I am sorry the press release was a hoax. See below for details and our regular diary.
"The Haitian people are asking not for charity, but for justice."
The Uses of Haiti last paragraph pg. 307
What, then is to be done? Speaking of events since the 1991 coup, Noam Chomsky has noted that "honest commentary would place all of this in the context of our unwavering opposition to freedom and human rights in Haiti for no less than 200 years." The first order of business, for citizens of the United States, might be a candid and careful assessment of our ruinous policies towards Haiti. Remorse is not a very fashionable sentiment. But for many, old-fashioned penitence might be the first step towards a new solidarity, a pragmatic solidarity that could supplant both our malignant policies of the past and the well -meaning but unfocused charity that does not respond to Haitian aspirations. The Haitian people are asking not for charity, but for justice.
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For more about the Hoax and about the issue of restitution:
IJDH, Haiti’s Independence Debt and the Issue of Restitution
France will pay Independence Debt Back to Haiti?
Restitution of Haiti’s Independence Debt from France
France looking into '$21 billion' Haiti hoax
(AP) – 6 hours ago
PARIS — France's Foreign Ministry says it is considering legal action against the alleged perpetrators of an Internet hoax that claimed France would pay a huge indemnity Haiti demanded 125 years ago.
The alleged hoaxers have e-mailed international media to announce the repayment of 90 million gold francs — which the fake "Foreign Ministry" says is worth $21 billion — to help Haiti's recovery from the January earthquake.
sorry to jump in mb (1+ / 0-)
but should I delete diary because the document may or may not be legit?
Stand With Haiti
by allie123 on Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 01:12:28 PM PDT
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* [new] Pretty late to be deleting... (2+ / 0-)
...You've got more than 140 comments and mega-Rec'ds. I would simply be more careful in the future.
Don't tell you what you believe. Tell me what you do and I'll tell you what you believe.
by Meteor Blades on Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 01:23:58 PM PDT
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I am sorry. (0+ / 0-)
I got the link from one of my favorite websites but they took the link down. I will be more careful because it seemed to good to be true.
Stand With Haiti
by allie123 on Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 01:41:
This is what probably happened: Thanks histopresto
I think somebody just snatched the press page (1+ / 0-)
...which had a Uganda statement and pasted in the dream piece, with a live link at the header to the real ministry site to fool people. The actual Linkyto source doc, which has dated statements in pulldown (which doesn't work at the fake page).
"I'm not a humanitarian. I'm a hell-raiser." Mother Jones
by histopresto on Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 01:37:43 PM PDT
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Deleted fake story but left the link.
UPDATE: FAKE story. Sorry.
Back to regular diary
This is where Paul Farmer's book The Uses of Haiti ends. This is where our new diary begins. Farmer answers our question- what to do first, "The first order of business, for citizens of the United States, might be a candid and careful assessment of our ruinous policies towards Haiti." that is what this diary will attempt to do (mainly through the discussion that takes place in the comments). Many of us are new to learning about Haiti. But we really want to help. This diary is a place to learn about Haiti, about US policy towards Haiti, and to advocate for Haiti.
Join us in the comments for today's news discussion and more. Be sure to also see diaries by Bev Bell for informed ground-level information on Haiti's needs.
I messed up but if you are here this is an excellent must read article,
Must Read: Kim Ives, Land Ownership at the Crux of Haiti's Stalled Reconstruction. Kim Ives talks about it with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, here.
Watch whole interview here.
In this way, the Jan. 12 earthquake reveals that the principal fault-line in Haiti is not geological but one of class. A small handful of rich families own large tracts of land in suburban Port-au-Prince which would be ideal for resettling the displaced thousands. The lands are located near the city, often with water and some trees, and are largely undeveloped.
However, these same families control the Haitian government and, more importantly, have great influence in the newly formed 26-member Interim Commission to Reconstruct Haiti (CIRH), co-chaired by former President Bill Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive. Thirteen of the CIRH directors represent multilateral banks like the IMF, World Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank and donor nations like the U.S., France and Canada. The other thirteen members represent Haiti's elite.
The most prominent elite representative on the CIRH is Reginald Boulos, who heads one of the Haitian bourgeoisie's most powerful families and backed both the 1991-94 and 2004-06 coups d'état against former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (Despite regular and massive demonstrations asking for the Haitian government to facilitate his return, Aristide remains in exile in South Africa, without a passport or laisser-passer to return home.)
Announcement!: |
A Big Thank you To dopper and Black Kos! And to all who participated in our matching fund diary. Here is how we did.
Thank You Daily Kos! and special thanks to dopper and Black Kos!
rl en france $100 Lambi Fund
sephus1 $50 Lambi Fund
Nowaylackofbrain $50 IJDH
swampyankee $50 Aristide Foundation
dirkster42 $10 IJDH and will raise money at Church, great idea!
paul2port $100 to Free the Children: Haiti
dopper0189 $100 IJDH
sherijr $50 IJDH
pending highest bids after todays Black Kos diary
sooth poster $100 Lambi Fund
anonymous pendent $250 = $75 IJDH, $75 PIH, $50 Reiser relief,
$50 Restevek
= $810 + 700 matching fund = $1560
And this is how we are dividing up the $700 matching fund. :
Once the entire $700 has been raised we will donate the matching fund all at once to NGOs that we have seen working hard and getting results in Haiti:
$700
$200 to Partners in Health RunawayRose $125, carolinestargazer $75:
$200 to Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti allie123 $200
$100 to Aristide Foundation for Democracy maggiejean $100
$100 to at this link for Reiser Relief; $100 to The Lambi Fund Avil $100 to Reiser Relief (parryander) and $100 to The Lambi Fund and both are eligible for further matching funds so Avila's $200 will be $400.
Join us Thursday's for book day : Current book is Damming The Flood: Haiti, Aristide, And The Politics Of Containment, by Peter Hallward: Chapter 2 |
Ravet pa janm gen rezon devan poul
Roaches are never right when facing chickens
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Action Alert: |
913 signatures the goal is 1000. This is to stop Haitian's from being evicted from homeless camps. The Petition to stop rape got results, see UN Human Rights Council Resolution: Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in prevention.
Action Alerts:
Aid
Kim Ives, Land Ownership at the Crux of Haiti's Stalled Reconstruction
Evictions: Stop Forced Evictions of Haiti's Earthquake Victims Institute For Justice & Democracy in Haiti has a petition, here.
The UN and Haitian Government agreed on April 22 to an immediate 3-week moratorium on forced evictions which expired, Thursday, May 13th. Within that period reports of evictions continued. Humanitarian aid, including food, water and sanitation facilities have been cut off in targeted camps (1, 2). In other locations, residents are being harassed and abused by the police. The people most affected by the earthquake, those who have lost their families, homes and livelihoods, now live in fear that they may be violently forced to leave their present settlements without viable options established for relocation (2).
Additional Action Alerts:
TransAfrica Forum
Stand up and be counted (Partners in Health)
HAITI ACTION COMMITTEE ACTION ALERT
Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti
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Thursday is Haiti diary book day: Book List : |
This is our book list so far:
In the Parish of the Poor by Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Damming The Flood, The Uses of Haiti, Travesty in Haiti, Partner To The Poor A Paul Farmer Reader, Walking on Fire, Brother, I'm dying,
Bitter Sugar: Slaves Today in the Caribbean by Maurice Lemoione [1985],
The Black Jacobins, C.L.R. James (h/t Deoliver47),
Edwidge Danticat's TheFarming of Bones,
The Chosen Place, The Timeless People,
Krik? Krak!PIH has a book list,
Breath, Eyes, Memory,
The Rainy Season - Haiti after Duvalier by A. Wilentz,
PIH has a new website. They have recommended reading, book list, links to websites with action alerts. Articles.
Videos
The Agronomist,
Aristide and the Endless Revolution,
Life and Debt ,
Poto Mitan,
Any suggestions? We are looking for books, articles, websites where we can get accurate information about Haiti. Please share any information.
Sources We Like |
Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA)
Canada Action Network
Democracy Now!
Center For Economic and Policy Research
Common Dreams.org
Flashpoint Radio
Global Policy Forum
HaitAction.Net, Haiti Action Committee Action Alert
Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (ijdh)
Kim Ives is the editor of Haiti Liberte
Partners in Health (PIH), PIH-For Advocates
Rabble.ca
SF Bay View
TransAfrica Forum
News Organizations: |
Al Jazeera English
AlterNet
BBC
Caribbean Net News
CNN
guardian.co.uk
Haitian Times
Huffington Post
IPS
MiamiHerald.com
NPR
reliefWeb
"Dye mon, gen mon."
Translation: Beyond the mountain is another mountain.
(A proverb of both patience and the recognition of how difficult life in Haiti is.)
ijdh:
Anyone interested in democracy and rights has reason to be interested in Haiti. Over two centuries ago, Haitians challenged the notions of human rights taking root in Europe and the nascent United States, insisting that all people are human and that slavery could have no place in any republic worthy of the name. This was the beginning of the modern human rights movement.
— Paul Farmer, Co-Founder, Partners in Health
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Reliable source articles: |
Any articles that we missed? Please leave comment.
Haiti's History
President Aristide
US-Haiti-trade policy
Agriculture
Immigration
Video: |
Watch Paul Farmer and Brian ConcannonVideo, Change Haiti Can Believe In: here.
Watch: Haiti Dreaming for More Than $3 a day
Life and Debt
Watch 60 minutes: Edwidge Danticat on US immigration detentions.
Aid/Change?:
Must Read: Kim Ives, Land Ownership at the Crux of Haiti's Stalled Reconstruction. Kim Ives talks about it with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, here.
Watch whole interview here.
The Commission says this web site is for transparency. I doubt it. What do you all think? Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, Clinton & Bellerive co-chairs, 26 members 13 foreigners and 13 of Haiti's elite business people. One of which Reginald Boulos was a backer of both coups.
MUST READ Mark Schuller, Huffington Post, Sowing Seeds of Hope or Seeds of Dependence?
The Washington Informer, Halliburton in Haiti:
Haiti’s Future: Repeating Disasters:
Tectonic Shifts? The upcoming donors' conference for Haiti
TransAfrica, Workers Unite in Haiti:
Summary of HOPE legislation: This is the same trade policy that we usually have to force Haiti to accept. But now we art told to celebrate it as an accomplishment? When did sweatshops become reason to celebrate?
CounterPunch, How NGOs are Profiting Off a Grave Situation: Haiti and the Aid Racket
CounterPunch, Aid Should Go to Haitian Popular Organizations, Not to Contractors or NGOs: Chomsky on Haiti
CounterPunch, Haiti Five Months After the Quake
Center For economic and policy research, Katrina Redux: New Disaster, Same Contractors
tout moun se moun —
(every human being is a human being)
Damming The Flood, (pg. xxxiv): Mantra from Aristide's 1990 campaign:
"Alone we are week, together we are strong; all together we are Lavalas, the flood [yon se`l nou feb, ansanm nou fo, ansanm nou se Lavalas]."
Aristide
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The now requisite warnings: |
Please do your research before donating. The Charity Navigator tool is a useful resource for this purpose. For those not familiar, Charity Navigator evaluates and rates charities according to their financial responsibility and sustainability. Their homepage now lists comprehensive information the major organizations on the ground in Haiti now. (h/t DeepHarm and deb s) An additional resource for researching charities is the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance site.
A note about ratings listed here: We have looked up all of the charities listed here and we've put ratings next to the ones that have actually been rated. It looks like this: (****/A). The number of stars (1-4) indicates the rating from Charity Navigator and is also a clickable link to a detailed review of that particular charity. The letter grade is from AIP and is explained here.
The lack of a rating does not mean that something is wrong with it. A lot of good (and bad) organizations have yet to be rated. For more tips, see: Evaluating Charities Not Currently Rated by Charity Navigator.
NGOs: |
The Aristide Foundation for Democracy (AFD) was created in 1996 by former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (the first democratically elected president of Haiti) with a simple principle in mind: "The promise of democracy can only be fulfilled if all sectors of Haitian society are able to actively participate in the democratic life of the nation." |
Can-Do.org is intensely dedicated to working on the local level to provide lasting solutions to some of the world’s most critical issues, from environmental degradation to natural disasters, humanitarian crises to educational inequity. Their donation page is here.
Fonkoze (***) , a micro-lending organization in Haiti. From their Web site:
Fonkoze is Haiti’s Alternative Bank for the Organized Poor. We are the largest micro-finance institution offering a full range of financial services to the rural-based poor in Haiti. Fonkoze is committed to the economic and social improvement of the people and communities of Haiti and to the reduction of poverty in the country.
According to their Web site, their offices have taken quite a hit. This is another one in the category of long-term rebuilding. (h/t parryander and dizzydean)
Haiti Emergency Relief Foundation:
Haiti’s grassroots movement – including labor unions, women’s groups, educators and human rights activists, support committees for political prisoners, and agricultural cooperatives – are funneling needed aid to those most hit by the earthquake. They are doing what they can – with the most limited of funds – to make a difference. Please take this chance to lend them your support. All donations to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund will be forwarded to our partners on the ground to help them rebuild what has been destroyed.
Healing Hands for Haiti (a physical rehab and prosthetics organization based in Port au Prince), Lamp for Haiti, and a group that umbrellas several projects called Healing Haiti. parryander has personal experience with these groups, so I suggest checking out their comments.
Another organization, The Honor and Respect Foundation, was described in a story on Narconews called Getting Help to Haiti. The foundation was created by journalist Reed Lindsay, who is now Telsur's D.C. Bureau Chief, for children who couldn't get into other schools. Their website says that it "seeks to establish funds in support of several specific programs carried out by grassroots groups in the poorest neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince." I have a phone number for a contact there and will get direct information tonight.
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti:
We fight for the human rights of Haiti’s poor, in court, on the streets and wherever decisions about Haitians’ rights are made. We represent the unjustly imprisoned and victims of political persecution, coordinate grassroots advocacy in Haiti and the US, train human rights advocates in Haiti and disseminate human rights information worldwide.
IJDH is simply the most reliable source for information and analysis on human rights in Haiti. — Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
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L'Athletique D'Haiti:
“While many children and parents see the club as a way to make it to the Haitian National team and also as a route ?to college scholarships or professional teams outside of Haiti, there’s more to the program than sports. By encouraging youngsters from wealthier families to compete with those from the slums, Robert Duval is also chipping away at the barriers of long divided Haitian society. And as Duval points out, ‘Some of these kids have a lot of talent, not only for soccer. Maybe it’s school or music or writing poetry. But sports will lift them to the next level of life.’” ?- Finbar O’Reilly, National Post, Canada
L'Athletique D'Haiti parryander describes Bobby Duval
Besides being an immensely generous and charming man, he can be delightfully blunt and wonderfully funny. He has no time for crap. He has been through the wars - those of his personal experience being a prisoner of Baby Doc, and also those of the violence in Cite Soleil - the gang wars.
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The Lambi Fund (****) is a secular non-profit nonprofit whose mission is "to assist the popular, democratic movement in Haiti. Its goal is to help strengthen civil society as a necessary foundation of democracy and development. The fund channels financial and other resources to community-based organizations that promote the social and economic empowerment of the Haitian people." They support "projects that embrace the following principles: non-violent, non-partisan, community-based, promoting the advancement of women, using education and training for empowerment, and promoting the overall democratic movement."
Partners in Health (****/A+) has now started a BLOG about its efforts called Stand with Haiti. It has very useful information. Partners in Health is also putting out a call for health volunteers, in case you are a medical professional who can help out that way:
PIH 6 month report! And website with slide show, Six months have now passed since a devastating earthquake ripped through Haiti.
Every day since January 12, 2010, Partners In Health (PIH) and our sister organization Zanmi Lasante (ZL) have been working to help Haiti's people build their lives and their country back better.
Although not yet fully funded, the Stand With Haiti Fund we established in March has provided PIH and ZL with the resources and the strategic vision to begin the process of building back better in Haiti through a combination of: strengthened clinical services at our existing health centers and hospitals as well as in new facilities; expanded social and economic support programs for the most vulnerable patients and community members where we work; and investments in long-term, strategic revitalization of the public health and medical education systems.
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The Jean Cadet Restavek Foundation. Restaveks are child slaves. This is an organization for children run by a Haitian man who is a former child slave.
Reiser Relief, a group that parryander works with
Matching Funds
Turn a $25 donation into a $50 donation.
Matching funds currently available at this link for Reiser Relief, a group that parryander works with:
Reiser Relief is a charity started by my friend Father Reiser - it funds our water truck, pays teachers salaries, feeds kids, and it supports orphanages and homes for the elderly and women.
A total of $20K in matching funds have been provided for Reiser Relief from Razoo.
As of May 13, over $4K remain (this number does not appear to be updated daily, but we will keep it as current as possible).
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ShelterBox: TexMex is busy moving, but carolina stargazer is still watching the store. The next ShelterBox diary is planned for Tuesday morning, but activity in
Friday's diary will be monitored until then. Matching funds are available.
SOIL is based in Haiti (founded by two American females) and although their regular mission is :Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting soil resources, empowering communities and transforming wastes into resources in Haiti, they are in the streets in PAP providing normal disaster relief services and translation (they speak Kreyol). They have said that all donations in the next 30 days (at least) will go directly to their relief work rather than their usual mission. They have been in Haiti for several years and are very familiar with it.
Social Networking Efforts: |
Media Make Change has this to say:
Too often, we hear stories that are told about the survivors, where a narrator with a minimal connection to the tragedy attempts to explain lives that s/he doesn’t truly understand. But Haitian citizens have the right to tell their own stories; they have the right to engage in public discussion about how to remedy the crisis in Haiti.
Check out their 5 Easy Ways to Help page. In particular, they would like to have your old digital camera to put in the hands of a Haitian citizen.
Past diaries in this series: |
Be sure to also see diaries by Bev Bell for informed ground-level information on Haiti's needs.
Mokurai has contributed The Real Story in Haiti and Haiti: Dimensions of Disaster.
FishOutofWater takes a moment to explore the benefits of Partners in Health's commitment to solar powered health centers.
Meteor Blades points the way to a better and more sustainable future for Haitians in Haiti Could Use a New Deal.
As the MSM (in the United States) turns attention away from Haiti, Deoliver47 reminds us that things are not suddenly all better: Raining Disease and More Deaths.
For some good pre-earthquake background on Haiti, see Daisy Cutter's Book Review: "Damming the Flood" by Peter Hallward, pt 1. This diary was published in July 2008 and presents a history of Haiti up to 1999 using Hallward's book as a reference. Excellent.
Two recent diaries by Deep harm remind us that the rains are coming and tents are needed.
ShelterBox: TexMex is busy moving, but carolina stargazer is still watching the store. The next ShelterBox diary is planned for Tuesday morning, but activity in Tuesday's diary will be monitored until then. Matching funds are available.
News Update: |
Aid:
FlashPoints (starts at about 25 minutes)
BBC, Storm rips through Haiti tent city for homeless
Must Read: Kim Ives, Land Ownership at the Crux of Haiti's Stalled Reconstruction. Kim Ives talks about it with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, here.
Watch whole interview here.
In this way, the Jan. 12 earthquake reveals that the principal fault-line in Haiti is not geological but one of class. A small handful of rich families own large tracts of land in suburban Port-au-Prince which would be ideal for resettling the displaced thousands. The lands are located near the city, often with water and some trees, and are largely undeveloped.
However, these same families control the Haitian government and, more importantly, have great influence in the newly formed 26-member Interim Commission to Reconstruct Haiti (CIRH), co-chaired by former President Bill Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive. Thirteen of the CIRH directors represent multilateral banks like the IMF, World Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank and donor nations like the U.S., France and Canada. The other thirteen members represent Haiti's elite.
The most prominent elite representative on the CIRH is Reginald Boulos, who heads one of the Haitian bourgeoisie's most powerful families and backed both the 1991-94 and 2004-06 coups d'état against former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (Despite regular and massive demonstrations asking for the Haitian government to facilitate his return, Aristide remains in exile in South Africa, without a passport or laisser-passer to return home.)
The commission has a website:
They say this web site is for transparency. I doubt it. What do you all think? Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, Clinton & Bellerive co-chairs, 26 members 13 foreigners and 13 of Haiti's elite business people. One of which Reginald Boulos was a backer of both coups.
Amy Goodman, Haiti, Six Months After the Earthquake, Democracy Now! in Haiti
MUST READ Mark Schuller, Huffington Post, Sowing Seeds of Hope or Seeds of Dependence?
(H/t maggiejean) Most countries fail to deliver on Haiti aid pledges
Monsantos is in: rabble.ca, Monsanto 'charity' comes to Haitian farmers
Despite the inexcusable stalling and siphoning off of aid to Haiti six months after the devastating earthquake, the people of Haiti are currently fighting the charity of one overly eager corporation: Monsanto. In a seemingly generous offer, the corporation donated over 470 tons of hybrid corn and vegetable seeds to be distributed through USAID and the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture. The only problem is that Monsanto and USAID are determined to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
New York Times Op-Ed: Clinton and Bellerive write. They have completely failed. They have only met once. And when they met it was to give out contracts and they did it behind closed doors. So obviously they have not lived up to the transparent part and they most definetly haven't coordinated the NGOs.
After the earthquake, Haiti’s president, René Préval, worked with the international community to create the reconstruction commission to accelerate rebuilding efforts. Our mandate is to coordinate the efforts of government donors, nongovernmental organizations and the business sector to ensure that reconstruction projects are aligned with the priorities of Haiti’s development plan. It is also to see to it that the work takes place with the full transparency and accountability that Haiti’s leaders are committed to maintaining, and that donors have every right to expect.
Read. Kim Ives article to get the real story.
They say this web site is for transparency. I doubt it. What do you all think? Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, Clinton & Bellerive co-chairs, 26 members 13 foreigners and 13 of Haiti's elite business people. One of which Reginald Boulos was a backer of both coups.
More articles six months after the quake...
Immigration/Migration
IJDH Commends USCIS Decision to Extend Deadline for Haitians to Apply for Temporary Protected Status
We also applaud the Director and his team for their responsiveness in the last six months to TPS implementation issues, and for welcoming during yesterday’s meeting the suggestion to create a "working group" to facilitate USCIS-legal provider cooperation in finding solutions to such and similar issues.
The Director also unexpectedly announced in Miami that the agency is considering expediting family reunifications by paroling 55,000 beneficiaries of already-approved immigrant visa petitions, as IJDH has been urging. In 2007, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) created a Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program to ensure orderly migration and save lives at sea. Creating a similar Haitian program - or otherwise paroling the 55,000 - would give parity and assist recovery efforts by creating an additional flow of remittances to an estimated 550,000 or more persons in devastated Haiti.
Filing deadline for TPS is 7/20
Kim Ives, Advocates Warn That TPS Deadline Is Fast Approaching
COHA, Disparities in U.S. Immigration Policy toward Haiti and Cuba: A Legacy to be Continued?
Edwidge Danticat on US Detentions. Must See 60 minutes interview
Election
IJDH's report is helpful. I am speculating that if the US and International Community fund an election for Haiti where Preval's unconstitutional CEP's decision to exclude the most popular party in Haiti the Lavalas is upheld, then the US and International Community are the ones calling the shots and either making or helping Preval uphold the exclusion of the Lavalas party. If the US and International Community refuse to fund the corrupt election Preval is planning and refuse to recognize the results, then it is Preval making the decision to uphold the exclusion of the Lavalas and other political parties.
This answers many questions about the election. Must Read: IJDH Releases Report Calling for “fair, inclusive and constitutional elections” in Haiti
IJDH is shaping the dialog around elections in Haiti with a new comprehensive report that analyzes constitutional provisions in depth and breaks the myths around election mechanics. The report discusses the importance of “fair, inclusive and constitutional elections” in Haiti, and analyzes the main obstacles to achieving this goal.
CARICOM SUMMIT: Transparent elections needed for Haiti
Women/Children
Democracy Now!, Rape in the Camps: Lacking Security, Women Organize to Protect Themselves
Other news and information: |
Thursday is Haiti diary book day. Here is the Book List
:We are cutting back the diary to 3 days a week but diaries will have new information in them. If you are interested in posting a dairy please leave comment.
UPCOMING DIARIES
Monday: ***Aji***
Thursday: this week see Avila'a Sat Book Diary
Saturday: Avila Book diary
If you would like to volunteer to contribute a diary to continue this series, please volunteer in the comments below. Norbrook has created a Google documents file with the source code for the first version of the diary with the NGO list. allie123 created a Google doc for the new series Justice, Not Charity. However, because we are cutting back to 2 or 3 diaries a week we will be adding a focus and new information to each diary now.
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The icons and March 13 formatting revision of this diary series are courtesy of the html artist known on Daily Kos as Pluto. The "Help Haiti" image at the top of the diary that has become the "logo" of this series is courtesy of AuntKat. Big thank you to swampus for maintaining the google doc for months.