Haiti’s Women Food Suppliers Face Mounting Pressures

Rose Hurguelle Point du Jour ROSE HURGUELLE POINT DU JOUR, GPJ HAITI Cedeniese Lexima, a wholesale produce buyer known as a Madan Sara, searches for quality produce at the market in Maniche. The Madan Sara provide a vital service by collecting farmers’ produce and selling it in urban communities. But natural disasters and growing insecurity…

‘Colonial Canada and the Caribbean’

To mark Black History Month, the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute hosted a webinar discussion on Canada’s colonial role in the Caribbean, past and present, from Canadian trade relations with the slave plantation economy to gunboat diplomacy and Canadian banking power in the late 1800s. This event featured discussion with four people, two of which are…

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….

UN Secretary General and Quisling Media Renew Push for Foreign Military Intervention in Haiti

Kim Ives UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres traveled to Jamaica on May 15 to try to convince Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness to head a UN-sponsored multinational intervention into Haiti. UN Photo: Jermaine Duncan Trying to cast the Bwa Kale movement as ominous The U.S. and Canada have renewed their pressure on the United Nations…

Haiti: The Peace of the Citizens vs that of the Cemeteries!

Berthony Dupont A “bwa kale” crowd of Haitians armed with machetes and rocks pursue suspected gang members in Port-au-Prince. All observers of the Haitian crisis agree on one point: for the moment; security is the absolute priority, because without it, there can be nothing. Nothing exists and nothing is really possible: no normal life, no…

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: A Popular Response to Restore Peace!

Berthony Dupont Demonstrations of violence have always had a bad impact when impunity and recklessness are the rule. What is clear today in Haiti is that the political class has completely failed in its mission and the regime in place has not lifted a finger to ensure access to justice in the face of the…

Grenadian PM: We Support China’s Efforts Towards Peace and Global Development

We are pleased to republish the speech given by Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Prime Minister of Grenada, at the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-level Meeting, which was organized by the Communist Party of China on 15 March. It was originally carried on the website of…

“Bwa Kale”: A Popular Uprising!

Dan Cohen 14 armed individuals were lynched and burned by the angry population, on the morning of Monday April 24, 2023, at the level of the Canape-Green district, in Port-au-Prince The Bwa Kale movement is rooted in the iconography and zeal of the famous Haitian revolution of 1791-1804, when slaves in Santo Domingo defeated their…

Americas Policy Forum: Countering Militarism with Peace and Cooperation

The unprecedented rise in U.S. military spending is at odds with the newest agreements among Latin America and Caribbean nations to respectfully resolve internal and intrastate disputes through dialogue and to create a Zone of Peace in the hemisphere. Too often we are told that fortifying police and military infrastructure is in the “interests of…

Haiti: The People Take Action

Marie Laurette Numa Armed individuals were lynched and burned by the angry population, on the morning of Monday April 24, 2023, at the level of the Canape Verde district, in Port-au-Prince Just as they took control of the thugs from the police, they can also, with the help of their progressive organizations, take control of…

An Increasingly Strategic Alliance: Key Points of Lavrov’s Visit to Venezuela

Misión Verdad “We will move forward in working on issues that unite us,” President Maduro told the Russian diplomat. On Tuesday, April 18, the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, visited Caracas as part of a tour of Latin America. Coming from Brazil, the diplomat held meetings with Executive Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez Gómez…

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…

Russia Plays in “America’s Back Yard”

Another step forward in the integration of the nations of Latin America into the rising multipolar world, with a visit from Russia’s foreign minister to Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba this week. Don DeBar has more. With Stephen Sefton. 20 April 2023 22:48 Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to the Republic of Cuba…

NATO’s Growing Military Presence in Latin America and the Caribbean (Part I, II & III)

Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Part I At present, it has become customary to speak of NATO’s expansion “towards Eastern Europe”, which, while effective, is a reductionist concept. The truth is that since the end of the bipolar world, the United States, believing itself to be the master of the world, has used NATO to expand throughout…

Central America Redesigns its Positions vis-à-vis China and the U.S.

Lourdes María Regueiro Bello In just six years, the Central American diplomatic landscape has changed abruptly: almost the entire region now supports the “One China” policy. Will the subregion be able to successfully navigate the murky waters of strategic competition between China and the United States? When the government of Xiomara Castro announced the establishment…