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FOR HELPING HAITI, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ZUMA. Guardian Open Letter
Long time supporters of freedom and justice in South Africa and Haiti extend gratitude to South Africa for sheltering Aristide, ask support for his speedy return

IN DEFENSE OF ARISTIDE by Ira Kurzban

The illegal coup in Haiti: how the kidnapping of Aristide violated US and international law by Marjorie Cohn
Eight years ago, the US, France, and Canada conspired with Haiti's elite to overthrow President Aristide and Haiti's democratic government.

WIKILEAKS POINTS TO US MEDDLING IN HAITI by Kim Ives
US embassy cables reveal how anxious the US was to enlist Brazil to keep exiled former President Aristide out of Haiti

ARISTIDE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO HAITI by Mark Weisbrot
While dictator "Baby Doc" Duvalier is allowed to return to Haiti, the first democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is not. These two facts say everything about Washington's policy toward Haiti.

CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS OPPOSES PLOT TO CONTROL HAITI
Read Charlie Hinton's "Hait's Election Farce Backfires" HERE

WIKILEAKS' LESSONS ON HAITI by Mark Weisbrot
What the US embassy cables reveal about Washington's malign influence should make Latin American nations quit the UN force - guardian.co.uk Dec 17, 2010

Let The Peoples' Will Be Done In Egypt and Haiti! by SOA Watch

Congressional Black Caucus Calls For New Elections in Haiti
Feb 1, 2011, Washington, DC – Chairman Emanuel Cleaver, II and Hon. Donald M. Payne, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Task Force on Foreign Policy and International Affairs, released statement in response to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s support of OAS report.

U.S. AID REFORM OPPOSED BY U.S. SPECIAL INTERESTS
Over $1 billion a year in US food aid benefits agribusinesses, food producers and shipping contractors. US is the only major donor country to send food to crisis spots, instead of buying locally produced food.

UPDATE ON CONTINUED REPRESSION AGAINST PRESIDENT ARISTIDE by Malaika Kambon
Haitians protest continued political persecution and repression directed at President Aristide and Fanmi Lavalas

OUTSIDERS EXPECT BURNING TIRES IN HAITI...NOT ACCURATE REPORTING by Kevin Pina
For the past 2 weeks demonstrations have occurred across Haiti, unreported by the foreign press. One more illustration of the campaign to marginalize the struggle of Haiti's impoverished majority.

REVIVING HAITI'S ARMY WOULD HARM DEMOCRACY by JEB SPRAGUE
In this Miami Herald Op-Ed Opinion published September 6, 2012, Jeb Sprague supports Haiti's grassroots campaign against restoration of the country's army.

HAITIAN BRUTAL MILITARY SEEKS RETURN TO POWER

PARAMILITARISM AND THE ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY IN HAITI by Jeb Sprague
New book investigates right-wing paramilitarism in Haiti and its role in undermining the democratic aspirations of the Haitian people.

The ARMY IN HAITI: A HISTORY OF US-SPONSORED VIOLENCE by Nia Imara
How the United States has used the military and money to destabilize Haiti

HOW MINUSTAH HURTS HAITI by Becca Polk
Reflections following SOA Watch October 2011 human rights delegation to Haiti

WIKILEAKS REVEAL US and UN SUPERVISED INTEGRATION OF COUP-MAKING EX-SOLDIERS INTO HAITI'S POLICE by Jeb Sprague
US and UN recycle paramilitary forces into the Haitian police after 2004 coup

MARTELLY: HAITI'S SECOND GREAT DISASTER by Greg Grandin
As soon as Martelly confirmed winner in Haiti's deeply flawed election, he heads to Washington to meet with his country's real power brokers: the State Dept, World Bank, IMF, and US Chamber of Commerce.

MARTELLY'S HISTORICALLY WEAK MANDATE: report by Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR)
News headlines give "landslide" victory to Martelly, but CEPR reports low voter turnout. Martelly wins with just 16.7% of registered voters.


 
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