Posts Tagged ‘haiti’

Everything we know about the assisination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse

The president of Haiti was assassinated and his wife wounded in a “well-coordinated” attack at their home in the Caribbean Island’s capital of Port-au-Prince. Gunmen raided the home during the early hours of the morning, throwing the country’s leadership and upcoming presidential elections into chaos. While details continue to emerge amid the “state of siege”, […]

Haiti: Police Kill President Assassination Suspects in Wild Shootout

The National Police of Haiti confirmed in a press conference late Wednesday that authorities had identified a group of “commandos” suspected of having assassinated President Jovenel Moïse in his home the night before. Unidentified gunmen entered Moïse’s home in Port-au-Prince in the early morning hours of Wednesday and shot him dead; Haitian law enforcement officials […]

Haiti’s Future Uncertain After Brazen Slaying Of President

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An already struggling and chaotic Haiti stumbled into an uncertain future Thursday, reeling from the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse followed by a reported gunbattle in which authorities said police killed four suspects in the murder, detained two others and freed three officers being held hostage. Officials pledged to find all […]

Haiti president Jovenel Moïse assassinated

Haiti president Jovenel Moïse assassinated Prime minister says attack carried out by ‘armed commando group’ that included foreign elementsA report by Peter Beaumont and Tom Phillips for London’s Guardian. The president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, has been assassinated in his home by a group of armed men who also seriously injured his wife, according to a […]

HAITI – HAVOC

President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, assassinated on 7 July 2021.The Miami Herald reported that the assassins claimed to be US Drug Enforcement Administration agents. In videos recorded by residents of the neighborhood, a man with an American accent can be heard shouting via a megaphone, “DEA operation. Everybody stand down. DEA operation. Everybody back up, […]

Police kill four suspects in killing of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse

Haiti’s police killed four suspects and arrested two others hours later, following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in his private residence. Three police officers held hostage by the suspected gunmen were freed late on Wednesday after police surrounded a house where some of the suspects were hiding, said Léon Charles, chief of Haiti’s National […]

Haiti Has Been Abandoned By The Media, The US, And The World

Above Photo: AP Photo / Brennan Linsley Human Rights Activist Antoinette Duclaire’s Murder Is The Latest For A Country In Chaos. An Obsession With Elections Obscures A Complete Absence Of Democracy Or Accountability. EDITOR’S NOTE: After this piece went to press, a team of attackers broke into President Jovenel Moise’s private residence above Port-au-Prince and […]

Haiti In Upheaval: President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated At Home

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Wednesday, with police killing four suspects and arresting two others hours later amid growing chaos in a country already enduring gang violence and protests of his increasingly authoritarian rule. Three police […]

Stand With Haiti! A Call For Solidarity

Above photo: Black Alliance for Peace. This statement, written by Haiti Action Committee and signed by over 60 organizations, commemorates the 10th anniversary of the return to Haiti of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and First Lady Mildred Aristide. It calls for support of the resistance by the Haitian people to the US-backed dictatorship of Jovenel […]

‘Poor Rich Haiti’

‘Poor Rich Haiti’ Above photo: Lautaro Rivara. How imperialists and local oligarchy have sought destroy agriculture in Haiti. From Haiti, Lautaro Rivara unpacks the tired trope of “poor rich Haiti,” highlighting the role of foreign capital and local elites in the destruction of life in the countryside. Does the oft-repeated refrain that “Haiti is the […]

WATCH: Belize Men’s Soccer Team Confronted By Armed Insurgents in Haiti

The Belize men’s national soccer team was shockingly waylaid by heavily armed insurgents as they drove from an airport in Haiti to their hotel, according to reports. The team released a statement saying that right after they drove away from the airport after arriving in Haiti for the FIFA World Cup Qualifying Matches, their motorcade […]

HAITI – FRANZ PIERRE

Haiti  “What caused the riots and the curfew?” I asked the girl seated on a bar stool in Santo Domingo’s dilapidated Colon Bar. It was April 1980. “Corruption,” she said, “A fourteen year old newspaper boy and a journalist were shot. Near your hotel.” I decided to escape from the Dominican Republic to Haiti.  A […]

The Biden Administration Is Greenlighting Haiti’s Descent Into Dictatorship

Above photo: A demonstrator takes part in a march during a protest against Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti February 14, 2021. Reuters/Jeanty Junior Augustin. NOTE: March 27 to 29 is a National Weekend of Protests in solidarity with Haiti. Click here to learn more. As thousands of Haitians protest each Sunday against Jovenel Moïse, their embattled and increasingly authoritarian […]

Dominican Republic announces plans for Haiti border fence

The Dominican Republican will start construction on new fencing along the country’s border with Haiti this year in a bid to curb irregular migration and illicit trade. Speaking before Congress on Saturday – the 177th anniversary of the Dominican Republic’s independence from Haiti – president Luis Abinader said his government would be taking action to […]

Haiti: Danny Shaw Reports On The Serious Political And Social Crisis

Above photo: Danny Shaw in Haiti. COHA’s Senior Research Fellow, professor Danny Shaw, opens a window to the mass movement in Haiti which is demanding President Jovenel Moïse step down and cease rule by decree. Demonstrators are also calling for the release of political prisoners, the restoration of the Supreme Court justices, Police Inspector General […]

Haiti: Black Despots And White Rulers

The horror story in Haiti since 2004 is not really about despotic Black government, but is the consequence and crime of global white rule. “Moïse is the product of a broader system blocking Haiti’s democratic path and sovereignty, a system that is built and maintained by the white rulers of the world.” The past week […]

Haiti: ‘No To Dictatorship’

Haiti: ‘No To Dictatorship’  As tens of thousands of Haitians defy repression to protest Jovenel Moïse’s power grab, the Biden administration’s support for Moïse continues a long US tradition of backing right-wing autocrats and undermining Haiti’s popular movements. Haitian president Jovenel Moïse has cracked down on a wave of popular protest as he tries […]

Firsthand Report On The Crisis In Haiti: ‘The People Are Screaming For Help’

Firsthand Report On The Crisis In Haiti: ‘The People Are Screaming For Help’ By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. February 15, 2021 Jovenel Moïse’s term as president in Haiti ended on Sunday, February 7, but he is refusing to leave office with the support of the Biden administration, the United Nations and other western imperialist […]

For Biden Administration, Black Lives Don’t Matter In Haiti!

Above photo: Chandan Khanna/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. NOTE: Haiti Action Network has an action page of resources that you can use to press for the United States to end its intervention in Haiti. Click here for that page. A Black Alliance for Peace Statement on Haiti. The people of Haiti have been demanding freedom […]

The Foreign Roots Of Haiti’s ‘Constitutional Crisis’

The Foreign Roots Of Haiti’s ‘Constitutional Crisis’ Above photo: Jovenel Moïse speaks at his inauguration ceremony after taking the oath of office, Port-au-Prince, February 7, 2017. UN Photo / Igor Rugwiza / Flickr. Haiti’s president’s term has come to an end, but he refuses to step down. Solidarity is urgent. As per usual, news on […]

Haiti: Protesters Demand President Moise Steps Down

Above photo: Protesters demonstrate in front of a police vehicle in June 2019, demanding President Jovenel Moise step aside. These calls have intensified this year, amid a constitutional crisis. Haitian Times photo by Patrice Douge. Diaspora Reacts To Haiti Crisis. Amid ongoing protests, the diaspora watched as journalists reported the arrest of a Supreme Court justice […]

Coup attempt foiled in Haiti, president says, amid term dispute between him and opposition

Haitian law enforcement have arrested 23 people, including a Supreme Court judge and a high-ranking police officer in the wake of what the nation’s president, Jovenel Moise, called a coup and assassination attempt. “The goal of these people was to make an attempt on my life,” Moise told journalists on Sunday, adding that the plot […]

Pastor, Wife Working to Build Church, Orphanage in Haiti Killed in Home Invasion

CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS — A Haitian couple, who lived in the United States for a time and recently returned to Haiti as missionaries, have been killed in an armed home invasion outside of Port Au Prince. According to reports, a local gang is believed to be responsible for the deaths of Jean Phillippe Quetant, 57, and his wife, […]

People’s Movements Protest Neoliberal Policies In Haiti

People’s Movements Protest Neoliberal Policies In Haiti Above Photo: From Thedawn-news.org On the morning of May 25th, a large group of people’s organizations of Haiti mobilized in the capital, Puerto Principe, demanding the fulfillment of an extension agenda of demands from the State and the president Jovenel Moïse. The mobilization was called by an platform known […]

The Rape of Haiti: How NGOs, Clinton Foundation, the US and France Destroyed a Nation

SS: Ok, we are going to go case by case. But because Oxfam is the latest case I would like to focus on them in the beginning. I mean, it only takes one scandal to ruin the reputation of a charity – accusations stick and people start thinking that the whole organisation is rotten. After […]

Oxfam’s Sex Scandal: Haiti’s Latest Indignity at the Hands of Dogooders

International donors had pledged $10 billion for the Haiti response at a March 31, 2010 UN conference. According to the UN Special Envoy’s office, this amount was later upped to $13 billion, while individual donors worldwide contributed just over $3 billion. The 16-billion-dollar question was, often asked, “Where did the money go?” NGOs, used to being granted […]

Go home Hillary, you’re DRUNK: Hillary Clinton trashes Trump on Haiti, gets RIPPED by Conservatives

Go home Hillary, you’re DRUNK: Hillary Clinton trashes Trump on Haiti, gets RIPPED by Conservatives Twitchy January 13, 2018 Hillary Clinton tweeting about Haiti and trying to shame Trump for calling the country a sh*thole may be the most out of touch and ridiculous thing weve seen on Twitter, and weve seen a LOT of […]

Obama called Libya a Sh*t Show, Trump called Haiti a Sh*thole, but the US ensured Both are True

By Rachel Blevins | The Free Thought Project | January 12, 2018 The mainstream media is horrified by the idea that President Trump would refer to Haiti as a “Shithole” country—but they seem to have forgotten that President Obama referred to Libya as a “Shit show,” and that the United States has had a hand […]

UN: Bill Clinton Responsible For 10,000 Cholera Deaths In Haiti

The United Nations has blamed Bill Clinton for the massive cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed over 10,000 citizens in 2010. Bill Clinton was head of the UN mission to Haiti at the time UN troops dumped large amounts of septic waste into the local water supply. “Over the past year, the U.N. has become […]

Flashback: How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes

In late 2011, the Red Cross launched a multimillion-dollar project to transform the desperately poor area, which was hit hard by the earthquake that struck Haiti the year before. The main focus of the project — called LAMIKA, an acronym in Creole for “A Better Life in My Neighborhood” — was building hundreds […]

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