May 5, 2008
Kevin Pina is an independent journalist and filmmaker and the founding editor of the Haiti Information Project, an alternative news service providing coverage and analysis of developments in Haiti. He talked to Emmanuel Santos about the roots of the food crisis in Haiti.
WHAT IS the current situation in Haiti after the April protests?
UNFORTUNATELY, [...]
ACTION ALERT FROM HAITI ACTION COMMITTEE
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 [...]
By Kevin Pina
On March 20, 2008, the United Nations announced that Gerard Latortue, the former Prime Minister of Haiti, was appointed to go to Guinea to conduct a social and political dialogue that will lead ultimately to national elections.
Many in Haiti question the choice of Latortue to broker a settlement in Guinea given his lack [...]
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 [...]
Below is a letter from Venezuela’s Communications Minister, Andres Izarra, to Jackson Diehl, an editor at the Washington Post. Diehl has been responsible for some of the most vicious disinformation about President Chavez produced by any newspaper in the US. Hats off to Minister Izarra!
See Related article: “Washington Post’s Obsession with [...]
This is an excellent and comprehensive summary of the “weak state” prescription that the international community has been administering to Haiti for years. Now, Haiti is more sick than ever. Darren Ell is right — the only way this will stop is for the citizens of US, France, and Canada to learn [...]
It’s always a pleasure to find an article that features a tribute to the Cuban revolution. It’s equally pleasurable to find an article that showcases a scathing indictment of imperialism. The following article offers BOTH!
Cuba : Transitions without End
By Dr. Frederic Clairmont
Global Research, March 21, 2008
” The victory of the Revolution is [...]
Chronology of the 4th Generation War Against Venezuela
March 20th 2008, by Eva Golinger - Postcards from the Revolution
The US Government is waging war on Venezuela - not your typical, traditional war, but a modern, asymmetric - 4th Generation War - against President Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution. Below is a presentation I created regarding the [...]
It’s been a breathless couple of weeks since Uribe and his murderous Colombian army bombed a FARC camp inside Ecuador. When the Colombian soldiers arrived at the camp site, they finished off those wounded and lured others to surrender so they could be killed on sight.
So what came out of it all? Thanks [...]
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. [...]
