Tag: coup
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The Ottawa Initiative on Haiti
“Colin Powell has lied to the world over the last few years so many times…” As announced earlier, I will be sharing some images and sounds I recorded in Haiti during my December 2003-January 2004 trip. That period has had a significant impact on my life, as the events which unfolded then continue to affect…
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Haiti 2004 – Life Under President Aristide (days before the coup)
In December 2003, my wife, Manzè Choublak, and I decided to take our son Lanmoukaji with us to the bicentennial celebrations in Haiti. Meanwhile in mainstream media, Haiti is described as a land of lawlessness and generalized mayhem, a dictatorship from which visitors are encouraged to stay as far away as possible. In the following…
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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…