Citing the need to protect American life and property while preserving political stability in the Caribbean region, on July 28, 1915 three hundred and thirty United States Marines landed at Port-au-Prince. Thus began a nineteen-year military occupation whose consequences for the Republic of Haiti (and for the Black World) were arguably as significant as the […]
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The Archive of Occupation
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Kings and Queens, Devils and Dictators: The Clintons and Haiti
When it comes to Haiti, Clinton is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. Jemima Pierre, “Bill Clinton Loves Haiti,” Black Agenda Report (October 23, 2012) Clinton provides the kind face of US control of Haiti. Jemima Pierre, “The Puppet, the President, and the Dictator,” Black Agenda Report (January 17, 2012) Clinton said he had struck a “devil’s […]