In this two-part podcast, Darren interviews Roger Annis of the Canada Haiti Action Network. Roger is one of Canada’s most dedicated and lucid voices on the subject of the ongoing impact of Canadian policy in Haiti.

In this interview, Roger describes what he calls a social and economic calamity in Haiti and traces key elements of this crisis to the 2004 coup d’état in which Canada, France and the US participated, and to a foreign aid system which is keeping Haiti dependent. He addresses what he describes as the failures of NGO’s and human rights organizations to defend democracy in Haiti, the propaganda campaign that deluded the public as to the events surrounding the coup d’état of 2004, and foreign-imposed economic policies that are destroying the country and undermining its sovereignty.

The interview includes a discussion about the way forward for Haiti in light of the new developments in neighbouring South America.