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The Final Chapter Has Still Not Been Written: Remembering The 2004 Coup In Haiti

March 9, 2020 Robert Roth, Haitisolidarity.net , ,
On February 29, 2004, the democratically elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti was overthrown by a violent coup.  This was the second U.S.-sponsored coup against a popularly elected Aristide government, the first one taking place in 1991 after he had served only eight months in office.

Several Caribbean Nations Reject Pompeo’s Visit To Jamaica

January 29, 2020 Staff, Telesurenglish.net , ,
The Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley recently announced that her country was not sending their Foreign Minister to Jamaica in order to attend a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Mottley, citing Barbados' commitment to remaining neutral and non-aggression towards other nations, said her government would not take part in the U.S.' attempts to divide the Caribbean region.

The Latin American And Caribbean Left In 2019

December 28, 2019 Angel Guerra Cabrera, La Jornada, translation Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau , ,
A gang of bandits arrived in Brazil’s Government thanks to that coup. The same as the Macri Administration in Argentina, they immediately started to govern for the one percent and the defense of the national sovereignty and social welfare set up by the Workers’ Party was taken to pieces.  Uncontrolled financial speculation was unleashed, as well as selling natural resources and public goods to transnational companies. Though these were the most devastating defeats for the left in this analyzed period, they were not the only ones.

A Brief History Of The US Interference In The Caribbean Basin

December 10, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net , ,
Since the United States granted itself the right to intervene in other countries' internal affairs, its foreign policy has repeatedly run over its alleged commitment to democracy. In the history of geopolitics, it is often considered that the "Age of Imperialism" began at the end of the 19th century when Europeans disputed African territories among themselves. Long before that happened, however, the Caribbean Basin was the most desirable space for some nations seeking natural resources and cheap labor force. In fact, the "conquest" of the New World, which was itself a violent event, began precisely over there.

No Repeat Of US Military Occupation Of Haiti

December 10, 2019 Marilyn Langlois, Resumen-english.org , , ,
Intensifying protests led by popular movements in Haiti, calling for the resignation of corrupt, US-supported President Jovenal Moise, have persisted for over a year in spite of violent repression and killings of demonstrators by government death squads, bringing day-to-day business to a standstill. At a forum last week in the Dominican Republic entitled Destabilization of Haiti: Issues and Challenges, Guatemalan diplomat Edmond Mulet, who has a problematic history in Haiti, appeared oblivious to the people’s demands and to the fact that humanitarian suffering is brought on by abuses of the US-backed leadership...

Reparations For Development And Justice For The Caribbean

October 25, 2019 Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Blackagendareport.com , ,
I bring no special expertise or unique perspective to the issue of reparations. However, I am here primarily to signify my personal commitment to the fight to achieve reparatory justice. Approximately five years ago, on October 14, 2014, at the second regional conference on reparations, held at the Multipurpose Cultural Centre, a mere four months of becoming Prime Minister, the Hon PJ Patterson, who was the featured speaker said to me: “As one who belongs to the older generation of Caribbean leaders, I am here today to present that torch to a leader of the younger generation and to say: Never let that torch be extinguished.” 

Haiti On Brink Of Revolution To Overthrow US-Backed Regime

October 3, 2019 Staff, Orinocotribune.com , , , ,
The aid money came through Venezuela’s PetroCaribe program, which had allowed Haiti to buy petroleum products at discount and on credit. However, the program has now been suspended for more than a year because of the interests of US imperialism, which backs the Haitian regime and has supported coup attempts to install a right-wing regime in Venezuela. The suspension has meant that Haiti’s long-suffering people have been faced with an extra burden: an ever-worsening fuel shortage that has resulted in closed service stations, rising prices and long lines to buy petrol.

In Haiti, Washington Meddling Missed By Press

July 1, 2019 Jane Regan, Fair.org , ,
Tens of thousands marching in the streets nationwide to denounce government corruption, reports of police and gang violence and murder and a downwardly spiraling economy. Calls for the government to step down. If this were Venezuela, as recent FAIR analyses pointed out, elite media journalists and commentators would be all over the story. After all, they’ve been endorsing Washington’s blatant and repeated imperialist designs and interventions in that country for over a decade.

Why Has Haiti Risen Up Once Again?

March 9, 2019 Ashley Smith, Counterpunch.org , , , ,
The Haitian masses have mobilized a new wave of protest against the corrupt government of President Jovenel Moïse. It began with demonstrations last summer in July and August, re-emerged in November and December, and exploded again in the first two weeks of February when hundreds of thousands marched in all the major cities of the country, from the capital of Port-au-Prince to the northern city of Cap-Haïtien. The demonstrators demanded an investigation into what happened to billions of dollars of funds from Venezuela, an end to austerity measures and price increases for basic goods, and the resignation of Moïse and his prime minister, Jean-Henry Céant.

CARICOM Reiterates Support For Peaceful Resolution In Venezuela

February 28, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net , , ,
As political and economic events unfold in various countries in the region, including Haiti, Venezuela, and Guyana, the 15-member group aims to de-escalate tensions. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders concluded a two-day summit Tuesday in Basseterre, on the dual-island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, where the member countries once again reiterated their support for a peaceful resolution in regards to Venezuela while rejecting interference.

Black Alliance For Peace Says Struggle In Haiti And Venezuela Connected

February 20, 2019 Staff, Blackallianceforpeace.com , , , ,
FEBRUARY 18, 2019—The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) remains in steadfast solidarity with the people of Haiti, whose revolutionary spirit in 1791 showed the world what is possible when Africans organize and struggle together to remove their shackles and dispose of their oppressors. The recent revelation that Haitian President Jovenel Moïse embezzled nearly $4 billion Venezuela had loaned the island nation a decade ago caused the popular uprising taking place in the country. And this is where we see where U.S. interventions in Venezuela and Haiti connect.

The Terrible Forthcoming Destruction Of The Caribbean Basin

January 12, 2019 By Thierry Meyssan, Voltairenet.org ,
Preparations for wars of this magnitude, intended to follow on from the conflicts in the « Greater Middle East » according to the Rumsfeld-Cebrowski strategy, requires a decade [2]. After the period of economic destabilisation [3] and that of military preparation, the actual operation should begin in the years to come by an attack on Venezuela by Brazil (supported by Israël), Colombia (an ally of the United States) and Guyana (in other words, the United Kingdom). It will be followed by others, beginning with Cuba and Nicaragua (the « troïka of tyranny » according to John Bolton).

Caribbean Nations Agree To Consider Marijuana Legalization

July 13, 2018 By Tom Angell, Marijuanamoment.net ,
The heads of Caribbean nations have agreed to “review marijuana’s current status with a view to reclassification,” noting “human and religious rights” issues stemming from criminalization as well as “the economic benefits to be derived” from legalization. The move, which was announced by The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), an organization of nations including Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica and others, comes after a committee formed by the group recommended replacing cannabis criminalization with legal regulation. “The medical and scientific evidence is clear that marijuana has substantial value,” commission Chair Rose-Marie Belle Antoine said. “Thousands of people are being imprisoned especially the most vulnerable and most marginalised in the region.”

Rainfall Changes Threaten Food Production

November 3, 2016 Jan Rocha, www.climatenewsnetwork.net , ,
By Jan Rocha for Climate News network - SÃO PAULO, 30 October, 2016 – The UN’s latest State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report warns that rainfall patterns will have changed so drastically by the end of this century that agriculture, forestry and fishing will all be seriously affected. “It will become more and more difficult to harvest crops, rear animals and manage forests and fisheries in the same places and in the same way as before,” says the report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO).

As Latin America Moves Left It Successfully Confronts Hunger

June 3, 2015 Marianela Jarroud, www.ipsnews.net , , , , ,
By Marianela Jarroud in IPS News - The Latin American and Caribbean region is the first in the world to reach the two global targets for reducing hunger. Nevertheless, more than 34 million people still go hungry. “This is the region that best understood the problem of hunger, and it’s the region that has put the greatest emphasis on policies to assist vulnerable groups. The results achieved have been in accordance with that emphasis,” FAO regional representative Raúl Benítez told IPS. According to The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI) 2015 report, released Wednesday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), hunger affects 5.5 percent of the population of Latin America – or 34.3 million people. That means the region has met the target of halving the proportion of hungry people from 1990 levels, established by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by the international community in 2000, with a 2015 deadline.
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