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

[Bawon Samedi]

 

[Bawon Samedi]

 

[loyola llothta]

October 5, 2019

King Kino, Tonton Bicha, Artists for Jovenel Working to Stop Mobilization says Matyas

While sectors of authors, artists, private, civil society, organizations, local and abroad, are joining in to call for the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse and prosecutions of those implicated in corrupting the Petrocaribe fund and orchestrating the La Saline massacre, a group of artists, led by King Kino, are playing the role of shills for the Head of State according to Comedian Matyas.

Matyas released a press note and has been making the rounds on Haitian media to speak of his experience with the group of artists calling themselves the Coalition of Haitian Artists (KAA).

KAA released a note to the press on September 29, 2019. Matyas was to be a part of the group that issued the note but was removed for his demands to include the call for the resignation of president, Petrocaribe and La Saline prosecutions.

Matyas says that Lord Kinomorsa Divers, known as King Kino, told him that during the drafting of the group's letter, President Jovenel Moïse had called his phone at least 5 times to micromanage the wording of the note.

KAA's divergence from the request of Haitians protesting in the streets are these:

• KAA does not support the calls for resignation of President Jovenel Moïse who is cited by the Supreme Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA) for fraud, corruption and embezzlement of the Petrocaribe fund.
• KAA supports an extra-institutional audit of the Petrocaribe fund, such as President Moïse's request that the Organization of American States (OAS) perform an audit to undermine that of the CSCCA.
• KAA makes no mention of the massacres in which the government orchestrating street gangs and police, is implicated, namely, La Saline.

Link:
King Kino, Tonton Bicha, Artists for Jovenel Working to Stop Mobilization says Matyas

 

[Bawon Samedi]

 

[Bawon Samedi]

 

[intruder]

So wait, are you saying that they accepted a deal for $150 dollars from Taiwan over a deal over billions from China?

Why?

How?

Pressure from USA

Remember American and European companies and governments had been taking advantage of Caribbean and Latin American countries for the longest. So many of them have struck deals with China for development. When the American and European companies keep losing out they started pressuring their own governments true pressure other countries to not deal with China. Why do you think Obama went to Jamaica a few years ago? It's because both Jamaica and Dominican Republic we're in the process of exploring development deals with China.

 

[loyola llothta]

6 October 2019

Canadian Imperialism in Haiti in the Spotlight
By Yves Engler

Sustained committed activism is unraveling the dominant media’s shameful blackout of Canadian imperialism in Haiti. But, the bias against putting Canadian policy in a negative light is such that small breakthroughs require tremendous effort.

On Monday 15 Haitian community members and allies occupied Justin Trudeau’s election office for a little over three hours. The Solidarité Québec-Haiti #Petrochallenge 2019 activists called on the PM to withdraw Canada’s backing of a repressive, corrupt and illegitimate president of Haiti. Trudeau’s government has provided financial, policing and diplomatic support to Jovenel Moïse whose presidency is dependent on Washington, Ottawa and other members of the Core Group.

The office occupation took place in solidarity with mobilizations in Haiti and elsewhere against Moïse and an apartheid-like class/race system enforced by Washington, Paris and Ottawa. In recent days massive protests in Haiti have demanded Moïse go. Last week protesters shuttered the Port-au-Prince airport, stopping Moïse from speaking at the UN and forming a new government. Over the past year, there have been multiple general strikes and massive protests demanding the corrupt president leave.

To convince us to end the sit in, the Liberals dispatched a backroom operator of Haitian descent. Chief of staff to Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development, Marjorie Michel offered to have the government make a declaration on the subject within 24 hours if we left the office (the Montréal police and RCMP came to Trudeau’s office just after Michel to highlight what would happen if we didn’t leave).


Midday Tuesday Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland tweeted a vague statement about the situation in Haiti, which at least didn’t endorse Moïse (unlike some previous statements).

Michel was clearly disturbed that Trudeau was asked “are you aware that your campaign office in Montreal is now occupied by Haiti solidarity activists and what would you say to those who ask why you back the undemocratic regime of Jovenel Moïse” at a concurrent press conference in Toronto. Global TV broadcast a somewhat perplexed PM responding to activist/journalist Barry Weisleder’s question about the hypocritical nature of Canadian policy in the Americas. Trudeau ignored the Haiti part of the question and criticized the Venezuelan government.

As a follow-up to the occupation of his office, we organized a last-minute 10-person rally on Wednesday outside a community boxing ring where Trudeau put on his gloves for a photo-op. We chanted loudly “Jovenel repressif, Trudeau complice”. The PM’s large RCMP detail called the Montréal police, which dispatched a dozen officers who arrested organizer Marie Dimanche. In one of the weirder rally/media situations I’ve seen, the police organized a protected pathway for the media inside the gym following Trudeau to get back on the election campaign bus. It was as if we were a threat to members of the media and it effectively blocked them from interviewing us.

Unlike previous Solidarité Québec-Haiti actions, the dominant media didn’t (almost completely) ignore our office occupation and follow-up rally. The Montréal Gazette published a good article on the sit in, which was picked up by a half dozen outlets. Part of it was translated into French and published by La Presse. Journal Métro, Ricochet and Telesur all ran their own articles on the office occupation. A few days later Le Devoir published a good article promoting our demand titled “Le Canada appelé à lâcher le président haïtien Jovenel Moïse.” A slew of Haitian news sites and community radio programs covered the occupation. As with previous Solidarité Québec-Haiti actions, they both received substantial attention on social media.

On August 18 a member of Solidarité Québec-Haiti interrupted Trudeau at a press conference to ask why Canada supported a corrupt, repressive and illegitimate president in Haiti. Since July 15 members of the Haiti solidarity group have interrupted two press conferences (and a barbecue) by Minister of La Francophonie and Tourism Mélanie Joly to call on the Liberals to stop propping up Moïse. Solidarité Québec-Haiti has also directly questioned Liberal MP Emmanuel Dubourg, Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and former International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau over the government’s policy in Haiti. But, even when media outlets were at these events, they mostly ignored our interventions.

From the Liberal’s perspective media silence is vital. Unlike the 2004 Liberal backed coup, which included significant demonization of Jean Bertrand-Aristide by the Haitian and Haitian-Canadian intellectual elite, few among Montréal’s Haitian establishment seem keen on defending Moïse. So, the Liberals have to justify their support for Moïse.

Through bold activism Solidarité Québec-Haiti has forced the dominant media to cover Canadian imperialism in Haiti. But, a great deal more work will be needed to force a shift in government policy

Link:
Canadian imperialism in Haiti in the spotlight

 

[Bawon Samedi]

I have a very strong feeling that Moise resignation is coming soon but I also have a strong feeling that he is going to be replaced by a puppet chosen by the Core group.

 

[Fatboi1]

I have a very strong feeling that Moise resignation is coming soon but I also have a strong feeling that he is going to be replaced by a puppet chosen by the Core group.

Hopefully they don't fall for the okie doke. I'm tired of the corrupt winning and getting away with it.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

BREAKING!!!!

@loyola llothta @ZoeGod @mson @For Da Bag @Fatboi1

 

[Secure Da Bag]

BREAKING!!!!

@loyola llothta @ZoeGod @mson @For Da Bag @Fatboi1

You know he'll be back.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

You know he'll be back.

Its up to the people to KEEP him out. Baby Doc didn't return for a long time. Plus I heard many of Boulos businesses were destroyed last year. If there are any of his businesses left then they need to be further razed now that he has fled. Yea he can be back but this shows that the pressure is scaring them.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Its up to the people to KEEP him out. Baby Doc didn't return for a long time. Plus I heard many of Boulos businesses were destroyed last year. If there are any of his businesses left then they need to be further razed now that he has fled. Yea he can be back but this shows that the pressure is scaring them.

I'm surprised that they let him out. If they couldn't keep him from leaving, I doubt they can keep him coming back. Honestly, I doubt they'd be any uprising once things calm down.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

I'm surprised that they let him out. If they couldn't keep him from leaving, I doubt they can keep him coming back. Honestly, I doubt they'd be any uprising once things calm down.

You mean forced him out? And tbh the "uprising" will stop once the opposition especially Lavalas/Pitit get what they want. That's when things will calm down because they see an opening.

 

[loyola llothta]

My family member just came from haiti. Police and they local thugs been killing alot of people. They seem to spread in different parts in Haiti that usually don't have that type of violence

They have to turn the police to dust