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Haiti: Kenyan intervention delayed; conflict grows over border canal

By Greg. Dunkel, Workers World, Nov. 9, 2023 A month ago, it looked like U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had muscled an African state — Kenya — to provide a cover for U.S. intervention in Haiti. Once the “multilateral security and support” facade to authorize Kenya’s role was in place, the Joe Biden administration could start implementing its designs…
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The Dangers of Minstrel Diplomacy

By Dr. Wilmer Leon III, Black Agenda Report (BAR), Nov. 8, 2023 Minstrelsy, "using Black faces to explain and rationalize racism/white supremacy" has returned in the arena of U.S. foreign policy. “When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions…He will find his own “proper place” and will stay in it…You do not need to send him…
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Farmers Pivot as Incurable Disease Ravages Haiti’s Orange Groves

By Wyddiane Prophète, Haiti Liberté, Nov. 8, 2023 Louis François grew up surrounded by hundreds of sweet orange trees. His father would sell his oranges 200 to 300 to a bag, and those that had already fallen to the ground were left for him and his siblings to eat. “My father had about 360 sweet orange trees on his land in the mountains,” says François, who…
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Why is the NED Trying to Hide its Money Trail in Haiti?

By Travis Ross, Black Agenda Report (BAR), Nov. 8, 2023 I recently discovered that the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) scrubbed the list of its grants awarded to Haitian “civil society” and “human rights” groups. The NED is a political manipulation foundation created in 1983 to advance Washington’s political agenda throughout the world, mostly by fu…
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Can Kenyan police end gang violence in Haiti?

By Andrew Wasike, DW, Nov. 7, 2023 Kenya's High Court is expected on Thursday to make a judgement on the deployment of police officers to a UN Security Council-approved mission to combat gang violence in Haiti. The Kenyan court in October extended an order preventing the Kenyan government from deploying 1,000 officers to Haiti . In July this year, the UN…
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In Haiti, murders of journalists go unpunished amid instability and ga…

By CPJ Latin America and the Caribbean program staff, Oct. 31, 2023 Dumesky Kersaint never flinched when it came to investigating violence in his gang-controlled suburb of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. On the morning of April 16, the 31-year-old radio reporter left before dawn to cover a previous night’s shooting near his home in Carrefour-Feuilles. He n…
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Dominican Republic and Haiti at the Crossroads of the Massacre River

By Simón Rodríguez, North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Oct. 31, 2023 On September 11, Dominican President Luis Abinader announced the closure and militarization of the border with Haiti at a press conference at the National Palace in Santo Domingo. The decision was one of several retaliatory measures in response to the construction of the Pitt…
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Intention to prosecute Canadian officials for aiding and abetting Israel’s war crimes

By Just Peace Advocates & Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI), Action Network, November 2023

HOLDING CANADA ACCOUNTABLE FOR COMPLICITY WITH WAR CRIMES

The following petition will be shared with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in support of a notice of intention to seek prosecution of Canadian government officials for aiding and abetting war crimes in Gaza.

You can read the full notice here.

BACKGROUND

The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians Legal Working Group for Canadian Accountability (ICJP LWGCA) has issued a notice to the Government of Canada of its intention to prosecute Canadian officials for their role in aiding and abetting Israel’s war crimes.

The notice was issued on November 16 to Prime Minister…

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