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Haiti must fix political impasse before peace restoration, elections-…

By Denis Chabrol, DemeraraWaves, Sept. 15, 2023 Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali on Friday emphasised to the Organisation of American States’ (OAS) Permanent Council the need for Haiti to set up a transitional government to make way for peacekeepers and eventually the holding of elections. Echoing the need for a viable political solution, he said if there wa…
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The Battle for Water in Haiti’s Northeast

By Marie Laurette Numa, Haiti Liberté, Sept.13, 2023 Water is the most basic of all resources,” writes Temple University professor, Dr. Nathan W. Snyder. “Civilizations grew or withered depending on its availability.” Some of history’s greatest injustices stem from the struggle for water. For example, today, Israel has destroyed dozens of Palestinian villa…
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Coup plotter, money launderer Guy Philippe to be freed from U.S. priso…

By Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, Sept. 8, 2023 Guy Philippe is a man of many moves. The former Haitian police commander once led a government rebellion against a president. He was later elected to a seat in the Haitian Senate just before being captured by U.S. authorities who had hunted him down for nearly a dozen years for pocketing more than a $1 million fro…
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CARICOM regrets Haitian PM’s lack of action in addressing nation’s cri…

By Ernesto Cooke, St. Vincent Times, Sept. 11, 2023 St. Vincent’s Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says CARICOM is disappointed that the prime minister of Haiti has not taken action towards broadening the governing coalition and has not taken other agreed actions. According to Gonsalves, CARICOM believed that the Haitian government needed to take more action…
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Signatories to the December 21 Accord call on the UN to take urgent ac…

By Juno7, Sept. 17, 2023 In a press release published on Sunday September 10, signatories to the December 21 Accord denounced the climate of insecurity prevailing in the country and reiterated the government's call to the United-Nations for the creation of a robust multinational force to assist the PNH in the fight against armed bandits who are causing the…
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The political class is divided over the demand for Prime Minister Arie…

By Robenson Geffard, Le Nouvelliste, Sept. 8, 2023  The country is sinking further and further into chaos and anarchy. Armed gangs bring the population of the metropolitan area to its knees. The signatories of the December 21st agreement and the opposition blame each other for the country's current situation. For those close to the Henry government, dialogu…
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Jacques Ted St Dic of the Kingston declaration denounces the lack of o…

By Ricardo Lambert, Juno7, Sept. 8, 2023 The Montana Accord representative and supporter of the Kingston Joint-Declaration Jacques Ted Saint Dic gave Juno7 an account of the progress made between political rivals, notably those of the December 21 Accord and the proponents of the Kingston Joint-Declaration, under the auspices of CARICOM's Group of Eminent Pe…
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The Nicaraguan Coup Attempt: How Peace Was Restored and What Has Happened Since

By Daniel Kovalik & John Perry, Monthly Review Online,  August 4, 2023

Three previous articles (1, 2, 3) described the attempted coup in Nicaragua in 2018, and how public support grew initially but then waned. This final article, covering the period from mid-July to the present day, shows how the coup was defeated and what happened in the aftermath.

By July 2018, three months of violence—over 200 deaths on both sides, including 22 police officers, kidnappings, torture and destruction of property—had exhausted the Nicaraguan population, and they were desperate for the government to restore order. The calls for the government to clear the tranques (roadblocks) that had strangled the country became deafening. Daniel Ortega’s strategy had worked: had he removed the…

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