Turmoil in Haiti

[Bill Ryan]

Haiti has been in Turmoil (did anyone know?). See this NYT piece, less than 24 hours old:


‘There Is No Hope’: Crisis Pushes Haiti to Brink of Collapse
https://nytimes.com/2019/10/20/world/americas/Haiti-crisis-violence.html

That article's not available to read without subscribing. But the title says it all.

[Ernie Nemeth]

There's more, too. Haiti has been in Turmoil (did anyone know?). See this NYT piece, less than 24 hours old:


‘There Is No Hope’: Crisis Pushes Haiti to Brink of Collapse
https://nytimes.com/2019/10/20/world/americas/Haiti-crisis-violence.html

That article's not available to read without subscribing. But the title says it all.

There's a pattern here, if we just can figure out what it is. In Chile, the riots were triggered [merely!] by subway fare hikes, that were later canceled. But that was too late. The people went on the rampage, looting, firing supermarkets, and there were deaths. That's not over at all, by any means.

In Ecuador (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?108762-Turmoil-in-Ecuador), there's good evidence that some of the protests a couple weeks ago were fueled by militant infiltrators from Venezuela and Colombia. But I saw for myself at first hand how local people jumped on the chaos bandwagon to just PROTEST.

I remarked on that thread that after 11 days, the people brought the government to heel, which is what's supposed to happen.

Governments are our representatives. NOT our managers.

But look at Brexit in the UK (this thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?91509-The-UK-Brexit-vote-to-leave-the-EU)). Catalonia, in Spain (this thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?100046-Catalan-Referendum-Catalonia-has-won-right-to-statehood-but-not-seeking-traumatic-split)). The Yellow Vests in Paris (this thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?88469---a-Chauffe-)). People have had enough.

One wonders what may happen next, and where. A morphic field may be spreading its invisible influence. Or a future historian might write that there was so much injustice and drip-drip-drip repression all over the world, for so long, that in the end the worm just turned.*
* For non-English-speaking members here: this odd idiom means that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behavior unexpectedly starts resisting that person and/or expresses their anger.
In each case, the governments concerned seemed SO out of touch that they had no idea what would happen, and they were totally ambushed by the violent reactions. They just never suspected or anticipated what would be triggered. This could EASILY happen in the UK, is already happening in Catalonia, and could happen in many European countries, also (maybe pretty likely at some point) the US.

But it won't happen in China (this thread (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?108977-When-the-Lion-Wakes-The-Global-Threat-of-the-Chinese-Communist-Party)), because the Chinese government have taken early pre-emptive action to make sure the population is docile and emasculated. (Go figure...)

Great observation about the sentiment of the vast silent majority.

I don't think it will happen in Canada for reasons I can't put my finger on, and I am not sure this translates well for those who do not live here. Canadians are strange...but...if ever this wild and crazy sentiment caught on here, I think the cities of Canada would turn into a bloodbath. There is a very palpable antimony among the city dwellers here, smoldering quietly under the surface...

[Franny]

This is the New York Times article referenced by Bill above.
(Removed my NYT cookie before going to the site)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/world/americas/Haiti-crisis-violence.html

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‘There Is No Hope’: Crisis Pushes Haiti to Brink of Collapse

By Kirk Semple (https://www.nytimes.com/by/kirk-semple) Photographs by Meredith Kohut
Oct. 21, 2019

Haitians say the violence and economic stagnation stemming from a clash between the president and the opposition are worse than anything they have ever experienced.

Protesters last week in Les Cayes, Haiti, surrounded a vehicle that had been burned in a previous demonstration. Impassable roads have contributed to the country’s emergency.

Protesters last week in Les Cayes, Haiti, surrounded a vehicle that had been burned in a previous demonstration. Impassable roads have contributed to the country’s emergency.

LÉOGÂNE, Haiti — The small hospital was down to a single day’s supply of oxygen and had to decide who would get it: the adults recovering from strokes and other ailments, or the newborns clinging to life in the neonatal ward.

Haiti’s political crisis had forced this awful dilemma — one drama of countless in a nation driven to the brink of collapse.

A struggle between President Jovenel Moïse and a surging opposition movement demanding his ouster has led to violent demonstrations and barricaded streets across the country, rendering roads impassable and creating a sprawling emergency.

Caught in the national paralysis, officials at Sainte Croix Hospital were forced to choose who might live and who might die. Fortunately, a truck carrying 40 fresh tanks of oxygen made it through at the last minute, giving the hospital a reprieve.

“It was scary, really scary,” said Archdeacon Abiade Lozama of the Episcopal Church of Haiti, which owns the hospital. “Every day, things become more difficult, day after day.”

Though the country has been trapped for years in cycles of political and economic dysfunction, many Haitians say the current crisis is worse than anything they have ever experienced. Lives that were already extremely difficult, here in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, have become even more so.

Weeks of unrest around Haiti, coupled with rampant corruption and economic malaise, have led to soaring prices, a disintegration of public services and a galloping sense of insecurity and lawlessness. At least 30 people have been killed in the demonstrations in the past few weeks, including 15 by police officers, according to the United Nations.

“There is no hope in this country,” said Stamène Molière, 27, an unemployed secretary in the southern coastal town of Les Cayes. “There’s no life anymore.”

Gas shortages are worsening by the day. Hospitals have cut services or closed entirely. Public transportation has ground to a halt. Businesses have shuttered. Most schools have been closed since early September, leaving millions of children idle. Widespread layoffs have compounded chronic poverty and hunger. Uncertainty hangs over everything.

Many Haitians with the means to flee have left or are planning to, while most who remain are simply trying to figure out where they are going to get their next meals.

Haiti was once a strategic ally for the United States, which often played a crucial role here. During the Cold War, American governments supported — albeit at times grudgingly — the authoritarian governments of François Duvalier and his son, Jean-Claude Duvalier, because of their anti-Communist stance.

In 1994, the Clinton administration sent troops to restore Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power after his ouster as president, but 10 years later, intense pressure from the United States helped push Mr. Aristide out again.

Now, protesters are criticizing the United States for continuing to stand by Mr. Moïse. The Trump administration has urged respect for the democratic process, but has said little about the unrest in Haiti.

“If you look at Haitian history, governments are overthrown when the United States turns on them,” said Jake Johnston, a research associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

The current crisis is a culmination of more than a year of violent protests, and the product, in part, of political acrimony that has seized the nation since Mr. Moïse, a businessman, took office in February 2017 following an electoral process that was marred by delays, allegations of voter fraud and an abysmal voter turnout.

Outrage over allegations that the government misappropriated billions of dollars meant for social development projects provided the initial impetus for the protests. But opposition leaders have sought to harness the anger to force his ouster, calling for his resignation and the formation of a transitional government.

The protests intensified in early September, at times turning violent and bringing the capital, Port-au-Prince, and other cities and towns around the country to a standstill.

“We’re not living,” Destine Wisdeladens, 24, a motorcycle-taxi driver, said at a protest march in Port-au-Prince this month. “There is no security in the country. There’s no food. There’s no hospitals. There’s no school.”

Mr. Moïse has been defiant, saying in public comments last week that it would be “irresponsible” for him to resign. He has named a commission of politicians to explore solutions to the crisis.

Amid the current turmoil, daily routines, never a sure thing in this vulnerable country, have been thrown even more deeply into doubt.

With public transportation having ground to a halt, Alexis Fritzner, 41, a security guard making about $4 per day, walks about 10 miles each way to work at a clothing factory in Port-au-Prince. He has not been paid for more than a month, he said, yet he still goes to work for fear of being fired.

“It’s because there are no other options,” he said.

The mounting problems at Sainte Croix Hospital here in Léogâne are emblematic of the crisis. Though the town is only about 20 miles from Port-au-Prince, near-daily barricades have impeded traffic. Suppliers in the capital have been forced to close or have had trouble receiving imports, making medicine hard to get.

At least one patient at the hospital died in recent days because of a lack of crucial medicine, said the Rev. Jean Michelin St.-Louis, the hospital’s general manager.

It has been hard to wrangle fuel to run the hospital’s generators, its only power supply, he said. At times, ambulances have been blocked from crossing the barricades despite promises from protest leaders to the contrary. Some of the hospital’s staff members, including the chief surgeon, have not always been able to make it to work because of the protests.

“It’s the first time I’ve been through such a difficult experience,” Father St.-Louis, 41, said.

The crisis is particularly stark in Les Cayes, the most populous city in southern Haiti, which has effectively been cut off from the capital by barricades on the main road.

The city endured a total blackout for nearly two months. The power company started to mete out electricity again earlier this month, though in tiny increments — a few hours on one day, a few more on another.

The city’s public hospital shut down recently when protesters, angry over the death of one of their comrades, smashed its windows and destroyed cars in its parking lot. After the attack, the staff fled, said Herard Marc Rocky, 37, the hospital’s head of logistics.

Even before the riot, the hospital was barely functioning. For three weeks, it had been without power after running out of fuel for its generators.

Archdeacon Lozama, 39, who oversees an Episcopal parish in Les Cayes, said demonstrators forbid him from holding services on two recent Sundays. “We couldn’t open the doors,” he said. “People would burn the church.”

Thieves have stolen the batteries from solar panels that provide electricity to the parish school. The keyboardist in the church music ensemble was recently wounded by a stray bullet. And protesters manning a barricade took food that Archdeacon Lozama was delivering by truck on behalf of an international charity.

“There’s no one you can call,” he lamented. “There’s no one in charge.”

People, he said, are desperate. “As they have nothing, they can destroy everything. They have nothing to lose.”

Intersections throughout Les Cayes are scarred with the remains of burned barricades made with wood, tires and other debris, vestiges of near-daily protests.

“I’m hiding out here, I’m hunkering down, I’m not even on my porch,” said Marie Prephanie Pauldor Delicat, 67, the retired headmistress of a kindergarten in Les Cayes. “I’m scared of the people.”

Shop owners say sales have plummeted. Violent demonstrations have forced them to curtail their hours, and it has become harder to restock merchandise.

Several regional opposition leaders, in an interview at a dormant nightclub in Les Cayes, blamed infiltrators sympathetic to the government for the violence. But they defended the roadblocks, saying they helped thwart the movement of security forces accused of aggressions against residents.

“We get the support of the population despite it all, because all the population has the same demand: the departure of Jovenel Moïse,” said Anthony Cyrion, a lawyer.

A wellspring of opposition in Les Cayes is La Savane, one of its most forlorn neighborhoods, where simple, rough-hewed homes line unpaved roads and the stench of open sewers commingles with the salty perfume of the Caribbean Sea.

On a visit this month, reporters from The New York Times were surrounded by crowds of desperate and angry residents, each with a list of grievances against the government and accounts of utter despair.

One young man opened his shirt to reveal a bullet wound in his shoulder. Another showed where a bullet had hit his leg. They blamed the police.

“We are all victims in many ways!” shouted Lys Isguinue, 48. “We are victims under the sticks of the police! We are victims of tear gas! We are victims because we cannot eat! We are victims because we cannot sleep!”

Venise Jules, 55, a cleaning woman at a grade school and the mother of Ms. Molière, the unemployed secretary, said her entire family had voted for Mr. Moïse.

“He said everything would change,” she recalled. “We would have food on our plates, we would have electricity 24/7, we would have jobs for our children and salaries would increase.”

Ms. Jules, three of her five children and a cousin live in a narrow house in La Savane made from mud and stone. The corrugated metal roof leaks when it rains. The bathroom is an outhouse with a hole in the ground. With no running water, the family has to fill buckets at a public tap several blocks away.

They cook over coal — when they have something to cook.

“I didn’t put anything on the fire today,” Ms. Jules said. It had been a full day since she had eaten anything.

With the schools closed, Ms. Jules had been without work — or an income — for weeks. Even when she worked, earning $47 per month, she had not been able to amass any savings. Now she sends her children to eat at the homes of friends with something to spare.

Her despair, she said, has driven her to consider suicide.

On a recent evening, she sat with Ms. Molière, her daughter, in their house as it sank into the shadows of the night. Ms. Molière began to cry softly. Seeing her tears, Ms. Jules began to cry as well.

“It’s not only that we’re hungry for bread and water,” Ms. Molière said. “We’re hungry for the development of Haiti.”

“Haiti is very fragile,” she said.

Harold Isaac and Meridith Kohut contributed reporting.

[Bill Ryan]

The Haitian president, Jovenel Moise, has been assassinated at his home. :flower:


https://reuters.com/world/americas/haitian-president-shot-dead-home-overnight-pm-2021-07-07

Haitian president assassinated by gunmen at home, state of emergency declared


Overnight killing of Jovenel Moise was 'barbaric act' -PM
State of emergency invoked amid confusion over succession
Comes amid rampant gang violence, humanitarian crisis
Attack condemned by U.S., nearby Latin American states
Haiti plagued by poverty, political unrest, shortages

PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 7 (Reuters) - Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in a "barbaric act", the government said on Wednesday, stirring fears of escalating turmoil in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

The assassination, which drew condemnation from Washington (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-assessing-tragic-attack-that-killed-haiti-president-white-house-2021-07-07) and neighboring Latin American countries (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/reactions-assassination-haitian-president-abhorrent-vile-2021-07-07/), coincided with a spate of gang violence in Port-au-Prince in recent months fueled by a growing humanitarian crisis and political unrest (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haitis-history-violence-turmoil-2021-07-07). The disorder has turned many districts of the capital into no-go zones.

Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in televised remarks after chairing a cabinet meeting that the government had declared a state of emergency amid confusion over who would take over the reins of the country. "My compatriots, remain calm because the situation is under control," he said.

The 53-year-old president's wife, Martine Moise, was also shot in the attack at around 1 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) at the couple's home in the hills above Port-au-Prince, Joseph said in a statement. She was receiving medical treatment.

"A group of unidentified individuals, some of them speaking Spanish, attacked the private residence of the president of the republic and thus fatally wounded the head of state,” he said.

Joseph said the police and army had the security situation under control. The streets of the usually bustling capital of 1 million people were quiet and empty on Wednesday morning after the attack and intermittent gunfire overnight.

"All measures are being taken to guarantee the continuity of the state and to protect the nation," Joseph said.

But with Haiti politically polarized and facing growing hunger, fears of a breakdown in order are spreading. The Dominican Republic said it was closing the border it shares with Haiti on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

"This crime is an attack against the democratic order of Haiti and the region," Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader said.

https://cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/FSSKFEJAENOQ7FL5DBVLXWQX4A.jpg

Leaders worldwide condemned the attack and appealed for calm. The United States described it as a "horrific crime" while Colombian President Ivan Duque called upon the Organization of American States to dispatch a mission to Haiti to "guarantee democratic order".

It was unclear who would succeed Moise as president. He had appointed a new prime minister this week who has yet to be sworn in. The head of the Supreme Court of Justice - another contender for the job, according to the constitution - died last month of COVID-19 and has yet to be replaced.

[avid]

Is it too much to hope that ‘new brooms sweep clean’? Or is there another layer of corruption in the queue to take over?
Haiti has always been ‘tarred’ with a negative brush, through no fault of its own, but there are nefarious factions always hovering in the wings, remember the Clintons, the child trafficking, the money laundering? It doesn’t always have to be this way.
No more juju or voodoo, common sense surely should prevail soonest.

[thepainterdoug]

has three capital letters writtin all over it .

how sad and barbaric

[Mashika]

A group of unidentified individuals, some of them speaking Spanish,

They forgot to mention that the other ones were speaking English

Interesting that some sites only had that same quote, but other's have the full one, without the rewording and missing fact. Like here:


"A group of individuals who have not been identified, some of whom were speaking Spanish and English, attacked the private residence of the President of the Republic and fatally injured the Head of State," Joseph said in a statement.

https://www.wionews.com/world/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-wife-injured-world-leaders-pay-tribute-396479


He had been threatened before multiple times, he refused to move to a secure location, even if the security groups told him he was in risk living there, he did not mind. Also he was an illegal president, he got only like 6% of the vote but still won by like 38%, which caused massive protests back then, he was not a legal government, was selected by the previous president by the "point a finger" method, and people knew, he had it coming in several ways. He enriched his family while poverty grew badly across the country, and made business out of that



The Haitian president, Jovenel Moise, has been assassinated at his home. :flower:


https://reuters.com/world/americas/haitian-president-shot-dead-home-overnight-pm-2021-07-07

Haitian president assassinated by gunmen at home, state of emergency declared


Overnight killing of Jovenel Moise was 'barbaric act' -PM
State of emergency invoked amid confusion over succession
Comes amid rampant gang violence, humanitarian crisis
Attack condemned by U.S., nearby Latin American states
Haiti plagued by poverty, political unrest, shortages

PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 7 (Reuters) - Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in a "barbaric act", the government said on Wednesday, stirring fears of escalating turmoil in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

The assassination, which drew condemnation from Washington (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-assessing-tragic-attack-that-killed-haiti-president-white-house-2021-07-07) and neighboring Latin American countries (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/reactions-assassination-haitian-president-abhorrent-vile-2021-07-07/), coincided with a spate of gang violence in Port-au-Prince in recent months fueled by a growing humanitarian crisis and political unrest (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haitis-history-violence-turmoil-2021-07-07). The disorder has turned many districts of the capital into no-go zones.

Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in televised remarks after chairing a cabinet meeting that the government had declared a state of emergency amid confusion over who would take over the reins of the country. "My compatriots, remain calm because the situation is under control," he said.

The 53-year-old president's wife, Martine Moise, was also shot in the attack at around 1 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) at the couple's home in the hills above Port-au-Prince, Joseph said in a statement. She was receiving medical treatment.

"A group of unidentified individuals, some of them speaking Spanish, attacked the private residence of the president of the republic and thus fatally wounded the head of state,” he said.

Joseph said the police and army had the security situation under control. The streets of the usually bustling capital of 1 million people were quiet and empty on Wednesday morning after the attack and intermittent gunfire overnight.

"All measures are being taken to guarantee the continuity of the state and to protect the nation," Joseph said.

But with Haiti politically polarized and facing growing hunger, fears of a breakdown in order are spreading. The Dominican Republic said it was closing the border it shares with Haiti on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

"This crime is an attack against the democratic order of Haiti and the region," Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader said.

https://cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/FSSKFEJAENOQ7FL5DBVLXWQX4A.jpg

Leaders worldwide condemned the attack and appealed for calm. The United States described it as a "horrific crime" while Colombian President Ivan Duque called upon the Organization of American States to dispatch a mission to Haiti to "guarantee democratic order".

It was unclear who would succeed Moise as president. He had appointed a new prime minister this week who has yet to be sworn in. The head of the Supreme Court of Justice - another contender for the job, according to the constitution - died last month of COVID-19 and has yet to be replaced.

[Bill Ryan]

A group of unidentified individuals, some of them speaking SpanishThey forgot to mention that the other ones were speaking English
Of interest, maybe:


https://worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-haiti.html


Haiti lacks diversity in terms of the languages spoken in the country. French and Haitian Creole are the only two languages spoken by most of the population. However, a small segment of the population is conversant with foreign languages, such as Spanish and English.

[Mashika]

Edited my previous post to show the actual original quote, i find it odd that it was edited to removed that part from what the PM said, because why remove that specific part?

Quote "A group of individuals who have not been identified, some of whom were speaking Spanish and English, attacked the private residence of the President of the Republic and fatally injured the Head of State," Joseph said in a statement.
https://www.wionews.com/world/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-wife-injured-world-leaders-pay-tribute-396479

Also see Yahoo news for example:


The government did not identify the perpetrators but said some of them were speaking Spanish.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-haiti-assassinated-home-100229552.html





A group of unidentified individuals, some of them speaking SpanishThey forgot to mention that the other ones were speaking English
Of interest, maybe:


https://worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-haiti.html


Haiti lacks diversity in terms of the languages spoken in the country. French and Haitian Creole are the only two languages spoken by most of the population. However, a small segment of the population is conversant with foreign languages, such as Spanish and English.

[Mashika]

Some events happening on Haiti

US troops requested right after the murder of the president
https://apnews.com/article/business-caribbean-haiti-election-2020-011ce271fe57211c29ffb0e5eef9c506

And, mercenaries were Colombian and at least 2, were US-Haitian citizens. Then this happens, the agency that hired the mercenaries, belongs to Antonino Intriago, one close associate of Juan Guaido, the "interim" president of Venezuela selected and recognized by the US as such. Why would this person be involved in the killing of another country's president?

The flight records show these people got into Haiti at least 2 months before, so it wasn't just a random thing really, it had been very carefully planned for months

Check this twitter thread, the business is located on Miami, Florida, there's some odd things going on there
https://twitter.com/APjoshgoodman/status/1413825202862104578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

One of the guys that was floored, her sister posted a picture of him with the uniform of that business
https://twitter.com/APjoshgoodman/status/1413825191457824773?s=20



CTU is run by Venezuelan-born Antonio Intriago, who registered the company in 2019. He did not respond to requests for comment.

Intriago is affiliated with other Florida entities: the Counter Terrorist Unit Federal Academy, the Venezuelan American National Council and Doral Food

https://twitter.com/APjoshgoodman/status/1413825202862104578?s=20

Why did the mercenaries decide to go invade the Taiwan embassy after killing the president?

[Ravenlocke]

https://twitter.com/161_BKLYN/status/1562176174016585728
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https://haitiantimes.com/2022/08/23/several-dead-in-protests-across-haiti-against-henry-crime-other-crises/

Several dead in protests across Haiti against Henry, crime, other crises

Thousands of Haitians took to the streets — from Port-au-Prince to Les Cayes to Cap-Haitien

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Residents across Haiti, including in Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, Cabaret, Les Cayes, Cap-Haitien, Petit-Goâve took to the streets on Monday to express their anger at Haiti’s economic stagnation, rising cost of living, skyrocketing crime, fuel crisis and interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s lack of action, demonstrators said. At least three were reported dead and another four injured in ensuing clashes, according to Marc Antoine Maisonneuve, an organizer based in Port-au-Prince.

“We are at the end of our rope with what is happening in the country and the authorities are complicit with the bandits given their inaction,” shouted a demonstrator, who declined to share their name. “I am taking part in this demonstration to say no to terrorism in the country, no to the high cost of living.”

On Aug.22, protesters marched to Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s home to demand he resign. They gathered in Champs de Mars, then headed toward Lalue, Christ-Roi and Delmas, where the police repeatedly scattered the crowds using tear gas. In Delmas 38, demonstrators and another group from Pétion-ville threw stones at each other as the latter tried to stop the advancing crowd.

Overview:

People tired and angry with Haiti’s worsening crises — crime, lack of jobs and government inaction — called for PM Ariel Henry to step down for failing to change the country’s course.


https://twitter.com/BNNBreaking/status/1562075087909531648
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[Kryztian]

Kim Iversen interviews Dan Cohen who discusses the turmoil in Haiti and whether U.S. troops will be sent in to intervene. The turmoil is centered around efforts to remove "acting president" Ariel Henry, a finger puppet of the CIA and Hatian oligarchs, who was clearly involved in the assassination of previously elected president Jovenel Moïse. Video discusses how the media has misrepresented how revolutionary forces and described them as gangs, and how U.S. intervention has kept Haiti in poverty and in the back pocket of the U.S. empire. 20 minutes.


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[Ravenlocke]

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[Ravenlocke]

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[Ravenlocke]

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[Ravenlocke]

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1582340722287484928
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[Ravenlocke]

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1582725759323451393


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https://www.rt.com/news/564945-us-security-mission-haiti/

US calls for ‘security mission’ in Haiti

The US has proposed a security assistance mission in Haiti, calling on foreign partners to contribute personnel and equipment to help end violent anti-government protests, which have blocked off some of the country’s main ports and caused major shortages in key goods.

United Nations envoy Linda Thomas-Greenfield floated the idea to the body’s Security Council on Monday, citing a “dire” humanitarian crisis currently raging in Haiti and a “deteriorating security situation.” Though she said the project would not directly involve UN peacekeepers, Thomas-Greenfield voiced hopes that member states would provide the necessary resources for the mission.

Alongside Mexico, the US proposed two resolutions for Haiti, the first calling for international sanctions to be imposed on “criminal actors,” individuals responsible for “gang violence” and protesters deliberately “blocking Haiti’s ports and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the Haitian people.”

The second measure would authorize a “non-UN international security assistance mission to help improve the security situation and enable the flow of desperately needed humanitarian aid,” Thomas-Greenfield said, adding that the move would fulfill a recent request for a foreign troop deployment by Haitian PM and President Ariel Henry.

Haiti asks for foreign troops to end unrest READ MORE: Haiti asks for foreign troops to end unrest
With a long and often violent history of US intervention in the country, many Haitians have objected to any Western troop deployment or peacekeeping operation, with some protesters seen waving Russian flags and even hoisting signs urging Moscow to send troops to deal with ongoing chaos in the streets.

Russia appears unlikely to heed such requests, with its deputy UN envoy, Dmitry Polyansky, saying the body should “thoroughly weigh all consequences” before “meddling in the political processes in Haiti.”

Haiti has seen intense civil disturbances in recent weeks, with large groups of demonstrators descending upon the country’s primary fuel terminal to protest a recent cut to government gas subsidies last month. Since then, protesters and gang members – some of them armed – have effectively blockaded the port, crippling distribution of needed goods and aid while forcing the closure of countless businesses and other institutions, including three-quarters of Haiti’s hospitals, according to the United Nations.

While Thomas-Greenfield provided few details about the proposed mission, she said it would help the Haitian National Police and Coast Guard to “improve the security situation on the ground,” voicing hopes that it would facilitate the distribution of humanitarian aid.

The UN envoy noted that Washington and Ottawa had already sold “tactical and armored vehicles and other supplies” to Haiti in recent days, saying they would be used to “counter gang violence,” but suggested the supplies were not enough.

The small Caribbean island has been plagued by unrest since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last year, seeing a spike in kidnappings, riots, looting, and other forms of gang violence. Henry took over as both interim PM and president soon after Moise’s death, though even as protesters insist he step down, the chances for a new election appear unlikely anytime soon.

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Haitian Citizens Lynch At Least 12 Gang Members In Canape-Vert

On Monday, residents of Haiti’s Canape-Vert neighborhood in Port-au-Prince stoned and burned alive over a dozen suspected gang members previously arrested by the Police.

"Our agents searched for a minibus carrying armed group members. We found a suspected vehicle carrying people with weapons. These individuals were shortly after lynched by the people,” the Haitian Police reported.

Authorities did not specify the exact number of fatal victims nor the conditions under which the Police lost custody of these suspects. Images shared online showed that at least three other gang members were killed and burned in another Haitian town.

Before dawn, gang members had broken into several residential areas of Port-au-Prince, where they looted houses and attacked residents. “The sound of projectiles that woke us up at around 03:00 a.m,” a resident in the Turgeau neighborhood told the AFP agency.

"If the gangs invade us, we will defend ourselves with all our means,” said another resident, who stressed that mothers who want to protect their children can send them elsewhere.

AFP journalists on Monday saw that dozens of families left these neighborhoods on foot, carrying in bags or bundles some personal belongings.

On Monday, United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres showed concern over the increasing homicides and kidnappings in Haiti. Data cut from January to March showed that the number of reported homicides increased by 21 percent compared to the previous quarter. From April 14 to 19, clashes between rival gangs also caused about 70 deaths.

“Insecurity in the Haitian capital is reaching levels comparable to those of countries in war. An international specialized armed force is urgently needed to help the national Police restore order,” Guterres stated.

At Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry's request, Guterres asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to send forces to this country in October 2022. Kenya, Rwanda, Trinidad, and Jamaica showed a willingness to collaborate. However, the U.S. and Canada were reluctant to engage.

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Why are we seeing a sudden disinformation campaign portraying Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier as a cannibal?

Watch how he treks through the slums of Haiti to ignite revolutionary consciousness among the masses, and you'll understand.

Cherizier is trying to turn Haiti into a productive and prosperous country that benefits the whole population, the complete opposite of the dystopia that U.S. imperialism has created.

The man they're smearing as a savage is leading a revolution.

Watch the full documentary, 'Another Vision': https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIZsIsrPzocnRmfws3v41-UBWTHSu_agt

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rIN BRIEF: Haiti grappling with rioting gangs, threat of civil war

On March 1, armed gangs took advantage of Prime Minister Henry's absence in the country to attack police stations and the Port-au-Prince international airport

HAVANA, March 11. /TASS/. Haiti has been gripped by unrest for 10 days now, as armed gangs, which already control more than 80% of capital city Port-au-Prince, have rebelled against the island’s legitimate government. The situation will be the focus of the Caribbean Community meeting that’s scheduled for March 11.

The political opposition also supports the ouster of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. However, it proposes that police chief Guy Philippe be temporarily put in charge of the country.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. About 40% of its more than 10 million people have no access to clean water and need humanitarian support, according to the UN.

TASS has put together some highlight about the crisis in Haiti.

What is happening

- On March 1, armed gangs took advantage of Prime Minister Henry's absence in the country to attack police stations and the Port-au-Prince international airport. Henry, who is visiting Kenya, has arranged for a peacekeeping force to be sent from there to the island.

- On March 3, gangs attacked the main prison in Port-au-Prince and released several hundred prisoners. At least 12 people were killed during the escape.

- The Haitian leadership has decided to introduce a state of emergency and curfew in Port-au-Prince. Due to the riots and clashes between gangs and law enforcement officers, the airport and the main port are closed. A lot of shooting is taking place in the neighborhood where government offices are located.

- Henry's plane returning via the US was unable to land at the Port-au-Prince airport due to gunfire. As a result, it had to land in Puerto Rico (US territory).

Causes of the escalation

- A serious political crisis in the Caribbean country erupted after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in an attack on his residence on July 7, 2021.

- In late August 2021, Henry and representatives of opposition parties signed an agreement to postpone presidential and parliamentary elections from November 2021 until the end of 2022. The elections then were moved back even further.

- Prior to the vote, a transition period has been introduced, during which the country is to be run by a government of national unity that is headed by a prime minister.

Gang influence

- The leader of one of Haiti's powerful gangs, Jimmy Cherizier, has threatened civil war if Henry remains in office.

- According to Telesur television, gangs now control more than 80% of the capital city while they are also consolidating in the other areas of the country.

Plan of the opposition

- The opposition plans to oust incumbent Prime Minister Ariel Henry and set up a transitional council for 18 months.

- It is thought that the council with ensure the free movement of citizens, goods and services, as well as appoint the prime minister and put together a consensus-based cabinet.

- As its head, the plan is to install former rebel leader and Haiti police chief Guy Philippe, who was heavily involved in the overthrow of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. Philippe ran for president in 2005, but collected less than 1% of the vote.

International reaction

- Diplomats from the US and Germany have already left the island. US embassy staff was evacuated by the US military.

- The Caribbean Community will hold a meeting of partner nations on the situation in Haiti in Jamaica on March 11.

- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone with Haitian Prime Minister Henry and urged him to expedite the holding of free elections on the island.

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This is ABSOLUTELY NOT Barbecue, AKA Jimmy Cherizier, and has nothing to do with him.

It's a video from years ago of gang member in the Artibonite Valley eating a burned victim's body in order to terrorize the population, and is a very rare occurrence, despite media claims.

There is a major propaganda push to demonize Barbecue in order to pave the way for a foreign invasion.

@dom_lucre
should delete this and check sources before promoting dangerous misinformation.

Watch my and
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MADURO: "Haiti has been dismembered and martyred by US imperialist interventionism, and they have destroyed it from the inside... Criminal gangs are a new form of insurgency used to destabilize and dominate countries... The US forbade Haiti from having an army... Where did the gangs' guns come from? The United States."

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Haiti President Aristide to CNN (2004): "I was told that I better leave... American agents talked to me... there were a lot of American military with Haitians, well-armed... And they told me in a clear and blunt way that thousands of people will get killed once they start. So I had to do my best to avoid that bloodshed ... That's why I call it again and again a coup d'etat, a modern way to have modern kidnapping...

We are here after the terrible experience which we had in [an] American plane, in which [the] American military [were] not allowing us to have contact with our people"

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Expert Warns Haiti Could Turn Into ‘One Of The Worst Humanitarian Crises’ In The World:

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Former NFL defensive back Jack Brewer weighs in on the threat that Haitian gangs pose to the community during an appearance on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’

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Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier: "Give Haiti a chance"

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Clintons' Secret Pedophile and Cannibal Club in Haiti Exposed By Locals?:

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Not going to watch this video, but you can be sure anything with Sean Adl-Tabatabai in it is 100% sensationalistic garbage that makes a mockery of real critical-thinking based conspiracy research.

Please see this thread: The Truth About Sean Adl-Tabatabai
(https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?122149-The-Truth-About-Sean-Adl-Tabatabai&highlight=Sean+Adl-Tabatabai)

BTW, that is a pretty ugly picture of Hillary! :ROFL: It looks like morphing software was used to add some of George's Soros's physical features in hers.





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Most (if not all) "FORGET" to mention that what he claims is not himself but: "according to ..." ... and in my view it is up to us to use it for further deeper research, or totally ignore it and use "fact-checkers" sites as an excuse to dismiss it all ... which I totally get why some prefer doing that ... the well known "peer pressure" effect.

Not uncommon behavior. Attack the messenger, not the message, is a given with most highly controversial cases.


The video shows among others what Haitians themselves think of the Clintons (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?95499-Clinton-Foundation-Fraud-Unraveled-Lionel-Interviews-Charles-Ortel-video) and their critical voices can be ignored or learned from.
Also, a clipping of Trump exposing The Clinton Foundation (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Clinton%20Foundation) linked to corruption & scams in Haiti!
How much of the 13 Billion Dollars The Clinton Foundation received went ACTUALLY to Haiti ??? (also discussed!).
How many children (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?121275-Mel-Gibson-Exposing-Worldwide-Child-Sex-Trafficking-in-Four-Part-Documentary) smuggled out of Haiti became sex-slaves (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?121275-Mel-Gibson-Exposing-Worldwide-Child-Sex-Trafficking-in-Four-Part-Documentary)? (also discussed!).
The video also mentioned that The Clinton Foundation was co-founded by Jeffrey Epstein (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?107734-Jeffrey-Epstein-Ghislaine-Maxwell-the-whole-story-so-far).
Long list of "mysterious deaths" linked to many (often high ranking) critical people around the world (Haiti included) ... that want to expose The Clintons (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?95499-Clinton-Foundation-Fraud-Unraveled-Lionel-Interviews-Charles-Ortel-video)! (also discussed!).

cheers,
John (https://substack.com/@johnkuhles) 🦜🦋🌳

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Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, paving the way for a transitional council to lead the embattled country.

In a letter posted to social media on Thursday, Henry said his administration had “served the nation in difficult times”. The letter was dated Wednesday.

The transitional council was officially installed on Thursday. The outgoing cabinet said that, pending the formation of a new government, Economy Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert has been appointed as interim prime minister.

An alliance of the country’s powerful gangs began a coordinated attack on the capital city of Port-au-Prince at the end of February. That coincided with Henry’s visit to Kenya in support of a United Nations-backed security force that the East African country had agreed to deploy to Haiti.

Amid the violence, Ariel agreed to resign last month and has not returned to Haiti. CBS News has reported that he has been protected by the United States Secret Service while abroad.

The nine-member transitional council, where seven members will have voting powers, is expected to help set the agenda of a new cabinet. It will also appoint a provisional electoral commission, which will be required before elections planned for 2026 can take place. They are also set to establish a national security council.

While gang leaders had called on Henry to resign, they voiced anger over their exclusion from transitional negotiations, and it remains unclear how they will respond to the new council.

For its part, the international community has urged the council to prioritise Haiti’s widespread insecurity.

Before the latest attacks began, gangs had already controlled 80 percent of Port-au-Prince. The number of Haitians killed in early 2024 increased by more than 50 percent compared with the same period last year, according to a recent United Nations report.

Meanwhile, about 360,000 Haitians remain internally displaced, with gang violence forcing 95,000 people to flee the capital and pushing five million into “acute hunger”, according to the UN.

Henry was never directly elected. Instead, he was chosen for the prime minister post by Haitian President Jovenel Moise shortly before Moise was assassinated in 2021, and came to power with the backing of the US and other Western countries.

But many rights observers have been wary about what comes next in a country that has seen decades of spiralling crises fuelled by corrupt leaders, failed state institutions, poverty, gang violence, and an international community, led by the US, whose interventions in domestic politics are widely unpopular with Haitians.

As a result, many Haitians remain wary of any foreign involvement in Haiti today, saying that it will only add to the chaos. Nevertheless, several top human rights advocates have said Haitian national police are ill-equipped to stem the violence.

For its part, Kenya had paused its plans to deploy a security force to Haiti until the transitional council took power although it remains unclear if that is still the case.

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