Haiti: A New U.S. Occupation Disguised as Disaster Relief?
By Arun Gupta, Z Magazine. Official denials aside, the United States has embarked on a new military occupation of Haiti thinly cloaked as disaster relief.
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A Valentine for My Restavek Mothers and the Stolen Children of Haiti
By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. One cannot talk about orphaned Haitian children without confronting two highly controversial and interwoven subjects: Vodou and restavek. Both are part of the very fabric of the Haitian family, which is currently under vicious attack.
Continue reading →Exporting Misery to Haiti: How Pigs, Rice and US Policy Undermined the Haitian Economy
By James Ridgeway, Reader Supported News | Haiti Chery “Since the 1980s, in particular, the United States has helped turn a nation of low-tech subsistence farmers into a dumping ground for American agribusiness.”
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