If you are going to be an imperialist, you must act like one. You must be arrogant, duplicitous, condescending and, when dealing with certain countries like Haiti, you must treat the people and their government officials like children. If I was casting for the role of the new UglyAmerican, I would pick the US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice. […]
January 17, 2011
He looks scared — he should be. (Photo: NY Times) Actually, the more important question is WHO sent him there and for WHAT? More on this in the coming days. Monday, January, 17, 2011 Who Let ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier Back into Haiti? By Tim Padgett In the past 12 months, Haiti — already the […]
July 13, 2010
AL JAZEERA UPDATED ON: Monday, July 12, 2010 17:52 Mecca time, 14:52 FOCUS: OPINION West still ‘undermining Haiti’ By Yves Engler Six months after the earthquake, about 1.3 million Haitians still live in tent camps [GALLO/GETTY] Six months ago a devastating earthquake killed more than 230,000 Haitians. About 100,000 homes were completely […]
April 25, 2010
For $10 Billion of “Promises” Haiti Surrenders its Sovereignty International Donors Conference at the UN by Kim Ives Global Research, April 25, 2010 Haïti Liberté – 2010-04-20 It was fitting that the Mar. 31 “International Donors Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti” was held in the Trusteeship Council at the United Nations headquarters in […]
March 15, 2010
Caricom demands clear role on Haiti Monday, March 15 2010 CARICOM leaders are insisting the regional grouping should play “a clear role” in the reconstruction of earthquake ravaged Haiti. Haiti, Caricom’s newest member state, was devastated by a massive 7.0 magnitude quake on January 12 which left over 200,000 people dead and its capital Port-au-Prince […]
February 18, 2010
French President Sarkozy arrives in Haiti By MICHELLE FAUL (AP) – 23 hours ago PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — France’s national anthem blared across the tarmac on Wednesday as Nicolas Sarkozy made the first visit ever by a French president to Haiti, once his nation’s richest colony — offering aid to a country prostrate after a […]
January 31, 2010
President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa Ecuador president blasts aid ‘imperialism’ on Haiti trip PORT-AU-PRINCE, January 30, 2010 (AFP) – Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa criticized “imperialism” in aid efforts in Haiti during a visit to the stricken nation Friday, echoing criticism leveled by other leftist Latin American leaders. “There is a lot of imperialism […]
May 26, 2009
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LIBERTE 26 May 2009 IN HAITI ARISTIDE LIVES! by Charlie Hinton http://www.haitisolidarity.net/article.php?id=315 Four elections prove it. In 1990 and 2000, overwhelming majorities elected Jean-Bertrand Aristide president, but military coups overthrew him both times. In 2004, the U.S., France, and Canada led an occupation force that kidnapped and exiled him from the Americas. A United Nations […]
April 22, 2009
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Lavalas flexes its muscles in Haiti by Kevin Pina President of Haiti Rene Preval appears visibly worried as his security detachment far out numbers voters at the polling station where he cast his ballot. A nearly empty ballot box sits at a polling station in Port-au-Prince on April 19, 2009. Voters overwhelmingly stayed away from […]
January 25, 2008
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Video evidence of UN massacre in Haiti The release of the footage adds to the already controversial role of the UN in Haiti at a moment when they are trying to portray conditions as normalizing following the election of Rene Preval as president in 2006. 11.jpgojiqcm.jpg, image/jpeg, 720×480 A Haitian web site has released footage […]
January 24, 2011
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