Negroponte‘s comments on Cuba recall Rumsfeld‘s on Iraq four years ago, don’t they? From AP, Jan. 17 (emphasis added): Cuban President Fidel Castro, ailing and out of sight, has been meeting with a trickle of international guests in recent months,… Read moreNegroponte salivates for Cuba instability
Citing “lack of evidence,” on Aug. 14 a Haitian criminal tribunal in Port-au-Prince headed by Judge Fritznel Fils-Aime ordered the immediate release of Annette Auguste (“So Ann”), Georges Honore, Yvon Antoine (“Zap-Zap”) and Paul Raymond, prominent supporters of former president… Read moreHaiti: Lavalas activists freed; Constant convicted
On Aug. 9 the US Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a 237-page report on the killing of Puerto Rican nationalist leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios in the western town of Hormigueros on Sept. 23, 2005, by agents… Read moreFBI cleared in Ojeda Rios assassination
Haiti’s Collective for Mobilization Against the High Cost of Living held a sit-in on July 25 in front of the Hotel Karibe Convention Center in Port-au-Prince to demand cancellation of Haiti’s external debt. The protesters carried signs with such slogans… Read moreHaiti: debt, occupation protested
This July 30 Chicago Tribune story is suddenly much more relevant, since Fidel ceded executive powers—just one day after it appeared! The existence of groups like Elizardo Sanchez’ Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation (about which more below)… Read moreIndependent Cuban dissidents to Uncle Sam: No, gracias!
UN troops and armed gangs exchanged gunfire in Haiti’s Cite Soleil shantytown late June 7, leaving at least three dead. Cite Soleil, on the northern edge of the Poart-au-Prince, was the scene of routine gunfights between gangs and foreign troops… Read moreHaiti: new violence in Cite Soleil
A year after he was arrested on immigration charges, Posada Carriles is being investigated by a federal grand jury–but the media are no longer paying attention. From our sibling journal Upside Down World, May 24: Convicted terrorist Luis Posada Carriles… Read moreGrand jury probes Posada Carriles
Two US Black Hawk combat helicopters were observed flying over the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti on at least two occasions in March: 4:00-4:30 AM on March 23 and 10 PM-12:00 AM on March 24. The flights, reported… Read moreHaiti: Domincan authorities probe US flights over border zone
From the Wayne Madsen Report, via VHeadline.com, April 6: In a replay of US naval maneuvers held during the time the Bush administration tried to unseat Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in an April 2002 abortive coup, the US Navy is… Read moreVenezuela: US Naval maneuvers encourage Zulia separatists?
At least 24 undocumented Haitians died as they were being smuggled into the Dominican Republic in a small truck near the northern city of Dajabon on Jan. 10. The victims died of asphyxiation while riding with about 45 other Haitians… Read moreHaiti: death stalks Dominican border
Lt. Gen. Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, the Brazilian head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), was found dead in his room at Port-au-Prince’s Montana Hotel on Jan. 7 after apparently shooting himself in the head, according… Read moreHaiti: UN mission head found dead
Following a meeting with representatives of Haitian political parties on Dec. 30, Max Mathurin, president of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), announced the postponement of the presidential and legislative elections previously scheduled for Jan. 8. “Following our work schedule, some… Read moreHaiti: vote postponed a fifth time
