Haitian Cholera Victims Demand MINUSTAH’s Complete Departure, Reparations

Haiti Liberte On Mar. 29, 2017, the 30th anniversary of the popular referendum which adopted the 1987 Haitian Constitution, about 200 demonstrators rallied and marched from Port-au-Prince’s Champ de Mars to the Parliament to demand the immediate withdrawal of the United Nations Mission to Stabilize Haiti (MINUSTAH), reparations for the victims of MINUSTAH-imported cholera, and…

The Covert Machinations of Canada in Haiti’s Tragic Destiny

Karl Fluri Haiti, comrades, stands before us as a harrowing testament to the crimes committed by imperialist powers. More than two centuries ago, the brave Haitian people rose up against the chains of French colonialism, reclaiming their freedom from the clutches of oppression. But their audacity to challenge colonial forces came at a heavy price….

The Splendor of a Thousand Suns: Hiroshima and Imperial Forgetfulness

Gonzalo Armúa Underwater atomic test carried out at Bikini Atoll in 1946. Photograph: United States Government Navy Joe Biden’s visit to Hiroshima in the framework of the G7 once again brings to the surface the cynical memory of an empire that 78 years ago unleashed the power of “a thousand suns” on a defenseless population….

Haiti: “Sectors of the Police and the Government are Accomplices of the Criminal Gangs”

Carlos Aznarez Henry Boisrolin is a member of the Haitian Democratic Committee in Argentina and a lucid analyst of what is happening in Haiti. We spoke with him about the serious events taking place in his country. What is the situation in Haiti at the moment, since lately we have been receiving information about the…

The U.S Role in Fomenting Violence in Haiti

G. Dunkel A protester shouts anti-government slogans near a burning barricade erected to protest bad police governance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 26, 2023.  Credit: Odelyn Joseph María Isabel Salvador, the author of the April 25 report from the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) to the U.N. Security Council on the current situation in Haiti…

Haiti, Hunger, and US Prison Imperialism

James Patrick JordanUS deportees in Haitian prisons. (Photo: Jacob Kushner/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) Imposing coups, forcing fake elections, denying asylum claims, and kidnapping a president aren’t enough subjugation for the US to carry out against Haiti. US built prisons are a death trap for thousands of people in that country. Three prisoners in the…

The Continued Silent Invasion of Haiti

Kerbie Joseph A U.S. Marine and a UN soldier in Haiti during a 2010 deployment. As we demand an end to the U.S. war machine, peace and an end to imperialism everywhere, we have to take the time to talk about the current political situation in Haiti. It has been reported that in coordination with…

Haiti: “The Truth Speaks for Itself”

Robert Roth “The truth speaks for itself: If there had not been a coup d’etat, today many of the beautiful dreams of the Haitian people would have already materialized.  With justice, transparency, participation, there would be food for everyone, housing for everyone, schools for all and health care for all.” “32 years after the victory…

How the U.S. and Canada are Wooing Latin America and the Caribbean to Front for their Plan to Invade Haiti

Travis Ross U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly hold a press conference on Oct. 27, 2022 in Ottawa to both hide and signal their desire to militarily intervene in Haiti. Photo: Blair Gable/AP Photo Part I On Jan. 23-24, 2023, heads of state and government met at the seventh…

The Heat: Haiti Crisis

Political instability, food insecurity and cholera, multiple crises that continue to slam the small Caribbean nation of Haiti. From any angle, it is clear the situation in Haiti is dire. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has multiple times called for international intervention and deployment of an armed force on the ground.  In 2022 alone, there were…

Fidel Castro’s Legacy Lives on as Cuba Keeps Sending ‘Doctors, not Bombs’ All Across the World

Daniel Kovalik  Cuba’s leader Fidel Castro speaks on International Workers Day in Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba. ©  AP Photo/Javier Galeano In the immediate aftermath of the recent devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, Cuba dispatched medical teams to the affected areas to provide care to victims. Their departure was marked by a farewell ceremony, which featured…

U.S. Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Condemned as “Crime Against Humanity”

Jeremy Kuzmarov The U.S. is blaming Zimbabwe’s government (which it is conveniently trying to overthrow) for the tragic humanitarian crises afflicting its suffering people. But the International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism has now placed responsibility directly on the harsh economic sanctions that the U.S. has been imposing on Zimbabwe for the last 22 years. Just two…

Canada: One of the ‘Biggest Gangsters in Haiti’

Catherine Hughes and Jackie McVicar Canadian Soldiers in Haiti. Photo courtesy Combat Camera/DND/Flickr. We have failed to respect the Haitian struggle for justice and self-determination The Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network (ARSN), founded in 1981, works in solidarity with people standing up for self-determination, social justice and for the Earth in the Americas. We have been following Canada’s…

Solidarity with the Haitian People’s Struggle: We Reject the CELAC Declaration on Haiti. No to Military Intervention.

Continental Communiqué in Solidarity with the Haitian People The consensus reached by the governments of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) with respect to Haiti, at the conclusion of their recent Summit in Buenos Aires, provokes deep indignation among the patriots of Haiti and of all of Our America. We reject it…

The Bubble of Prejudice vs the Light of Hope in China’s COVID Fight

Editorial Comment: I have only praise for China’s  response to Covid and their commitment to internationalism. My condemnation of Covid policies has been solely directed at Western nations (and the faux left supporting fascism and imperialism) that have exploited the pandemic to further anti-democratic agendas, extensively violate human rights, and promote dangerous escalations of military…

Africa in Review 2022

Abayomi AzikiweGhana AAPC, Dec. 1958 Regional Dynamics and Continental Security Developments in West, Central and East Africa highlights major obstacles to unity and sovereignty “AGENDA 2063 is Africa’s blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the continent’s strategic framework that aims to deliver on its goal…

U.S. Sanctions Haiti

Lallan Schoenstein Jimmy Cherizier addressing a rally of Haiti’s poor in La Saline, one of Port-au-Prince’s poorest shantytowns. Photo:Jean Wesley Amady Crime has played a dominant role in Haiti since the Taíno and Arawakan people were decimated by Spanish and French colonialists, and its earliest workers were kidnapped from their homes in Africa and exploited…

The Volatility of US Hegemony in Latin America

Roger D. Harris (L to R) Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, Lula da Silva and Rafael Correa. Mauricio Lima/ AFP. Part I: The Pink Tide Latin America and the Caribbean have again began to take on a becoming pink complexion, all the more so with June’s historic electoral victory in Colombia over the country’s long-dominant US-backed…