ISLAND OF GHOSTS

 

IN A POOR NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE CITE SOLEIL IN HAITI, THE BEST THING YOU CAN SEE IS A TOYOTA PICKUP TRUCK FULL OF SOLDIERS OR POLICE HEADING AWAY FROM YOU. That means their violence will visit someone else, perhaps a brave PRIEST, this night or day.  Or the truck could turn around on a whim.  Once the soldiers are gone, gangs of goons have run of the streets and more blood may yet run.  Killing of the political opposition and of random unfortunate witnesses is indiscriminate in places like Cite Soleil, the City of the Sun, where light and hope are near eclipse.  The “political opposition” could be any MEMBER of LAVALAS, the political party of the last democratically and freely elected President of Haiti, JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE. As previously noted, the United States removed Aristide from power in dubious light.

A United States chosen power broker ANDY APAID wields enormous power and a large bankroll.  APAID had fostered the DARK WORK of THOMAS ROBINSON, alias “LABANYE,” in Cite Soleil.  A murderous and illegal army that marched against Aristide now rules large parts of the rest of the country. Its self proclaimed general REMISSAINTHE RAVIX is now DEAD.  Some Lavalas supporters respond with violence, others look for more creative ways to draw ATTENTION.   The ruling elite  lumps all Lavalas opposition as "bandits." Many Haitians are dismayed by the reach for power of GROUP 184. GROUP 184 sees itself in a more kindly light.  Lavalas defender DREAD WILMER fell dead in a recent United Nations "offensive" locals call a massacre. All the players in this ghostly chess game of black and white are fading  and disappearing from the chess board, gone from sight. The "peace keepers" [MINUSTAH] brought in by the United Nations seem to be working against order itself. 

The irony is Aristide was deposed for the charge of lack of order in the country by forces from outside the country and now there is nothing but riot and ruin wherever the eye looks. The country is now ruled by the the unelected front man GERALD LATORTUE.  LATORTUE hadn't lived in Haiti in ten years before he was sworn in as Prime Minister.  In this chaotic environment an election is scheduled for later this year.  Latortue wants the outside armies to remain after the election.  Few still hold out for a good result. Haiti is an island of political ghosts, the last form of democracy a phantasm fading with the hope of the people.

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Comments

[ae]

'tik, you are en fuego! Really.
xo,
ae

[eRobin]

Wow. Awesome background. I'm so scared for Haiti.

[Aaron]

Thanks for posting this, few people realize what's happening in Haiti, our neighbor some 800 miles off the coast of Florida. Many of my friends are Haitian, and they're some of the best people I know.

[margarette rateau]

Well done!!!

I'll be sure to direct anyone who wants to learn more about the crisis in Haiti to this blog.

Here is a recent article on San Francisco Bay View by Shirley Pate. It is worth reading.

http://www.sfbayview.com/072005/haitithegazastrip072005.shtml

[margarette rateau]

Many of your readers have been asking you "why Haiti" what strategic interest does the US has in Haiti:

Brian Concannon during an interview with the Columbia River Fellowship for peace believe that the US see LIBERATION THEOLOGY that is Priests walking around the countryside telling peasants the world isn't fair; the rich should share with the poor as a threat.

Here is a link to the interview:

http://www.columbiariverpeace.org/articles/antieau/concannon.htm

The interview occured last year but much of is still relevant.

[margarette rateau]

Urgent Action Alert!!!!

Father Jean-Juste Imprisoned

Please follow this link for more info:

http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HAC/7_21_5.html
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/7/23/231123/557

Like we say in creole: man an pil chaj pa lou
meaning the more hands that join to help the lighter the load.

[margarette rateau]

Znet magazine had another article that gives yet a different angle on the question that many people have been asking:

What strategic interests does the US has in Haiti

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=55&ItemID=8307

Last not least for Canadian readers who like to think of their government as dogooder here is some food for thoughts:

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=55&ItemID=8239

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=55&ItemID=7496

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