Category: Haitian History
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Haiti demands long overdue reparations and refuses to become Caribbean Rhodesia
Message posted to the Corbett Haiti List while in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 9, 2004… I participated in this solidarity conference and I can confirm that the current situation in Haiti is not as hopeless as the international media is trying hard to portray it – Some folks are trying to make their projection become reality.…
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Haiti an International Crime Scene
The following slides provide a quick overview of Haitian history. This presentation was offered during a webinar hosted on December 19, 2021 by the Democratic Socialists of America, San Francisco, where I was blessed and honoured to share the discussion panel with Dr. Jemima Pierre and Dr. Mamyrah Dougé-Prosper, two powerful voices of the African…
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Fair Elections in Haiti
All indicators suggest a fiasco for the scheduled fall elections in Haiti. The International Crisis Group (ICG) observed that 18 months after former President Jean Bertrand Aristide was forced out of the country, Haiti remains insecure and volatile. On the part of much of the population ICG saw “disenchantment, apathy and ignorance about the electoral…
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Napoleon was no Toussaint Louverture
Mr. ADAM HOCHSCHILD – New York Times Your article titled: “The Black Napoleon” attracted my attention because, as a son of Haiti, I find comparing Toussaint Louverture to Napoleon Bonaparte, beyond the fact that it is misleading, to be indeed a grave insult. Shall one dub a leader of Resistance to the Nazi: “The Jewish Hitler”? In his…