The relationship between state authority and the poor of the world is defined by criminalization, defamation and provocation. To prevent the poor from progressing, state authority issues propaganda that criminalizes the poor and defames its leaders. With the propaganda stage set, the state provokes the poor until a response is elicited. Then, the state takes the poor’s response and touts it as the aggressive nature […]
March 23, 2010
LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY COALITION DELEGATION REPORT: “HAITI – AN OPPRESSED STATE,” 12/2809 – 1/7/2010 Excerpt from introduction: A delegation of 11 academics, journalists, and Latin America solidarity leaders from the United States and Canada visited Haiti prior to the recent earthquake, from Dec. 28, 2009-Jan. 7, 2010. The delegation […]
March 13, 2010
Edmond Mulet, is a former Guatemalan politician and diplomat. He first came to Haiti in June 2006 to serve as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN “peacekeeping” mission, MINUSTAH. In August 2007, Mulet was named Assistant Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations and was posted in New York. Upon the death of Hedi […]
February 25, 2010
Given the arrival of President Lula in Haiti, it’s obvious that Lucia Newman’s assignment was to do a story on how much Haitians love and admire the UN “peacekeepers,” especially the Brazilians since they head the peacekeeping mission, MINUSTAH. In 2004, when MINUSTAH was deployed to Haiti, it had one important job — make the February 2004 coup against President […]
February 1, 2010
Cite Soleil is a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince that is extremely poor and where former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, enjoys his greatest support. Since the beginning of its occupation of Haiti, the UN has regularly demonized the residents of Cite Soleil by claiming they are prone to violence. For five years, this propaganda has been a prelude […]
January 26, 2010
Caleb McCarry doing what he does best: dreaming up ways to screw the people of Haiti 10/28/05 Granma International (Havana) CALEB McCARRY: Bush’s man for Cuba author of the Haitian disaster BY JEAN-GUY ALLARD-Special for Granma International Havana, October 28, 2005 BY using ex-soldiers, henchmen and criminals to destabilize the government […]
January 25, 2010
Kevin Pina, journalist and documentary filmmaker, is a special correspondent for KPFA’s – Flashpoints program and is reporting from Haiti every day this week. Kevin has been reporting on Haiti for 20 years. The show airs live daily at 5:00PM West Coast time and 8:00PM East Coast time and the URL is: http://www.kpfa.org/ I encourage you to […]
January 20, 2010
Comments Off on HAITI: UN “Peacekeepers” in the Gaza Strip of the Caribbean
The original article on this topic, “Haiti, the Gaza Strip of the Caribbean,” was written just after a July 6, 2005, UN massacre in Cite Soleil, one of poorest neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince. The following article has much of the same information as the original with some updates. In this article, the terms “UN” and “MINUSTAH,” which is the French acronym for the […]
October 29, 2008
Comments Off on HAITI: Canada’s NED? Whose Rights? What Sort of Democracy?
Canada’s NED? Whose Rights? What Sort of Democracy? Haiti by Yves Engler Global Research, October 24, 2008 ZNet – 2006-09-16 These are the questions that must be asked of “Rights & Democracy,” a Montreal-based political group funded almost entirely by the Canadian government. This week Rights and Democracy has taken part in a smear campaign […]
February 29, 2008
Comments Off on HAITI: Fourth Anniversary of the Coup
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 articles […]
June 16, 2010
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