Haiti News-links 1-4 March 2008

4/3/08

Comment on Haiti Solidarity by Mwangi – the Displaced African
By Mwangi – the Displaced African
It is so sad what the world has done to the first African country to free itself from the shackles of colonialism.
www.blacklooks.org/2008/02/haiti_solidarity.html#comment-94865

US Congress urges suspension of Haiti debt payments
Caribbean Net News – Georgetown,Cayman Islands
Maxine Waters has sent a letter to US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, urging him to use his influence to expedite the cancellation of Haiti’s debts and to …
www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-6415—2-2—.html

Rivera Takes on Anti-Immigrant Fervor in ‘His Panic’
NPR – USA
Haiti and Cuba are separated by only the fifty miles of the Windward Passage. But like the Negro slavery that accompanied the Anglo conquest of Texas in …
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87866811

3/3/08

Eating mud in Haiti
Tehran Times – Iran
By Carlos del Frade “By the end of the 18th century, there are half a million Black people and barely thirty thousand white people in Haiti. …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=164346

Vox Sambou: Haitian hip-hop ambassador
Art Threat Magazine – Montreal,QC,Canada
After 16 years of spitting rhymes in booming baritone from Haiti to Havana to Toronto’s Harbourfront alone or alongside Montreal’s Nomadic Massive,…
www.artthreat.net/2008/04/vox-sambou-haitian-hip-hop-amb

US State Department releases damning report on drug trafficking
AntiguaSun – St' Joh’s,Antigua and Barbuda
In addition, the department said Haiti is a “major transit country for
cocaine and marijuana from South America and the Caribbean, respectively.
…
www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&sun=2819350
77507132005&an=464613089603022008&ac=Regional

AFRICAN MUSLIMS IN HAITI FATHER A REVOLUTION
By thoughtmerchant
The Muslim Factor in the Haitian Revolution ‘What the French did not realize was that their most profitable colony, Saint-Dominique (now Haiti), was fertile ground for Muslim maroons and rebels. The island had always had numerous […]
thoughtmerchant.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/
african-muslims-in-haiti-father-a-revolution/

2/3/08

Haiti is speaking
By Babette(Babette)
In the international vernacular, Haiti is the only country with a last name: the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Headlines like “Haiti Among Top Ten Dangerous Destinations” and “Charity Group Sounds Alarm for Haiti” continue …
elizabetheames.blogspot.com/2008/03/haiti-is-speaking.html

Haiti: Political Autonomy
By Janine Mendes-Franco
HaitiAnalysis.com posts an interview with Haitian political activist Patrick Elie.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/02/haiti-political-autonomy/

Canada pledges $555 million in fresh aid to Haiti
Dominican Today – Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier pledged $555 million in fresh aid to Haiti, as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the impoverished Caribbean nation …
www.dominicantoday.com/dr/world/2008/3/2/2720
5/Canada-pledges-555-million-in-fresh-aid-to-Haiti

In the Spirit of Arusha and Nyerere
African Path – Minneapolis,MN,USA
I had the privilege of meeting Rosemary Nyerere on Friday night as part of the Haiti Solidarity Day. The Crossroads Women’s Center held a reception for …
www.africanpath.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=3728

Haiti: An Interview with Patrick Elie
Anarkismo.net – USA
by Darren Ell – The Dominion Friday, Feb 29 2008, 11:45am A biochemist by training, 58-year-old Patrick Elie is a political activist in Haiti, who has been …
www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=7619

Diary: Fundraiser to honor King, Haitian leader
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
The Haitian rebellion two centuries ago against enslavement of Africans by colonial powers gave birth to Haiti, the first black republic in the Western …
www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-nydiar0302,0,7721561.story

Reforestation Has Yet to Take Root in Haiti
By Bryan Schaaf
The South Florida Sun Sentinel ran an article concerning the failure of reforestation efforts in Haiti. While little progress has been made to date, there have been small successes. We can learn a great deal by examining the programs …
www.haitiinnovation.org/en/2008/03/01/
reforestation-has-yet-take-root-haiti

Disabled People Rights in Haiti
General discusion about Haiti.
www.haitixchange.com/hx/forum/display_topic_threads
.asp?ForumID=1&TopicID=5566&PagePosition=1

1/3/08

Four years since Aristide was ousted from Haiti
Port-au-Prince.- Protesters jammed.
www.dominicantoday.com/dr/world/2008/3/1/27199/
Four-years-since-Aristide-was-ousted-from-Haiti

Haiti’s Poorest Forced to Eat Cookies of Mud
Made from dirt, salt and vegetable shortening…
digg.com/world_news/Haiti_s_
Poorest_Forced_to_Eat_Cookies_of_Mud

Thousands march in Haiti on anniversary of Aristide’s departure
Protesters jammed the streets of Haiti’s capital Friday to mark the fourth anniversary of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s ouster, with thousands marching to the presidential palace to demand his return from exile. …
www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=
modload&name=News&file=article&sid=86840

Aristide’s backers demand return to Haiti
Four years to the day since the ouster of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, 5000 of his supporters marched Friday down the streets of Port-au-Prince to demand his return from exile to a country still politically fragile and …
www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/haiti/story/439857.html

Thousands march in Haiti on anniversary of Aristide’s departure
San Diego Union Tribune – United States
By Jonathan M. Katz AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Protesters jammed the streets of Haiti’s capital Friday to mark the fourth anniversary of former President …
www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/
20080229-1521-haiti-aristideanniversary.html

Thousands march in Haiti on anniversary of Aristide’s departure
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Protesters jammed the streets of Haiti’s capital Friday to mark the fourth anniversary of former President Jean-Bertrand …
www.pr-inside.com/thousands-march-in
-haiti-on-anniversary-r464726.htm

HAITI: Fourth Anniversary of the Coup
By hcvanalysis
The stories were authored by the Haiti Information Project and are posted at the Haiti Action website: www.haitiaction.net. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ARTICLES ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY GRAPHIC PICTURES. -In the following article, …
hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/
haiti-fourth-anniversary-of-the-coup/