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Protest brutal attack on Haitian street vendors by UN soldiers!
Bullet holes are visible in this photo from UN assault on Haitian street vendors
On Saturday, April 11th, a little past 3 p.m., a MINUSTAH (UN) soldier, Nigerian Cpl. Nagya Aminu, was shot and killed in downtown Port-au-Prince. While this killing was [...]
Haiti Liberte:GUY PHILIPPE ELUDES CAPTURE AND ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
by Kim Ives
Four years ago, former “rebel” leader Guy Philippe stood on the balcony of
Haiti’s former Army Headquarters and proclaimed: “I am chief. The military
chief. The country is in my hands.”
Today, he is spends his time dodging capture by militarized teams dispatched
by the U.S. government, for which he [...]
Guy Philippe was one of two primary leaders of a paramilitary group that the US housed, trained and armed in the Dominican Republic to make cross-border attacks into Haiti beginning in 2002 in order to kill their countrymen aligned with the administration of the democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Last year, he started shooting his [...]
On February 29, 2004, Bush’s Deputy Ambassador in Haiti, Luis Moreno, and US Special Forces kidnapped the democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and put him on a plane to the Central African Republic. Bush’s initial objective in Haiti had been achieved — the guy who bucked the neoliberal system was out of the way. [...]
P. Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Pretoria, South Africa
Dear Friends,
May the spirit of International Day in [...]
Lavalas movement in Haiti will not quit
HIP- The Lavalas movement of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti simply will not quit. Despite pronouncements by the United Nations that the movement was dead nearly six months ago, over ten thousand supporters demonstrated in Port au Prince this last February 29, 2008. The date was auspicious 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 [...]
The US shoots off its mouth all over the world lodging outrageous accusations against world leaders as the prelude for regime change. This time it was John Walters, US drug czar, who suggested that Venezuela was not doing its part on drug interdiction. The article below shows that Venezuela is doing plenty in [...]
If you are in the mood to submerge yourself in someone else’s hissy fit, check out this week’s Washington Post editorial on Hugo Chavez, Ally to Kidnappers: Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez endorses Colombian groups known for abductions, drug trafficking and mass murder. The subtitle gives you the basic thrust and makes it easy to [...]
This is an excellent compilation of the many facets of the RSF campaign against President Chavez — with a French twist. This is one to file away for future use.
Reporters Without Frontiers against Hugo Chávez
http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/16220
January, 15 2008By Salim Lamrani
Source: Tlaxcala
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Taking advantage of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’ state visit to [...]
