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Afro-Descendants Forum in Caracas (Haiti Comm. and Solidarity Fund Established)
The establishment of the Haiti Committee and Solidarity Fund at the recent Afro-Descendants Forum is great news — international support that will come from these efforts will be invaluable to the people of Haiti. Fourth International Forum of Afro-Descendents Held in Caracas By Correo del Orinoco International This past Sunday in the Hotel Alba, Caracas, […]
HAITI HEADLINES: New MINUSTAH Head Well-Suited to Do US Bidding, Case Against Amnesty for Baby Doc, and UN Says Haiti Institutions Should Get the Dough
June 24, 2011
Secretary-General Appoints Mariano Fernandez of Chile as Special Representative for Haiti and Head of Stabilization Mission There As the new head of MINUSTAH, Fernandez is well-suited to do the US’ bidding. Check out his previous diplomatic postings. The Case Against Amnesty for “Baby Doc” Duvalier in Haiti: Fabrication and Forgiveness Set a Dangerous Precedent Don’t […]
Haiti Headlines: Parliament Rejects Prez’ Choice for PM, Martelly Celebrates Haiti Health Week by Going to US for a Check-up, and UN Says Don’t Forcibly Repatriate Haitians
June 21, 2011
Haitian president’s pick for prime minister rejected Martelly’s first, big political defeat. Given that both Bill and Hillary Clinton are Martelly’s new, best friends, I imagine they will try to find a way to dissolve Parliament. Martelly Launches Health Week in Haiti, Travels to U.S. for Routine Check-up Martelly could have stayed in Haiti and […]
“No Houses that Aristide Built Fell Down in the Earthquake:” Disaster Capitalism and the Housing Vultures
June 21, 2011
Disaster Capitalism in Haiti Leaves Displaced with Few Choices by Isabel Macdonald Monday June 20, 2011 From the balcony of her second story Port-au-Prince apartment, Mary Ander had a particularly good view of former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s tour last week of Haiti’s soon-to-be-launched “Building Back Better Communities” housing expo, a Haitian Ministry of Tourism […]
Rights Groups File Request with IACHR on Evictions of Displaced Haitians
June 17, 2011
Press Release: Haiti Government Continues Evicting Earthquake Survivors from Displaced Persons’ Camps despite Human Rights Commission Orders (IJDH-BAI, Center for Constitutional Rights, TransAfrica Forum, Riptide Communications) 16 June 2011 Comments: 0 For Immediate Release: CONTACT: Mario Joseph, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, mario@ijdh.org, +011 (509) 3701 9879 (Haiti) Nicole Phillips, Institute for Justice & Democracy in […]
WikiLeaks Haiti: Post-Quake “Gold Rush” for Reconstruction Contracts
June 17, 2011
WikiLeaks Haiti: Post-Quake “Gold Rush” for Reconstruction Contracts Disaster capitalists were flocking to Haiti in a “gold rush” for contracts to rebuild the country after the January 12, 2010, earthquake, according to a secret cable from US Ambassador Kenneth Merten. The February 1, 2010, cable was obtained by WikiLeaks and made available to the Haitian […]
WikiLeaks Haiti: The Earthquake Cables (or Why Did the US Deploy 22,000 Troops to Haiti?)
June 16, 2011
In the days just after the earthquake of January 2010, those familiar with the duplicitous nature of US foreign policy knew something was dreadfully wrong after the US military takeover of the control tower at Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince. Under pretense of security concerns, the only priority was getting US military boots on the ground (in the end, […]
Haiti: The Emperor Has No Votes – The Imposition of Martelly, The Reconstitution of the Army and The Restoration of Duvalier
June 7, 2011
First printed in the San Francisco Bay View Haiti: The emperor has no votes Posted By Adrian On June 6, 2011 @ 11:14 pm In Haiti and Latin America | 3 Comments The imposition of Martelly, the reconstitution of the army, and the restoration of Duvalier by Charlie Hinton, Haiti Action Committee [1] A little […]
USAID Says Its Report on Number of Quake Victims is “Flawed” – More Like Manufactured
June 5, 2011
A US government report is usually leaked for one of two reasons; -The US leaks its own reports to see if the media will float the contents long enough to manipulate public opinion in favor of the report’s conclusions. -A government employee or contractor, willing to risk job security, will leak a report because its […]
Human Rights Group Sues Mayor in Haiti for Terrorizing Earthquake Victims During Unlawful Eviction (BAI)
June 5, 2011
For Immediate Release: May 31, 2011 Contact: Mario Joseph, Av., Managing Attorney, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, mario@ijdh.org, +509-3701-9879/ +509-3554-4284 (in Port-au-Prince) (French) Jeena Shah, Esq., Legal Fellow, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, jeena@ijdh.org, +509-3610-2781 (in Port-au-Prince) (English) Human rights group sues mayor in Haiti for terrorizing earthquake victims during unlawful evictions (BAI) On Wednesday, June 1, […]
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June 26, 2011
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