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HAITI: Military Playing Large Role in “Relief” Efforts

January 25, 2010

HAITI: Military Playing Large Role in Relief Efforts By Marguerite A. Suozzi UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25, 2010 (IPS) – As international attention turns to the long-term reconstruction of earthquake-stricken Haiti, U.N. officials pledged that the Haitian government would have full involvement and authority over the process. “This relief and recovery process will not work without […]

Securing Disaster in Haiti by Peter Hallward (author of Damning the Flood: Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment)

January 24, 2010

Securing disaster in Haiti By Peter Hallward January 21, 2010 — Haitianalysis.com — Nine days after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, it’s now clear that the initial phase of the US-led relief operation has conformed to the three fundamental tendencies that have shaped the more general course of the island’s […]

VIDEO: UN “Peacekeepers” and US Military Get Rambo with Haitians at Airport

January 20, 2010

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The following video, in Spanish, is not very clear, but, as they say, you get the picture. A reporter for Cuban TV is covering the repression of a group of Haitian men at the airport. While the video says it is US troops playing the tough guys, it is primarily the UN’s peacekeepers (blue helmets or as Haitians […]

HAITI (video): Footage Shows UN Shooting at Crowd in Haiti

June 24, 2009

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Video footage shows UN shooting at crowd in Haiti June 24, 2009 HIP- Port au Prince- Haiti’s largest privately owned TV station, Radio Tele-Ginen, released video footage today that contradicts denials by the UN that they only fired shots into the air during a funeral for Catholic priest Father Gerard Jean-Juste on June 18. The […]

HAITI: UN Shoots into Funeral Procession, Population Demands Preval Resign and Aristide Return

June 18, 2009

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The UN Peacekeeping mission has never been a force for peace in Haiti for the same reason that Israel has never been a force for peace in the Middle East– it is not to their advantage AND murdering Haitians/Palestinians has not been to their disadvantage. The more that Israel can justify the threat from Palestinians, […]

HAITI: Canada’s NED? Whose Rights? What Sort of Democracy?

October 29, 2008

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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 […]

HAITI: Fourth Anniversary of the Coup

February 29, 2008

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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 […]

HAITI: “UN Troops Accused of Human Rights Violations in Haiti”

January 22, 2008

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http://americas.irc-online.org/am/4905 Excerpt from article: “Another violent military operation occurred in July 2005, when an estimated 22,000 bullet holes were found after an operation by MINUSTAH in Cite Soleil. Reports by HIP cited accounts by residents that the wounded and dead were found inside their own homes. These accounts charge that soldiers shot at people indiscriminately, […]