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Haiti: Kenyan court blocks foreign intervention, for now

Binoy Kampmark — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:15:00 +1100

Another foreign military intervention in Haiti to prop up its corrupt and repressive regime is being slammed as likely to exacerbate the country's political crisis, reports Binoy Kampmark.

Erol Josué strives for healing amid Haiti’s chaos

Bill Nevins — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 17:30:00 +1000

As a houngan (male priest in Haitian voodoo), Haitian recording and performing artist Erol Josué is a healer. He spoke following the release of his new album, Pelerinaj (Pilgrimage).

Haiti: US tries to bend UN charter to bless illegal, unwanted invasion

Kim Ives — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:30:00 +1100

The United States is searching for a formula to justify its fourth major military intervention into Haiti in a century, reports Kim Ives.

Haiti: Widespread protests against threat of foreign military intervention

Tanya Wadhwa — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:15:00 +1100

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians took to the streets protesting the government’s request for foreign military intervention in Haiti. Tanya Wadhwa reports.

Four straight years of nonstop street protest in Haiti

Vijay Prashad — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +1000

A cycle of protests began in Haiti in July 2018, and, despite the pandemic, has carried on since then, writes Vijay Prashad.

Haiti: Suspected assassins trained by US, linked to pro-coup oligarchy

Dan Cohen — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:45:00 +1000

As the investigation into President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination unfolds, the United States is laying the groundwork to deploy troops into Haiti, writes Dan Cohen.

Haiti: President assassinated amid killings, protests

Kim Ives — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:15:00 +1000

Kim Ives looks at events in the days leading up to Jovenel Moise's assassination in Haiti.

Haiti: A new revolutionary period takes shape

Kim Ives — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:30:00 +1000

A form of “people’s war” is emerging in Haiti, according to Kim Ives, where people are sick and tired of poverty and being used by elites.

Haiti: ‘A day in the life’ fighting dictatorship and neocolonialism

Danny Shaw — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:30:00 +1100

Danny Shaw recounts his experience sleeping, eating and marching with militants on the frontline of the struggle against dictatorship in Haiti.

Moïse gives Haiti to Coca-Cola, while people starve

Renel Exentus — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:30:00 +1100

Weekly protests continue following Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s decree extending his mandate for another 12 months. The Assembly of Haitians in Montréal against the Occupation of Haiti released the following statement, co-authored by Renel Exentus and Ricardo Gustave.

President vows to cling to power as Haiti ‘on the verge of explosion’

Kim Ives — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 10:45:00 +1100

Haitian president Jovenel Moïse is clinging to power, after a February 7 constitutional deadline that stipulated he must step down. Kim Ives explains the background to Haiti’s latest political crisis.

The Haitian masses' enduring struggle to reclaim 'the land beneath their feet'

Barry Healy — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:15:00 +1000

The history of the Haitian slaves’ revolt has been well-documented by CLR James in The Black Jacobins, among other books. But the period in between has been largely left blank, writes Barry Healy.

Haitians commemorate liberator Dessalines with huge mobilisations

Pip Hinman — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:15:00 +1100

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Haiti on October 17 to commemorate the national revolutionary and liberator Jean-Jacques Dessalines and to demand the resignation of United States-backed president Jovenel Moïse.

Several huge mobilisations occurred across the country demanding an end to Moïse’s anti-people, corrupt and neoliberal government.

Haiti: Regime crumbling in the face of popular fury

Kim Ives — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:15:00 +1100

Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince looks post-apocalyptic, reflecting the fierce class war which has raged here since last year, if not since 1986, writes Kim Ives.

Haiti uprising rekindled after latest corruption report

Kim Ives — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:00:00 +1000

Thousands took to the streets in towns and cities around Haiti on June 9 to demand President Jovenel Moïse’s resignation and the prosecution of those responsible for looting about US$2 billion from the government’s Petrocaribe Fund, writes Haiti Liberté's Kim Ives.

Haiti: US mercenaries caught moving $80M from Petrocaribe fund

Matthew Cole — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:15:00 +1000

Embattled President Jovenel Moïse used United States' help in a poorly executed, but serious, effort to consolidate power writes Matthew Cole (The Intercept) and Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte).

How Trump's attacks on Venezuela triggered a revolution in Haiti

Kim Ives — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:45:00 +1100

Chaos reigned in Haiti for a seventh straight day on February 13, as people continue to rise up against President Jovenel Moïse over his corruption, arrogance, false promises and straight-faced lies. But the crisis will not be solved by Moïse’s departure, which appears imminent, writes Kim Ives.

Eye-opening look at the dark side of the ‘aid industry’

Jim McIlroy — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 17:45:00 +1100

Disaster Capitalism
Written by Antony Loewenstein
Directed by Thor Neureiter
www.disastercapitalismfilm.com

Disaster Capitalism is a groundbreaking documentary film about Bougainville, Haiti and Afghanistan, revealing the dark underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. The film offers important insights into a secret multi-billion dollar world by investigating how aid money is actually spent — or misspent.

Is Latin America still the US's 'backyard'?

Alexander Main — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:45:00 +1100

In 2008, the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations published a report titled US-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality. Timed to influence the foreign policy agenda of the next US administration, the report asserted: “the era of the US as the dominant influence in Latin America is over.”

Then, at the Summit of the Americas the next year, then-president Barack Obama promised Latin American leaders a “new era” of “equal partnership” and “mutual respect”.

The deep roots of Haiti’s uprising

Robert Roth — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 15:15:00 +1000

On July 6, Haiti exploded. By the tens of thousands, Haitians poured into the streets of Port-au-Prince to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise. Robert Roth looks at the roots of the rising that ousted the prime minister and forced a government back down.

The protests were sparked by the government’s announcement that it would cut or remove subsidies on fuel. This led to a 38% rise in petrol prices, with the price of kerosene jumping 50% to US$4 a gallon.

Haiti: PM resigns as nationwide uprising erupts over fuel hikes

Kim Ives — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 15:30:00 +1000

Haiti exploded in early July in a nationwide uprising whose Kreyòl watchwords are nou bouke — we are fed up, writes Kim Ives.

Haiti’s suffering was imposed

Fred Fuentes — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:30:00 +1100

Trump reportedly referred to Haiti, El Salvador and African nations during an immigration meeting with lawmakers, saying, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”

There can be no doubt that Haiti has many severe challenges, or that the cesspool of US power, and other dominant nations, are at their root.

Latin America rejects racist Trump

Fred Fuentes — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:15:00 +1100

Latin American leaders have strongly defended the world’s most impoverished migrants after US President Donald Trump reportedly referred to certain developing nations as “shithole countries”.

Bolivian President Evo Morales expressed his indignation on Twitter: “To insult African countries, El Salvador and Haiti, Trump insults the world and demonstrates his opinions and politics are contaminated by capitalist racism, fascism, arrogance, and ignorance.

“History has shown that those who offend like this end up eating their words.”

Naomi Klein: US treatment of Haitian refugees is a sign of climate refugees' future

Jessica Corbett — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 17:00:00 +1100

After an announcement from the Donald Trump administration that it is terminating temporary protections for about 59,000 Haitians who fled to the United States after a devastating 2010 earthquake, journalist Naomi Klein warns decisions by the United States and Canadian governments indicate how wealthy nations may handle climate refugees in the years to come.

Haiti to ban public support for LGBTIQ rights, criminalise same-sex marriage

Federico Fuentes — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +1000

Haiti’s Senate has passed a bill that makes same sex marriage a crime and bans public displays of support for LGBTI rights. The bill — which would affect Haitian nationals and foreigners — will now go to the Chamber of Deputies, although a date for a vote has not been set.

Haitian law already defines marriage as being between a man and woman. But this bill seeks to expressly criminalise same sex marriage, with “parties, co-parties, and accomplices” to a same-sex marriage — meaning even those who simply attend — facing potential jail terms of up to three years and an $8000 fine.

Haiti: Workers take to streets to demand minimum wage rise

Fred Fuentes — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +1000

Hundreds of Haiti's factory workers protested in Port-au-Prince on July 10 against the government’s proposed paltry rise in the minimum wage.

Currently paid US$4.75 a day, workers mainly from factories outsourced to foreign companies are demanding wages rise to US$12.75 dollars for eight hours of work.

However, the government has said the minimum wage should only rise by 55 cents.

Haiti: ‘This is an electoral coup’, says activist amid daily protests

Tony Iltis — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +1100

In a very lacklustre ceremony, with almost no international presence save a delegation of US diplomats, Jovenel Moïse was appointed president of Haiti this month. But no media outlet reported that, at the same time, Haitian streets were boiling with protests in rejection of Moïse and his administration.

Letter from the US: The hypocrisy of blaming 'Russia'

Barry Sheppard — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:00:00 +1100

When Donald Trump is sworn in as president on January 20, he will take over the running of the US intelligence agencies — the CIA, FBI, NSA etc — that have brought charges to discredit the outcome of his election.

The Electoral College has rubberstamped Trump’s election and Congress has ratified it. The storm over allegations of Russian interference in last year’s elections will pass as The Leader takes charge and cleans house in these agencies.

But there are some things that should be noted about this brouhaha.

The empathy inequality: Pray for the rich and forget Haiti

Tamara Pearson — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:00:00 +1100

There is a very sinister, hellish thing behind the tepid concern that rears its head when a country like Haiti suffers a tragedy.

As 800 people died and 90% of parts of southern Haiti were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew earlier this month, leaving whole towns flattened, and people homeless and without basic infrastructure, the trending hashtag was #PrayForFlorida.

After Matthew, Haiti risks greater US domination

Kim Ives — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:00:00 +1100

The images and accounts of Haiti’s devastation following Hurricane Matthew’s passage on October 4 are gut-wrenching. The death toll is in the hundreds and continues to rise. Entire villages in the country's southwest were obliterated. The response of a Haitian government, left besieged and without resources by decades of foreign plunder, is anaemic. The victims’ anguished appeals for help are heart-rending. The United Nations now says 1.4 million people are in need of assistance, urgent and immediate for half of them.

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