Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Haiti on October 17 to commemorate the national revolutionary and liberator Jean-Jacques Dessalines and to demand the resignation of United States-backed president Jovenel Mo茂se.
Several huge mobilisations occurred across the country demanding an end to Mo茂se鈥檚 anti-people, corrupt and neoliberal government.
Haiti鈥檚 capital, Port-au-Prince looks post-apocalyptic, reflecting the fierce class war which has raged here since last year, if not since 1986, writes Kim Ives.
Thousands took to the streets in towns and cities around Haiti on June 9 to demand President Jovenel Mo茂se鈥檚 resignation and the prosecution of those responsible for looting about US$2 billion from the government鈥檚 Petrocaribe Fund, writes Haiti Libert茅's Kim Ives.
Embattled President Jovenel Mo茂se used United States' help in a poorly executed, but serious, effort to consolidate power writes Matthew Cole (The Intercept) and Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte).
Chaos reigned in Haiti for a seventh straight day on February 13, as people continue to rise up against President Jovenel Mo茂se over his corruption, arrogance, false promises and straight-faced lies. But the crisis will not be solved by Mo茂se鈥檚 departure, which appears imminent, writes Kim Ives.
Disaster Capitalism
Written by Antony聽Loewenstein聽
Directed by Thor Neureiter
Disaster Capitalism is a groundbreaking documentary film about Bougainville, Haiti and Afghanistan, revealing the dark underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. The film offers important insights into a secret multi-billion dollar world by investigating how aid money is actually spent 鈥 or misspent.
In 2008, the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations published a聽听迟颈迟濒别诲 US-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality. Timed to influence the foreign policy agenda of the next US administration, the report asserted: 鈥渢he era of the US as the dominant influence in Latin America is over.鈥
Then, at the Summit of the Americas the next year, then-president Barack Obama promised Latin American leaders a 鈥渘ew era鈥 of 鈥渆qual partnership鈥 and 鈥渕utual respect鈥.
On July 6, Haiti exploded. By the tens of thousands, Haitians poured into the streets of Port-au-Prince to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise.聽Robert Roth looks at the roots of the rising that ousted the prime minister and forced a government back down.
The protests were sparked by the government鈥檚 announcement that it would cut or remove subsidies on fuel. This led to a 38% rise in petrol prices, with the price of kerosene jumping 50% to US$4 a gallon.
Haiti exploded in early July in a nationwide uprising whose Krey貌l watchwords are nou bouke 鈥 we are fed up, writes Kim Ives.
Trump reportedly referred to Haiti, El Salvador and African nations during an immigration meeting with lawmakers, saying, 鈥淲hy are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?鈥
There can be no doubt that Haiti has many severe challenges, or that the cesspool of US power, and other dominant nations, are at their root.
Latin American聽leaders have strongly defended聽the world鈥檚 most impoverished migrants after US President Donald Trump聽reportedly referred to certain developing聽nations as 鈥渟hithole聽countries鈥.
Bolivian President Evo聽Morales expressed his indignation on Twitter: 鈥淭o insult African countries, El Salvador and Haiti, Trump insults the world and demonstrates his opinions and politics are contaminated by capitalist racism, fascism, arrogance, and ignorance.
鈥淗istory has shown that those who offend like this end up eating their words.鈥
After an聽 from the Donald Trump administration that it is terminating temporary protections for about 59,000 Haitians who fled to the United States after a devastating 2010 earthquake, journalist Naomi Klein warns decisions by the United States and Canadian governments indicate how wealthy nations may handle climate refugees in the years to come.