a [...]
If you want to learn about Haiti, The Black Jacobins by CLR James is the best and first book you should read.
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/yang030208.html
The Black Jacobins 70 Years Later
by Manuel Yang
This year marks the seventieth anniversary of C.L.R. James’s The Black Jacobins: Touissaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution. This classic account of the Haitian Revolution [...]
