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“The Super Bowl of Disasters:” Profiting from Crisis in Post-Earthquake Haiti
You might want to keep this article at your fingertips so that when a colleague or friend asks why Haiti is still in a mess, you can provide all the details. Authors Deepa Pachang, Beverly Bell, and Tory Field are to be congratulated on this article. The “Super Bowl of Disasters:” Profiting from Crisis in […]
Video: Victims of Forced Evictions Interviewed, Plus Press Release: 100 days into Michel Martelly’s presidency: Survey reveals government’s closure of camps conflicts with durable housing solutions proposed in housing plan
August 19, 2011
100 days into Michel Martelly’s presidency: Survey reveals government’s closure of camps conflicts with durable housing solutions proposed in housing plan (IJDH-BAI) 18 August 2011 Comments: 0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2011 Mario Joseph, Av., Managing Attorney, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI), Mario@ijdh.org, 011–509-3701–9879 (Haiti) Nicole Phillips, Esq., staff attorney, Institute for Justice & […]
VIDEOS: Lousy Living Conditions for Haiti’s Quake Homeless Persist as Oxfam Asks Gov’t “Where’s Your Housing Plan?”
July 12, 2011
Before you read about the latest call to the Haitian government to issue a housing plan for the thousands of quake victims still homeless, check out the following videos shot a few months after the quake. The tragedy is that the overwhelming majority of homeless live in the same rotten conditions now that they did […]
Interview with Haiti Liberte Editor, Kim Ives: US Meddling, Aristide, Martelly and Return of the Army
July 11, 2011
How the U.S. meddled in Haiti July 7, 2011 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – With the country now in the hands of Michel Martelly, the U.S.-backed candidate who a presidential runoff election earlier this year, Haiti’s crisis remains as difficult as ever–as a […]
Haiti: Strike Two! 16 0f 30 Senators Oppose Prezy Martelly’s Second PM Nominee
July 9, 2011
When a combination of the US, UN, and OAS selected Sweet Mickey Martelly as Haiti’s president, it probably didn’t dawn on him that he was going into office without a mandate and, therefore, no legitimacy. It’s about time for Hillary to fly to Port-au-Prince to fix the mess. No prime minister means no government. On […]
HAITI: The Next Round by Robert Roth
June 28, 2011
HAITI: THE NEXT ROUND by Robert Roth On March 18th, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family returned home from a 7-year forced exile in South Africa – an exile brought about by the violent U.S.-orchestrated coup in 2004. Up until the last minute, the U.S. government tried to stop the return, with President Obama going […]
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 […]
Disaster Capitalism to Reign in Haiti – Martelly and Clinton Seal the Deal
April 28, 2011
With unnerving foresight, Alex Dupuy, a professor of sociology at Wesleyan University, summed up Clinton and Martelly’s Wednesday meeting nearly a year ago when he said, “The dual strategy of urban sweatshops and laissez-faire agriculture, which subordinated Haiti in the 1980s, is now it’s reconstruction plan.” Martelly-Clinton Seal Deal for Next Wave of Disaster Capitalism […]
HAITI: Sweet Mickey’s Military
April 21, 2011
President Aristide’s most popular decision while in office was to abolish the Haitian army. With no foreign enemies and a ridiculous drain on Haiti’s precious annual budget, getting rid of the army was a wise fiscal decision. But, the decision’s popularity was because the primary source of state-sponsored repression against the Haitian people would be […]
In Addition to Bill Clinton, Prezy “Sweet Mickey” Makes Another New, Best Friend — Hillary
April 20, 2011
Haitian President-elect Martelly pledges to speed up post-earthquake recovery By Mary Beth Sheridan, Wednesday, April 20, 6:49 PM Haiti’s newly elected president met senior U.S. officials in Washington on Wednesday, pledging to speed up reconstruction of his earthquake-battered country and to reestablish an army in a country that has been plagued with coups. Michel Martelly was warmly […]
THE BLACK JACOBINS BY CLR JAMES
GUINEA – BLOODY MONDAY REPORT
HONDURAS RESISTS!
RADIO DEL SUR
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February 19, 2012
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