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The National Transitional Council (CNT) calls for new leadership in Ha…

By Alter Presse, Jan. 4, 2021 In a note sent to AlterPresse, several political parties, trade unions, and popular organizations are demanding that the National Transitional Council (CNT), resulting from the Montana Accord, choose a new president and a new prime minister before Monday February 7, 2022, who have enough legitimacy to lead the country. Support…
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Trudeau supports illegitimate leader

By Solidarité Québec-Haiti & Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI), Jan. 20, 2021 Montreal, January 20, 2022 — On Friday Justin Trudeau, Mélanie Joly and Harjit Sajjan are hosting a conference to endorse illegitimate Haitian leader Ariel Henry. The Canadian sponsored conference seeks to undercut a broad civil society forum known as the “Commission fo…
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Why the Haitian struggle matters for anti-racism activism

By Charlotte Wiener, Medium, Jan. 18, 2021 There are key moments in history when a photo or a video makes the world stop, pay attention, and act against the brutal reality of injustice. Derek Chauvin, a white U.S. police officer, choking George Floyd, an unarmed black man, to death, for nearly 10 minutes on video, is one such moment. The video needs no expl…
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Andy Levin statement on progress toward Haitian-led democracy

Press Release, Andy Levin, Jan, 18, 2022  Today, Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), founder and co-chair of the House Haiti Caucus and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement:    “This past week saw another tremendous milestone in Haiti's hard-won march towards authentic democracy that has gone . . . completely unnotice…
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Fanmi Lavalas Declaration (unofficial translation from Kreyol by Haiti…

By Haiti Action Committee, Jan. 11, 2021 Haiti Action Committee is honored to share this recent statement from Fanmi Lavalas, the people’s party of Haiti.  The statement commemorates the anniversary of Haiti’s first democratic election, on December 16th, 1990, which resulted in the victory of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the Lavalas movement. Seven…
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Jan. 29th Haiti webinar: Haiti at the Crossroads: Rebuilding Popular D…

By Haiti Action Committee, Jan. 20, 2021 Haiti is now at a crossroads. Hundreds of organizations, including Fanmi Lavalas, the people’s party, have signed onto the Montana Accord, calling for the end of the dictatorship and a new transitional government. The ruling PHTK party is now totally isolated, dependent on US support for survival. Please join the Ha…
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Former Haitian Senator John Joël Joseph arrested in Jamaica

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Jan. 19, 2022 After six months as a fugitive, John Joël Joseph, a former senator of the Lavalas Family Political Organization for Haiti’s West Department, was arrested this past weekend in Jamaica on charges of illegally entering the country and being a conspirator in the Jul. 7, 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mo…
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Trudeau supports illegitimate leader

By Solidarité Québec-Haiti & Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI), Jan. 20, 2021

Montreal, January 20, 2022 — On Friday Justin Trudeau, Mélanie Joly and Harjit Sajjan are hosting a conference to endorse illegitimate Haitian leader Ariel Henry. The Canadian sponsored conference seeks to undercut a broad civil society forum known as the “Commission for a Haitian Solution to the Crisis”. 

“A tweet put Ariel Henry in power”, explained Monique Clesca, a member of the 13-person Commission for a Haitian Solution to the Crisis, in a recent CBC article headlined “Haitian commission sends message to Canada, U.S. — stop meddling in our government”. 

“The Core Group of foreign ambassadors in Haiti appointed Ariel Henry”, noted Canadian Foreign Policy Institute …

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