Muddled Interventions: Haiti, the UN and Resolution 2699
A country broken by constant foreign interventions, its tyrannical regimes propped up by the back brace of the United States (when it wasn’t intervening to adjust it), marred by appalling…
Haiti
Exploiting Haiti through the Global Fragility Act
The United States has had its claws in Haiti for a century and isn’t about to let go. Foreign domination has destroyed this Caribbean country, the first Black republic in…
UN Considers Sanctions In Haiti, U.S., Canada send Armored Carriers
The United Nations is expected to vote this week on sanctions against a powerful gang leader in Haiti who has blocked supplies of food, fuel and drinking water as the impoverished Caribbean country struggles…
Four Straight Years of Nonstop Street Protest in Haiti
A cycle of protests began in Haiti in July 2018, and—despite the pandemic—has carried on since then. The core reason for the protest in 2018 was that in March of that year…
The Haitian Migration Crisis: Made in the U.S.A.
Through his administration’s recent policies towards Haiti and Haitian migrants, President Joe Biden is carrying out a crime against humanity. Unfortunately, this represents continuity in a decades-long, bi-partisan policy toward…
Haiti and the Debt of Independence
In the vast history of imperialist exploitation few episodes match the depravity of Haiti’s debt of independence. Military blackmail of a small country by a superpower, prioritizing “property rights” over…
Haiti—Serious Humanitarian Crisis Needs Urgent Attention
The recent international focus on Afghanistan has led to the unfortunate neglect of a many-sided humanitarian crisis in Haiti which has aggravated around the same time. First, a high-intensity earthquake…
A Short History of Haiti
The 1697 Treaty of Ryswick legalized French control over the western third of the island of Hispaniola - a Spanish asset - under the name of Saint-Domingue. The colony proved…
Stop Supporting Brutal Moïse Regime in Haiti
Nearly 800 Organizations and Individuals in the United States Demand the Biden Administration End Its Support for the Brutal Moïse Regime in Haiti. United States - Today, February 24, 72…
Haiti Independence Day
January 1st is the day Haiti proclaimed herself to be a free, independent nation. She became the first free black republic in the world. Her great battle for freedom, the…
Haiti Death Toll Soars
At least 800 people in Haiti were killed by Hurricane Matthew, according to new figuresreleased Friday as remote regions cut off by the storm were able to resume outside contact.…
Haiti 101 Years After US Invasion, Still Resisting Domination
US invaded and occupied Haiti 101 years ago today, and remained there for nineteen years. Accomplishments of the occupation include raiding the Haitian National Bank, re-instituting forced labor, establishing the…
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