Category: English
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Aristide, Lumumba and the bloody track record of United Nations Peacekeeping
I called Mobutu. I said, ‘Colonel, you have a problem, you were trying to retrieve your prisoner, Mr. Lumumba. I know where he is, and I know where he will be tomorrow. He said, what do I do? It’s simple, Colonel, with the help of the UN you have just created the core of your…
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Canada Owes Haiti More Than Apology
Please read and sign the Letter @ www.apologytohaiti.ca (I already did!) As we approach the 10th anniversary of the February 29, 2004 Coup d’Etat that toppled Haiti’s democratically-elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, hundreds of Canadians, across the country, have signed a letter of apology to Haiti for the role they say Canada played in the violent…
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Nasty 10th Birthday to OIH – Text #3: Access to – some – information
Excerpt from Anthony Fenton’s article: In March of 2003, Quebec Journalist Michel Vastel leaked the details of a secret meeting on Haiti hosted by the Canadian government on January 31-February 1st, 2003. This high-level roundtable, dubbed the “Ottawa Initiative on Haiti,” was facilitated by then-Secretary of State for Latin America/Minister for La Francophonie, Denis Paradis.…
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Nasty 10th Birthday to OIH – Text #2: Cayes Speech 4 December 2002
Nasty 10th Birthday to OIH! – original writings giving perspective on The Ottawa Initiative on Haiti (OIH). 10 years ago, Haiti’s self-appointed international “friends” masterminded, financed and executed the bloody bicentennial coup d’etat of 29 February 2004 which killed several thousands and severely derailed the nation’s pro-democracy struggle.