Haiti: Nearly a Million People Took to the Streets.They Want the Western-imposed government out of

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[loyola llothta]

.@RepWilson in sync w/@OAS_official in #Haiti blaming the victims of police violence & betraying pro-democracy movement by trying to breathe life into the dying, brutal, kleptocratic neoDuvalierist regime of the #PHTK & Pres @moisejovenel https://wilson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/joint-statement-on-violent-protests-that-have-left-haiti-at-a-standstill …

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Haiti Uprising Rekindled After Latest Corruption Report
Kim Ives -

June 11, 2019



Thousands marching through the Haitian capital on Jun. 9, 2019.

Thousands took to the streets in towns and cities around Haiti on Sun. Jun. 9 to demand President Jovenel Moïse’s resignation and the prosecution of those responsible for looting about $2 billion from the government’s Petrocaribe Fund.

In Port-au-Prince, after two buildings and several vehicles were burned, a police spokesman said gunfire killed two demonstrators and wounded four, and that a policeman was injured by a thrown rock. But opposition figures and radios reported at least seven killed and over 100 wounded by gunfire from police and government-aligned gangs.

“Two protestors were killed on the Champ de Mars, two in La Plaine, and another three in the area around Delmas and Belair,” said Yves Pierre-Louis, the news director of Radio Timoun, housed at the Aristide Foundation for Democracy. “And that doesn’t include several young people who have not returned home and are now disappeared. Dozens of people were arrested.” The police say only 12 people were detained.

FOR TWO DAYS, PORT-AU-PRINCE WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY PARALYZED BY A GENERAL STRIKE…

In addition to the capital, large demonstrations also shook Cap Haïtien, St. Marc, Jacmel, and Gonaïves. Barricades of burning tires, cinder-blocks, old beds, car bodies, and even billboards blocked streets around the country, including several rural arteries.

In Port-au-Prince, demonstrators threw rocks at the French Embassy on the Champ de Mars, charging it supports Moïse. Nearby on Rue Capois, demonstrators also vandalized the King of Kings Supermarket and broke some windows with rocks on the Cine Triumph.

Then on Mon. Jun. 10 and Tue. Jun. 11, Port-au-Prince was almost completely paralyzed by a general strike which shut down public transportation, and most businesses, banks, schools, factories, and government offices. On Monday, in the relatively affluent town of Pétionville in the hills above the capital, some banks and businesses opened in the morning, but, seeing no activity, they closed around noon. On Tuesday, a few of the assembly factories in the SONAPI Industrial Park opened. Prensa Latina reported that public transportation was still mostly stopped, but “several shopping centers, pharmacies, banks, gas stations, and restaurants did resume their services.”

According to Pierre-Louis, “for these first two days, we can say the strike succeeded close to 100%.”

In February, Haiti was “locked down” (the protestors’ term) by massive demonstrations for 10 days. That uprising demanding Moïse’s departure has been rekindled by the release of a second report on May 31 by Haiti’s Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA), in which Moïse’s companies are accused of bilking the Venezuelan-oil-fed Petrocaribe Fund of about $2 million.

The over 600 page report also details vast corruption under the government of Michel Martelly, Moïse’s PHTK predecessor and mentor.

Journalists Targeted
Meanwhile, several attacks on journalists have rattled the media.

Journalist Pétion Rospide at Haïti Liberté in 2010.

On the evening of Mon. Jun. 10, an unidentified gunman fatally shot journalist Pétion Rospide near the National Theatre as he was driving home from work at Radio Sans Fin, which he founded about a year ago with former Radio Caraïbes journalists Yvenert Foeshter Joseph and Israel Jacky Cantave.

Prior to the 2004 coup d’état, Rospide had been a member of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s security corps. He was arrested by de facto authorities after the coup and spent several years as a political prisoner in the National Penitentiary, despite a vocal campaign for his release. From 2008 to 2011, he was a journalist and distributor with Haïti Liberté newspaper, before starting a small car rental business and becoming an activist behind the founding of the consumers defense group Active Solidarity with the Struggle of Haitian Consumers (SALCONH) with Joseph and Cantave.

In recent broadcasts on Radio Sans Fin, Rospide had been critical of Pres. Moïse’s corruption and police brutality against demonstrators. He had commented on a recent viral video of police stoning a man face down on the ground near the home of Pres. Moïse in Pelerin 5.

Rospide’s murder took place in the 3rd Circumscription near Portail Léogâne where another regime critic, journalist Vladimir Legagneur, disappeared on Mar. 14, 2018, allegedly at the hands of pro-government gangs which are powerful in the area.

A Radio Tele Ginen jeep torched on Jun. 10.

Also on Monday, men torched three jeeps belonging to Radio Tele Ginen, which is viewed by the population as a pro-regime outlet, and stoned some of its journalists.

Richardson Jourdan, a journalist with Haitian National Television (TNH), was also attacked by a crowd on Fri. Jun. 7.

Government Unmoved
Despite the specter of a reinvigorated revolt, the government says it will stand its ground. Jean Michel Lapin, the acting prime minister, said Monday that Jovenel would serve out his five year term which began in February 2017.

Moïse himself has repeated on several occasions that he will not step down but is willing to negotiate with the opposition, which has rebuffed the offer.

MOÏSE HAS SAID THAT HE WILL NOT STEP DOWN BUT IS WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE OPPOSITION, WHICH HAS REBUFFED THE OFFER.

Even Lapin has not been ratified yet, after three failed attempts to hold a Senate session to hear his General Policy, due to the determined efforts of four opposition senators: Evalière Beauplan (PONT), Antonio Chéramy aka “Don Kato” (VERITE), Ricard Pierre (Piti Dessalin) and Nenel Cassy (Fanmi Lavalas). Division and wrangling for influence and bribes among regime allies has also contributed to the non-ratification.

A presidential adviser, Renald Lubérice, now says that Lapin should withdraw. This could be a harbinger that Moïse will jettison the highly uninspiring Lapin for another candidate. But Lapin dismissed Lubérice’s statement, saying it was just the opinion of “a citizen” and that he has “100% sincere cooperation” with Moïse.

As Repression Rises, So Does Anger
On Monday morning, either Dimitri Hérard, the head of the Security Unit to Guard the National Palace (USGPN), or one of his security detail fatally shot a motorcycle taxi driver on the airport road.

USGPN chief Dimitri Hérard, then a military cadet, shaking hands with then President Martelly in Quito, Ecuador in 2012.

The shooting provoked outrage among the moto-taxis that swarm Haiti’s streets. Like angry bees, they chased Hérard’s cortege back to his house in Delmas 31 before being dispersed by police with tear-gas.

The incident captures the escalating nature of the crisis. With every killing, the masses become more enraged.

“If Jovenel and his acolytes continue to be hard-headed in trying to keep power, Jovenel will be responsible for everything that happens, the country will shut down until he falls,” wrote the Konbit of Political, Union, and Popular Organizations on Jun. 7. “Strikes, mobilizations, and petro-blockages are going to spread across the nation… The Konbit calls on organizations, parties, and political groups to work to find a quick entente on an alternative to replace Jovenel. Put all personal interest aside.

Haiti Uprising Rekindled After Latest Corruption Report | Haiti Liberte

 

[loyola llothta]

#Haiti's designated PM Jean Michel Lapin was driven out of annual event "Livre en Folie" today by #PetroCaribeCorruption protesters at UniBank Park in Tabarre chanting "Out thief...out!"

 

[Mtt]

thanks for the updates.

also some light hearted stuff here to showcase in haiti not to deviate from the news

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

aint no stepping down . Sa selman yap fe se mache fe pied blanch lan lari a . kontinye kraze et boule tout peyi the 5 sentate kk. 5 months after Jovenel won, the Moise Jean Charles guy started organizing protests despite coming in third in elections. Two years later, he is on the same shyt. Yeah, let these power obsessed idiots take over. Yap fout yo embargo ak sanctions. It's the Haitian mentality, everyone think they can always do better. Most of the guys against Jovenel have been investigating of bribery, drug dealing, stealing money, murders and are down right practicing dirty politics.

They want a 3 year transition to practically do what ever they fukk they please . You want him gone, elections ASAP, stop the bullshyt. It will be a sad day if the Dominican republic has to occupy the country.

 

[loyola llothta]

Wikileaks cables reveals the US, UN, and OAS installed hundreds of former members of #Haiti's brutal disbanded military into the police force after the 2004 coup. Non-military recruits were trained by military contractor DynCorp and the UN. Haitian police kill with impunity.

This explains how criminals hired by the criminal government were able to massacre over 70 people, engage in mass rape, ransack countless homes and dismember bodies for 14 hours in a locality where two police stations are within walking distance. Welcome to #Haiti.

 

[loyola llothta]

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

I changed my mind. At this point he needs to step down since he has practically lost control and the situation is getting worse. 2 weeks of complete shut down of everything in the country. Lots of threats, lots of burning and no one is being checked and tomorrow if more people are still out on the streets, he needs to get gone and hopefully they can look into the wasting of the petrocaribe money. Sadly, I believe the opposition is riding that wave into power. i want elections asap.

 

[Mtt]

don't mean to deviate from haitian politics with respect to this thread but here are some Haiti tech and business news etc..



haitibiznews.com





2019 haiti tech summit live feed recorded few days ago




Kay Tita is a social impact non-profit organization that serves as a conduit providing changemakers in Haiti with a safe space and the resources they need to increase their impact, develop skills, and establish key partnership
Kay Tita is a sustainable community resource for Haitians

Expats Want To Fix Haiti's Food Crisis By Buying Its Food. It Actually Makes Sense
Expats Want To Fix Haiti's Food Crisis By Buying Its Food. It Actually Makes Sense

 

[Mtt]

a brother moved down there to work for the largest internet/data company in haiti

 

[Secure Da Bag]

@Mtt post that stuff here > https://www.thecoli.com/threads/haitian-appreciation-thread.42021/#post-1523178

 

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25 June 2019
Canada Enables Corrupt Haitian President to Remain in Power
At the front of a protest against Haiti’s president last week a demonstrator carried a large wooden cross bearing the flags of Canada, France and the US. The Haiti Information Project tweeted that protesters “see these three nations as propping up the regime of President Jovenel Moïse. It is also recognition of their role in the 2004 coup.”

Almost entirely ignored by the Canadian media, Haitian protesters regularly criticize Canada. On dozens of occasions since Jean Bertrand Aristide’s government was overthrown in 2004 marchers have held signs criticizing Canadian policy or rallied in front of the Canadian Embassy in Port-au-Prince. For their part, Haiti Progrèsand Haiti Liberté newspapers have described Canada as an “occupying force”, “coup supporter” or “imperialist” at least a hundred times.

In the face of months of popular protest, Canada remains hostile to the protesters who represent the impoverished majority. A recent corruption investigation by Haiti’s Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes has rekindled the movement to oust the Canadian-backed president. The report into the Petrocaribe Fund accuses Moïse’s companies of swindling $2 million of public money. Two billion dollars from a discounted oil program set up by Venezuela was pilfered under the presidency of Moïse’s mentor Michel Martelly.

Since last summer there have been numerous protests, including a weeklong general strike in February, demanding accountability for public funds. Port-au-Prince was again paralyzed during much of last week. In fact, the only reason Moïse — whose electoral legitimacy is paper thin — is hanging on is because of support from the so-called “Core Group” of “Friends of Haiti”.

Comprising the ambassadors of Canada, France, Brazil, Germany and the US, as well as representatives of Spain, EU and OAS, the “Core Group” released another statement effectively backing Moise. The brief declaration called for “a broad national debate, without preconditions”, which is a position Canadian officials have expressed repeatedly in recent weeks. (The contrast with Canada’s position regarding Venezuela’s president reveals a stunning hypocrisy.) But, the opposition has explicitly rejected negotiating with Moïse since it effectively amounts to abandoning protest and bargaining with a corrupt and illegitimate president few in Haiti back.

In another indication of the “Core Group’s” political orientation, their May 30 statement “condemned the acts of degradation committed against the Senate.” Early that day a handful of opposition senators dragged out some furniture and placed it on the lawn of Parliament in a bid to block the ratification of the interim prime minister.


Canada’s Ambassador André Frenette also tweeted that “Canada condemnsthe acts of vandalism in the Senate this morning. This deplorable event goes against democratic principles.” But, Frenette and the “Core Group” didn’t tweet or release a statement about the recent murder of journalist Pétion Rospide, who’d been reporting on corruption and police violence. Nor did they mention the commission that found Moïse responsible for stealing public funds or the recent UN report confirming government involvement in a terrible massacre in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of La Saline in mid-November. Recent Canadian and “Core Group” statements completely ignore Moise’s electoral illegitimacy and downplay the enormity of the corruption and violence against protesters.

Worse still, Canadian officials regularly promote and applaud a police force that has been responsible for many abuses. As I detailed in a November story headlined “Canada backs Haitian government, even as police force kills demonstrators”, Frenette attended a half dozen Haitian police events in his first year as ambassador. Canadian officials continue to attend police ceremonies, including one in March, and offer financial and technical support to the police. Much to the delight of the country’s über class-conscious elite, Ottawa has taken the lead in strengthening the repressive arm of the Haitian state since Aristide’s ouster.

On Wednesday Frenette tweeted, “one of the best parts of my job is attending medal ceremonies for Canadian police officers who are known for their excellent work with the UN police contingent in Haiti.” RCMP officer Serge Therriault leads the 1,200-person police component of the Mission des Nations unies pour l’appui à la Justice en Haïti (MINUJUSTH).




At the end of May Canada’s ambassador to the UN Marc-André Blanchard led a United Nations Economic and Social Council delegation to Haiti. Upon his return to New York he proposed creating a “robust” mission to continue MINUJUSTH’s work after its planned conclusion in mid-October. Canadian officials are leading the push to extend the 15-year old UN occupation that took over from the US, French and Canadian troops that overthrew Aristide’s government and was responsible for introducing cholera to the country, which has killed over 10,000.

While Haitians regularly challenge Canadian policy, few in this country raise objections. In response to US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s recent expression of solidarity with Haitian protesters, Jean Saint-Vil put out a call titled “OH CANADA, TIME TO BE WOKE LIKE ILHAN OMAR & MAXINE WATERS!” The Haitian Canadian activist wrote: “While, in Canada, the black population is taken for granted by major political parties who make no effort to adjust Canadian Foreign policies towards African nations, Haiti and other African-populated nations of the Caribbean, where the Euro-Americans topple democratically-elected leaders, help set up corrupt narco regimes that are friendly to corrupt Canadian mining companies that go wild, exploiting the most impoverished and blackest among us, destroying our environments in full impunity… In the US, some powerful voices have arisen to counter the mainstream covert and/or overt white supremacist agenda. Time for REAL CHANGE in Canada! The Wine & Cheese sessions must end! We eagerly await the statements of Canadian party leaders about the much needed change in Canadian Policy towards Haiti. You will have to deserve our votes, this time around folks!”

Unfortunately, Canadian foreign policymakers — the Liberal party in particular — have co-opted/pacified most prominent black voices on Haiti and other international issues. On Monday famed Haitian-Canadian novelist Dany Laferrière attended a reception at the ambassador’s residence in Port-au-Prince while the head of Montréal’s Maison d’Haïti, Marjorie Villefranche, says nary a word about Canadian imperialism in Haiti. A little discussed reason Paul Martin’s government appointed Michaëlle Jean Governor General in September 2005 was to dampen growing opposition to Canada’s coup policy among working class Haitian-Montrealers.

Outside the Haitian community Liberal-aligned groups have also offered little solidarity. A look at the Federation of Black Canadians website and statements uncovers nothing about Canada undermining a country that dealt a massive blow to slavery and white supremacy. (Members of the group’s steering committee recently found time, however, to meet with and then attend a gala put on by the anti-Palestinian Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.)

A few months ago, Saint-Vil proposed creating a Canadian equivalent to the venerable Washington, D.C. based TransAfrica, which confronts US policy in Africa and the Caribbean. A look at Canadian policy from the Congo to Venezuela, Burkina Faso to Tanzania, suggests the need is great. Anyone seeking to amplify the voices from the streets of Port-au-Prince should support such an initiative.

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Canada enables corrupt Haitian president to remain in power

 

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25 June 2019
Canada Enables Corrupt Haitian President to Remain in Power
At the front of a protest against Haiti’s president last week a demonstrator carried a large wooden cross bearing the flags of Canada, France and the US. The Haiti Information Project tweeted that protesters “see these three nations as propping up the regime of President Jovenel Moïse. It is also recognition of their role in the 2004 coup.”



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Canada enables corrupt Haitian president to remain in power

It's about Canada ass get what's coming to them.

America acting a whole ass got everybody thinking Canada is so perfect, when they've been behind a lot of fukkery that the US was involved in.

Even Justin Trudeau hoe ass doing all those business deals with Saudi Arabia and opening up those oil fields in the frozen tundra

 

[loyola llothta]

It's about Canada ass get what's coming to them.

America acting a whole ass got everybody thinking Canada is so perfect, when they've been behind a lot of fukkery that the US was involved in.

Even Justin Trudeau hoe ass doing all those business deals with Saudi Arabia and opening up those oil fields in the frozen tundra

Canada was part of the kidnapping and killing of Thomas Sankara