UN Troops Accused of Human Rights Violations in Haiti
by Maria Luisa Mendonça | January 21, 2008
Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)
http://americas.irc-online.org/
The UN Security Council decided in October 2007 to extend the mandate of the MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) through Oct. 15, 2008. The Brazilian Government is responsible for coordinating the MINUSTAH forces that include approximately 9,000 troops. Yet there is very little discussion in Brazil about the country's role in the occupation of Haiti, and especially, about the accusations leveled against the UN troops for their participation in human rights violations.

Did He Jump or Was He Pushed? Aristide and the 2004 Coup in Haiti
by Peter Hallward
December 15, 2007
haitianalysis.com

Napoleon was no Toussaint Louverture
[Note: the following is Jafrikayiti's reply to a review of Madison Smartt Bell's recently published "The Black Napoleon: TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE A Biography," by author ADAM HOCHSCHILD.
Napoleon was no Toussaint: spare us the insult !
by Jean Saint-Vil (Jafrikayiti), Feb 27, 2007
A February 25, 2007 article, "The Black Napoleon" in the New York Times, attracted my attention because, as a son of Haiti, I find that comparing Toussaint to Napoleon, beyond the fact that it is misleading, to be in fact a grave insult. Shall one dub a leader of resistance to Nazi Germany: "The Jewish Hitler"?
In his book "Le Crime de Napoléon", French author Claude Ribbe provides ample detail describing how Napoleon tried to accomplish a total genocide of the Africans who revolted against the lucrative system of racial slavery in the Caribbean. The very cover of Ribbe's book shows an actual photograph of Hitler paying hommage to Napoleon at his musoleum in Paris. Hitler was fascinated with the man from whom he had learned many tricks of eugenics, including the use of chemicals (sulfur dioxide) to conduct mass murder. No, Toussaint, the Grandson of the Gaou Ginou, King of the Aladas People of West Africa, was no Black Napoleon. Neither was Napoleon a white Toussaint.

AHP News www.ahp.org
'UN Operation in Cite Soleil leaves at least 10 killed, dozens others injured during the night of Thursday December 21'
UN spokesperson [Sophie Boutaud] de Lacombe claims the operation was aimed at apprehending kidnappers in Bois Neuf and bringing them to justice. However local residents say the victims were ordinary citizens whose only crime was that they live in the targeted neighborhood. Detonations could be heard for miles. De Lacombe denies that a UN armored vehicle was seized by bandits.
Some radio stations in the capital have been justifying the attack in Cite Soleil by the fact that local residents had set fire to a UN tank that had been abandoned by UN soldiers who had fled.
In addition to the dead and injured, residents report very serious property damage and there are concerns that a critical water shortage may now develop because water cisterns and pipes were punctured by the gunfire.

Take hard look at Haiti if you think Canada is building democracy
By CHRISTIAN HEYNE
Halifax Chronicle Herald, Pg A11
http://www.halifaxherald.com/Search/548180.html
WE ALL are concerned about democracy and human rights. Especially around the time of celebration of Christmas, a time for extra compassion. When Afghanistan comes up in Canadian debate, it is the military method that is questioned by many, not the idea of helping Afghanis to have a life. Democracy we support, officially, and privately anyway. Or do we? I am afraid some Canadians at the top are speaking with "forked tongue."
There seems to be a disconnect between the leading lights of our country and the population at large. While most Canadians see themselves as peacemakers still – even the footsoldiers – there is a little problem in the real world of our actions abroad. Canadian CEOs, think tanks, fast-talking military brass, the politicians, all seem to have little respect for the Canadian majority when it comes to foreign policy actions.

The Haitian Revolution and Black History
Patrick Elie speaks for CKUT's Black History Month

Patrick Elie is a long-time poltical and human rights activist in Haiti. While
he is a chemist by trade, he is also someone who is passionate about his people
and their history.

We spoke with Patrick Elie in Port au Prince about Haiti's history and the
slave revolt in the context of Black History Month. Elie asserts that the

Haiti Observateur
March 12, 2003
The International Consensus on Aristide
For some time now it has been obvious for Haitians back home that the
major stumbling-block in solving Haiti's crisis is Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
leaning on his Lavalas Family party. But since international consensus has
finally been reached on that issue, one would expect that the next logical step
will be taken to spare the embattled citizens in Haiti more hardships.

The Miami Herald
December 18, 2003
HEADLINE: Aristide pushes for restitution from France;
Haiti's leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, sends France a bill for $21 billion. Many are calling the effort a distraction.;
HAITI'S BICENTENNIAL

BYLINE: BY JACQUELINE CHARLES; jcharles@herald.com

BODY:
Part of a series of reports marking Haiti's bicentennial.

Almost 200 years after rebellious slaves drove a humiliated French army from Haiti, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has fired the first shot in a new battle with France.

HAITI PROGRES - "This Week in Haiti"
March 30, 2005
U.N. Chokes Off Pro-Democracy Demonstration

Using razor wire, tanks and tear-gas, soldiers of the United Nations Mission to Stabilize Haiti (MINUSTAH) blocked thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators from marching to the Place of the Constitution in front of the National Palace on March 29, the 18th anniversary of the Haitian constitution’s ratification by popular referendum.

L'Agence Haitienne de Presse"
March 29, 2005

Headline: Tens of thousands of Fanmi Lavalas supporters demonstrate in Port-au-Prince to commemorate the 18 years that the Constitution has been in effect

Port-au-Prince, March 29, 2005 (AHP)- Several tens of thousands of supporters of Fanmi Lavalas demonstrated this Tuesday in the populist district of Bel-Air to call for an end to the violations of the Constitution of 1987 and for the return of democratic government, which was interrupted, they said, by the sudden departure of President Aristide on February 29, 2004.