OAS Overturned Haitian Presidential Election in a “Political Intervention,” New CEPR Paper Suggests Statistical Analysis Shows that OAS Action Was Inconsistent with Election Data For Immediate Release: October 17, 2011 Contact: Dan Beeton, 202-239-1460 Washington, D.C.– An Organization of American States (OAS) Mission overturned the results of the first round of Haiti’s presidential elections last […]
August 3, 2011
Martelly was put in office, not by the people of Haiti, but through the electoral sorcery of the Organization of American States under the direction of the US. Without a real mandate, Martelly is finding how tough it is to form a government and is in a pickle now that the Parliament has formally rejected […]
July 6, 2011
Haitians just can’t get a break. Bernard Gousse, Martelly’s nominee for Prime Minister, was a particularly evil “justice” minister in the illegal government of Gerard Latortue who was anointed by the 2004 “coup team” of US-France-Canada, a move that violated the Haitian constitution. Gousse oversaw a justice system that targeted Aristide supporters — hundreds incarcerated […]
April 26, 2011
Imperialist Agenda in Haiti Exposed by Yves Engler / Dissident Voice, April 19th, 2011 After a deadly earthquake rocked Haiti 15 months ago, most Canadians worried about uncovering those trapped, getting survivors water, and connecting family members. It seems they were concerned about something very different in the halls of power. According to internal documents […]
January 24, 2011
Luckily, this panel discussion includes Peter Hallward, author of the recent book: “Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment” which I recommend highly. It is Hallward who provides the background on what happened to Aristide and why. Of course, the main focus is Haiti and the ridiculous election.
January 18, 2011
U.S., France, Increase Pressure On Haiti to Accept Their Choices for Presidential Candidates By Mark Weisbrot This column was published by The Guardian Unlimited (UK) on January 18, 2011. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to the original. As the infamous dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier returns to Haiti after 25 […]
January 10, 2011
OAS Backs Illegitimate Election in Haiti in Which Three-Quarters of Haitians Didn’t Vote By Mark Weisbrot This column was published by The Guardian Unlimited (UK) on January 10, 2011. If anyone wants to reprint it, please include a link to the original. What is it about Haiti that makes the “international community” think […]
December 31, 2010
Recount and Review of Haiti’s Election Tally Shows Massive Irregularities Election Outcome In Doubt For Immediate Release: December 30, 2010 Contact: Dan Beeton, 202-256-6116 Washington, D.C.– An independent recount and review of 11,171 tally sheets from Haiti’s November 28 election shows that the outcome of the election is indeterminate. The review, conducted by the Center […]
December 30, 2010
OAS Removes Special Representative in Haiti from Post ST. DOMINGO – The Organization of American States removed its special representative in Haiti, Ricardo Seitenfus, from his post, a diplomat said on condition of anonymity. The move came after the publication in a Swiss newspaper of remarks attributed to the diplomat in which he questioned the […]
September 3, 2010
If interested in reading the full text of the Havana Declaration, go to Fidel’s speeches, a database of his speeches maintained by the University of Texas. September 2, 1960, Fidel rips up the OAS declaration expressing the intention to expel Cuba from the organization. But, before this could happen, Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Raul Roa, announced that Cuba […]
October 17, 2011
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