I live in a time of racism, discrimination, violence and exclusion. My community, the community of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent, is the poorest and most vulnerable, subject to the cruelest denial of their rights. Throughout my life I have worked for human rights in my country, especially for the migrants from the community […]
Tag Archives: 2011
Haitian Politics Explained
Teddy Keser Mombrun in Le Nouvelliste (2011). Source: Cartoon Movement (via @bhatiap). Click on image for larger version.
An nou pote kole pou dekole MINUSTAH: Bring the Rage to Kick Out MINUSTAH
Translation of statement from Bri Kouri Nouvèl Gaye announcing July 28, 2011 protest against the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Kreyol original follows. July 28, 1915 – July 28, 2011. It has been ninety-six years since the U.S. imperial army landed in our country. They occupied us for nineteen years, killed many of […]
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Also tagged 1915, 2004, archives, Batraville, Charlemagne Peralte, Dessalines, intervention, MINUSTAH, occupation, sovereignty
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Jean-Claude Duvalier, February 8, 1986
Aislin (alias Terry Mosher), Baby Doc flees Haiti to France (Ink, felt pen, overlay on paper. February 8, 1986. McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec.
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Also tagged 1986, Duvalier, economy, France, Haiti, history, independence, representation, sovereignty
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Paulette Poujol-Oriol
Paulette Poujol-Oriol, who died March 11 at age 84, left her birth country, Haiti, a legacy that is immeasurable. She was one of Haiti’s most ardent feminist leaders, as well as an unmatched cultural producer and worker. Gina Ulysse, “The Legacy of Haitian Feminist Paulette Poujol-Oriol,” Ms Magazine (29 March 2011) In addition to her […]
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Also tagged 1926, archives, feminism, Haiti, history, literature, representation, women
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Jean-Claude Duvalier
Jean‑Claude Duvalier was Haiti’s “president for life” from 1971 to 1986, succeeding his father François “Papa Doc” Duvalier. The Duvaliers are estimated to have ordered the deaths of between twenty and thirty thousand Haitian civilians. The brutality of their government created the modern Haitian diaspora, driving hundreds of thousands of Haitians into exile in Canada, […]
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Also tagged 1957, 1971, 1986, americas, archives, democracy, dictatorship, Duvalier, Haiti, history, United States
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