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Haitians see Canada as 'The occupiers'

Three weeks ago, the front page of Haiti Liberté showed a picture of President René Préval next to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and two Canadian soldiers. Part of the caption below read, "Préval under the surveillance of the occupying forces."

While Canada's dominant media rarely describe this country's role in Haiti critically, it's common in Haiti's left-wing weeklies. Since Ottawa helped overthrow Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government in February 2004, Haiti Liberté and Haiti Progrès have described Canada as an "occupying force", "coup supporter" or "imperialist" at least a hundred times.

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Foreign-dominated political regime in Haiti is shaken by resignation of Prime Minister Conille

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Roger Annis
| February 27, 2012

The resignation of Prime Minister Garry Conille three days ago is a blow to the legitimacy of the political regime carefully put into place by the dominant foreign powers in Haiti during the months following the January 12, 2010 earthquake.

Conille's appointment last September ended a political stalemate between the neo-Duvalierist forces grouped around President Michel Martelly and an elected legislature unwilling to accept a nomination from that quarter to prime minister. Under Haiti's constitution, the prime minister is appointed by the president and it is he or she who then forms a government, appoints ministers, etc. The constitution empowers the legislature to accept or reject the president's nominee.

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Haiti's post-earthquake suffering outlined in report by Canadian delegation

Haiti, June 2011: Unofficial settlements like this one are springing up on barren land outside of Port au Prince as Haiti's poor or those left homeless by the earthquake lose faith in reconstruction. Photo: Roger Annis

Three Canadians, Roger Annis, coordinator of the Canada Haiti Action Network, Sandra Gessler, professor of nursing at the University of Manitoba, and Rosena Joseph, a language coach in Toronto and member of Local 3393 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, conducted a 10-day fact-finding and solidarity mission to Haiti from at the end of June.

The delegation, in the country from June 20 to 30, was organized by Haiti Solidarity BC, the Vancouver affiliate of the Canada Haiti Action Network. We traveled throughout the earthquake zone and met with resident survivors in camps, Haitian social organizations, and international aid providers.

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Haiti and Food Sovereignty

Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Location

OISE, Room 5150
252 Bloor Street West At St. George subway
Toronto M5S 1V6
Canada
43° 40' 4.854" N, 79° 23' 54.0816" W
See map: Google Maps

No registration. Everyone welcome.

In an effort to extend and deepen our understanding of the ways in which the Global North profits from the exploitation of the Global South, Toronto Bolivia Solidarity has organized a series of study sessions exploring the oppression created by extractive industries, and how local resistance movements engage these challenges.

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