By: Wadner Pierre - HaitiAnalysis

By: Wadner Pierre - HaitiAnalysis.com

The dream of the heroic liberators is still - in many ways - far from
becoming a reality - the dream that every Haitian without distinction should live
comfortably and without any fear; a dream in which the father of the country,
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, declared that no foreign soldier violate the soil of
Haiti.

by Anthony Fenton - originally published by Upside Down World

As an emerging lobby advocates for the institutionalization of a controversial doctrine of "humanitarian imperialism,"1 and a new administration that is friendly to this doctrine gets set to occupy the White House, a reminder of the case of Haiti points to the potential dangers posed by an "operationalized" Re

As an emerging lobby advocates for the institutionalization of a controversial doctrine of "humanitarian imperialism," and a new administration that is friendly to this doctrine gets set to occupy the White House, a reminder of the case of Haiti points to the potential dangers posed by an "operationalized" Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm.

by Amnesty International

Joseph Guyler Delva has been receiving death threats which he believes to be related to both his involvement in an investigation into the murder of Haitian journalist Jean Dominique and his reporting on the controversial election of a former Haitian senator. Amnesty International is extremely concerned for his safety.

Socialist Worker

By: Stephen Lendman - Coastalpost

Repeated false stories of corruption against President Aristide are
part of a continuing disinformation campaign against him that began
when he first took office in 1991.

When it comes to politics in Haiti, religion is often the unspoken elephant in the room.

Understanding the pivotal role — for both “good” and “evil” — played by religious institutions in the struggle for political power in Haiti, can help to explain much about the slavery, dictatorships, propaganda and betrayals that have all-too-often characterised this country’s tormented history.

This article summarizes 200 years of Haitian history through the lens of an ongoing struggle between adherents of Vodoun (aka Voodoo) and Christianity.

by Reginald Dumas, Former Trinidad and Tobago Ambassasdor to the US and specail advisor to UN on Haiti

Dear President Zoellick

I take the liberty of writing you on the subject of Haiti, a country in which I have had a particular interest since my stint there in 2004 as the Special Adviser of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

By: Slavoj Žižek - London Review of Books

By: Jeb Sprague - North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)

by Kim Ives

On November 3, 1996, Jean-Bertrand Aristide and several hundred of his
followers founded the Lavalas Family party in the southeastern city of
Jacmel. Twelve years later, Aristide remains in exile in South Africa almost
five years after a Feb. 29, 2004 coup d'état drove him from Haiti's
presidency a second time.

Aljazeera

Rescuers working to save survivors from the ruins of a collapsed school in Haiti where at least 88 people died are calling off their search.

By: Jean-Guy Allard - Granma

How the corporate media attacks all independent democratic leaders, present and past.