Category: Global Peace
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Five truths about Haiti
As we approach the 10th anniversary of Goudougoudou, the 7.0 earthquake that caused over 300,000 deaths in Haiti on January 12, 2010, I invite you to ponder 5 key facts I consider to be essential knowledge for anyone who truly wants to understand why, though tens of billions of dollars were collected worldwide for their…
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Can Haitians help make Canada better!?
This year, an unprecedented event took place on Canada Day, in Ottawa. A group of Canadians answered a fellow citizen’s challenge to host the first ever “Make Canada Better – Speaker’s Corner”. The challenge went up on Facebook and Twitter, on June 16, 2019. It called for speakers to come to Ottawa on July 1st…
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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…
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Canada Called to Support Haitian Freedom Verily
Haitians to U.S./Canada/Europe/OAS/UN: “You kidnapped our real leaders and installed your puppets!” “End Apartheid in Haiti!” “The foreign occupation and its puppets have failed: return Haiti to Haitians!” “We thirst for water, your brought us Cholera!” Ottawa July 9, 2018 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Once again, we call your attention to the persistent message a…