The United States is searching for a formula to justify its fourth major military intervention into Haiti in a century, reports Kim Ives.
Kim Ives
Kim Ives looks at events in the days leading up to Jovenel Moise's assassination in Haiti.
A form of 鈥減eople鈥檚 war鈥 is emerging in Haiti, according to聽Kim Ives, where people are sick and tired of poverty and being used by elites.
Haitian president Jovenel Mo茂se is clinging to power, after a February 7 constitutional deadline that stipulated he must step down. Kim Ives explains the background to Haiti鈥檚 latest political crisis.
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.
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.
The images and accounts of Haiti鈥檚 devastation following Hurricane Matthew鈥檚 passage on October 4 are gut-wrenching. The death toll is in the hundreds and continues to rise. Entire villages in the country's southwest were obliterated. The response of a Haitian government, left besieged and without resources by decades of foreign plunder, is anaemic. The victims鈥 anguished appeals for help are heart-rending. The United Nations now says 1.4 million people are in need of assistance, urgent and immediate for half of them.
Tens of thousands of Haitians spontaneously poured into the streets of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on the morning of March 12, 2007. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez had just arrived in Haiti all but unannounced.
A multitude, shrieking and singing with glee, joined him in jogging alongside the motorcade of Haiti鈥檚 then President Rene Preval on its way to the National Palace (later destroyed in the 2010 earthquake).
People and governments across Latin America are rising up against foreign mining companies in a wave of revolt generating alarm among investors and their political operatives in the imperialist governments.
In Haiti, United States and Canadian gold mining companies are rubbing their hands over the riches that they believe await them. A recent study by Haiti Grassroots Watch estimates up to US$20 billion, at gold鈥檚 current price of $1600 an ounce, lies in the ground.
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