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Gangs take over political power in Haiti

8 March 2024

Gangs led by leader of the G9 group Jimmy Chérizier aka "Barbecue" attacked Haiti’s two main prisons, the national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince and the civil prison of Croix des Bouquets. About 3,700 prisoners escaped. Then they also attacked police stations and the Police Academy. The (…)

U.S. Agency sabotages Haiti earthquake aid

by Glen Ford

New York (USA) | 12 June 2011

A US Government commissioned report questions the official Haiti earthquake death toll, implying the Haitian authorities grossly overstated the figures to secure more aid. Conversely, BAR Executive Director Glen Ford speculates that the outcome of the report was predetermined to provide a (…)

Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s speech as he returns to Haiti, defying U.S. demands

by Jean-Bertrand Aristide

18 March 2011

Toussaint Louverture airport Port-au-Prince 18 March 2011
"My sisters and brothers, if you could place your hands on my heart, you would feel how it beats faster for telling you bravo, thank you, bravo, thank you!” Aristide said.
He urged all not to forget the victims of the Japan disaster. (…)

Haiti: Washington’s Cynical Campaign to Keep Aristide in South Africa

by Glen Ford

New York (USA) | 5 March 2011

With unbounded hypocrisy, the United States shrieks “democracy!” at the world while denying Haitians every political right of citizenship in their own land. Having deposed and kidnapped the popularly elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in 2004, the U.S. now pretends not to be the main (…)

Another Seismic Aftershock Shudders Haiti

23 February 2010

An aftershock of 4.7 degrees on the Richter scale of the earthquake that recently devastated Haiti was registered on Monday in Port-au-Prince, without any new victims or damages reported so far.

Other 50 ELAM Graduates Join Doctors Volunteering in Haiti

Havana (Cuba) | 16 February 2010

With the arrival of 50 Bolivians in Port-au-Prince, the number of graduates from the Havana-based Latin American Medical School (ELAM) volunteering in Haiti as part of the Cuban Henry Reeve Contingent for Emergency Situations, adds to 200.

Cuban VP Esteban Lazo Concludes Visit to Haiti

Havana (Cuba) | 10 February 2010

Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo concluded on Tuesday a visit to Haiti, after the devastating earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince last January.

Fidel Castro Sends Message to Cuba’s Medical Brigade in Haiti

Havana (Cuba) | 10 February 2010

The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, sent a message to the members of the island’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for emergency situations, and also to the graduates and fifth and sixth year students from the Cuba-based Latin American School of Medicine (…)

Cuban VP Meets with President of Haiti

Havana (Cuba) | 10 February 2010

Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo met on Monday with Haitian President Rene Preval after his arrival in this city, struck by a devastating earthquake last January 12th.

Haiti: U.S. army is settling in

8 February 2010

The United States military has set up camp in a posh social club where Haiti’s upper crust used to play golf until its walls were destroyed by the hurricane.
At first, the US army distributed some food to the Haitians remaining on the premises but now, according to Officer-in-charge Jeff (…)

Raul Castro Signs Condolences Book at Haitian Embassy in Havana

Havana (Cuba) | 4 February 2010

Cuban President Raul Castro visited on Monday the Haitian embassy in Havana to express Cuba’s sorrow and solidarity with the people of Haiti after the devastating earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince last month.

Death Toll in Haiti Now Stands at over 200,000

4 February 2010

Haitian Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive confirmed on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince that the number of deaths as a consequence of the earthquake that devastated that nation’s capital and several neighboring cities on January 12 has increased to over 200,000.

The Fateful Geological Prize Called Haiti

by F. William Engdahl

Frankfurt (Germany) | 3 February 2010

Behind the smoke, rubble and unending drama of human tragedy in the hapless Caribbean country, a drama is in full play for control of what geophysicists believe may be one of the world’s richest zones for hydrocarbons-oil and gas outside the Middle East, possibly orders of magnitude greater than (…)

UNESCO calls for ban on trade in Haitian artefacts

Paris (France) | 2 February 2010

UNESCO is launching a campaign to protect Haiti’s moveable heritage, notably art collections in the country’s damaged museums, galleries and churches, from pillaging.

Six Cuban Rehabilitation Wards Offer their Services in Haiti

Havana (Cuba) | 2 February 2010

The first six Cuban Rehabilitation wards came into operation on
Monday in this capital, devastated on January 12 by an earthquake of great intensity.

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