In 2004, democratically elected Jean-Betrand Aristide was kidnapped by US and Canadian forces in the middle of a coup attempt and taken to “safety” in Africa.
Aristide was elected by wide margins twice and thousands protested Aristide’s removal and demanded democratic elections that included him as a candidate.
This is how protesters, mostly from poor neighborhoods, were treated by UN “peacekeepers.”
Among other things, Aristide is the author of the book The Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization, which used Haiti as a case study of globalization.
In it Aristide specifically points out problems with the World Bank and the IMF in creating larger problems within Haitian society and the economy.
Haiti Video
Haiti – Nou Pito Mouri Kampe (We Would Rather Die Standing)
This is a documentary about the ongoing violence in Cite Soleil in Haiti and the brutal & sensless murder of it’s people by the MINUSTAH (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti) (Translation: United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti) WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES OF KILLED MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN.
