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After almost nine years in the country, MINUSTAH prolongs conditions of poverty and repression, securing the political and economic interests of the United States

[Translation of an interview from Brasil de Fato of São Paulo for May 9, 2013.  See original here and related articles here, here, here and here.]

By Márcio Zonta

The United Nations Mission for the Stabilization of Haiti (MINUSTAH) will be nine years old in June.  Created in 2004 by the UN Security Council, it brought the activities of foreign troops into the country after the coup against then President Bertrand Aristide.  He was kidnapped and deposed by United States forces, being forced into exile in Africa. (more…)

[Translation of an essay from Haïti-Progrès.]

The great powers like the United States and France have been engaged in a diplomatic  fencing match ever since the eathquake of January 12, which left at least 300,000 dead, as many injured and crippled, thousands displaced and at least two million homeless, and more than 250,000 homes destroyed. (more…)