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yearningforunity · 1 month

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Haitian American girls poke their head out of a car window for a photo in Miami in the 1980s.

Photo by Carl Juste.

#Little Haiti #Miami #Florida #United States #1980s #African Descent #African Diaspora #Culture #History

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potuzzz · 2 months

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2nd Influx of Haiti Casus Belli Propaganda : Let's Get Ahead of the Curve

We saw about this time a year or two ago, that the USA was manufacturing a lot of propaganda to manufacture consent for war in Haiti.

Like all good Machiavellian strategists, they have let the first wave of propaganda sit and ferment, allowing some people, some mass conscious pioneers that act as emissaries to the public with the will of the Empire, to familiarize themselves with Haiti’s existence.

Now, a second wave has begun, and with greater reach and intensity. I think we can expect more tangible actions intended than a smattering of Kenyan militia being sent to Haiti–after it is established that the American public and its bleeding heart liberals have expressed approval of a “humanitarian mission.”

Now is the time to educate ourselves, our comrades, and those within our sphere of influence as individuals and as a group about Haiti, its long past of brutal invasion consisting of mass murder, rape, and looting by the USA, the UN, and European powers, the actual situation of the “gang problems” cited by the USA as justification for military action, and the Haitian leadership.

The white supremacist empire has never forgiven Haiti for freeing itself by the blood of slave masters, and they have spent a century punishing them for their bravery, audacity, and dignity.

This is the exact blueprint for “cartel violence” the the USA is creating and then citing to build casus belli against Mexico.

If we can get ahead of the wave, it will save us a lot of headache in fighting the psychological war for American hearts and minds, not just for Haiti, but for Mexico, and all the other last-ditch-effort blundering invasions the dying empire will lash out with in the final act of its existence.

HANDS OFF HAITI!

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nando161mando · 5 days

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"Zombies have become a global phenomenon — there have been at least ten zombie movies so far this year. Which made us wonder, where did this fascination for the undead come from? This week, how one of our favorite monsters is a window into Haiti's history and the horrors of slavery."

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atticus13 · 1 year

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vinyl sounds better.

Sweat Records

Little Haiti, Miami, Florida

October 1, 2022

#little haiti #miami #florida #record shop #vinyl #small business #local #hipster #photography

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reasoningdaily · 2 months

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is accusing the Clintons of cashing in on Haiti’s deadly 2010 earthquake.

The Republican nominee cited State Department emails obtained by the Republican National Committee through a public records request and detailed in an ABC News story.

At issue is whether friends of former President Bill Clinton, referred to as “friends of Bill,” or “FOB,” in the emails, received preferential treatment or contracts from the State Department in the immediate aftermath of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. More than 230,000 people died, the U.S. has said.

The State Department and Clinton campaign have said Clinton supporters received no preferential treatment.

Some questions and answers about the Clintons and Haiti post-earthquake:

Q: Did friends of the Clintons get special treatment after the 2010 earthquake?

A: There is evidence from the emails that the State Department asked the Clinton Foundation to flag friends of Secretary Hillary Clinton and the former president, as employees from both organizations waded through offers of assistance.

“Need you to flag when people are friends of wjc. ... most I can probably id, but not all,” State Department staffer Caitlin Klevorick wrote in an email to Clinton Foundation director of foreign policy Amitabh Desai just three days after the earthquake.

But there is no evidence these Clinton friends got preferential treatment or contracts as a result, the State Department said.

The Clinton campaign said Hillary Clinton never did anything at the State Department as a result of donations to the Clinton Foundation.

Q: Why was the Clinton Foundation emailing the State Department about humanitarian aid for Haiti anyway?

A: It’s helpful to know about the Clintons’ history with Haiti, as the impoverished Caribbean nation holds a special place in the couple’s hearts and foreign policy portfolios. They vacationed there in 1975, shortly after they were married. During the Clinton administration, Bill Clinton deployed U.S. troops to Haiti in 1994 to restore democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide following his military ouster three years prior. And Hillary Clinton said she made Haiti a priority when she became secretary of state, with specific goals of creating jobs and economic growth.

At the time of the earthquake, the Clintons’ international nonprofit, the Clinton Global Initiative, already had a footprint in the country, with 34 commitments starting in 2007, according to an Associated Press analysis. Some of these commitments were ongoing in 2010, such as efforts to improve primary education, rebuild schools and improve access to clean water. Bill Clinton not only represented the Clinton Foundation and was married to the secretary of state, but he also had been the United Nations special envoy for Haiti since 2009.

After the earthquake, Clinton Foundation donors reached out to their contacts at the foundation. The foundation, which was in regular contact with Hillary Clinton’s staff after she took the helm of the State Department in 2009, relayed offers of humanitarian assistance and problems with delivering such assistance due to bureaucratic red tape.

For example, one such “FOB” identified in the emails was Denis O’Brien, an Irish billionaire and owner of a mobile phone network called Digicel, headquartered in Jamaica. O’Brien has been a long-time benefactor to the Clinton Foundation, pledging between $10 million and $25 million, according to the charity’s most recent records. According to the emails, Digicel was trying to get communications equipment into Haiti, but O’Brien said they were “finding it impossible.” In January 2010, he asked Clinton Foundation executive Doug Band to give him a “high-level introduction to someone in the State Department to get this resolved rapidly.” Band replied, “never a bother,” and forwarded the email on to the right people at the State Department.

Q: The overwhelming offers for assistance — are these altruistic donations, or is there an ulterior motive for business contracts?

A: A little from column A, and a little from Column B.

Many of the emails Trump cites show organizations offering services and equipment, such as earth-moving machines and dump trucks. There were probably similar emails sent to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at the time, said Doug White, a fundraising management expert who used to work at Columbia University. This is a typical response after a major disaster like the 2010 Haiti earthquake, he said. White reviewed the emails in question and didn’t see anything out of the ordinary for a disaster of this magnitude. “I didn’t get the sense that there was any sort of conflict of interest being acted upon,” White said. “I’m not seeing a lot of greed within these emails.”

The United Nations said Haiti was pledged $12.5 billion from more than 50 countries and multilateral agencies after the earthquake, a combination of humanitarian assistance, recovery aid and disaster relief. According to the State Department, the U.S. has made $4.5 billion available for post-earthquake assistance. So, yes, there was money to be made.

A Feb. 2, 2010, State Department cable from the then-U.S. ambassador, Kenneth Merten, described a “gold rush.”

“As Haiti digs out from the earthquake, different companies are moving in to sell their concepts, products and services,” Merten wrote, citing meetings some companies were having with Haiti government officials. Merten did not say that these companies were meeting with U.S. government officials.

Q: Trump said Haitian-Americans “despise the Clintons for what they did to the people of Haiti.” Is that true?

A: In September, Trump visited a Miami neighborhood known as “Little Haiti” and he promised to “be a friend” to Haitian-Americans. It was there, he said, that he learned how much the Haitian-American community dislikes the Clintons.

It is true that some members of the Haitian-American community have questioned where the billions of dollars in earthquake aid went. In March 2015, some Haitian-Americans protested in front of Clinton’s New York office, according to local news reports. Marleine Bastien, a longtime Haitian-American activist and executive director of a Florida-based advocacy group, Haitian Women of Miami, said that six years after the earthquake, there are still questions about how the money has been spent. But more pressing to the Haitian-American community, she said, is the issue of Haitian immigrants detained at the U.S. southern border since late September and then deported. Bastien said the people of Little Haiti want Clinton to discuss her plans for the immigrants. Clinton visited Miami on Tuesday, but did not swing by Little Haiti. The Haitian-American community has been a reliable Democratic voting bloc in South Florida. The Clinton campaign said she has met with Haitian community leaders while campaigning in Florida.

#Haiti #clintons #trump #using haiti #Little Haiti #Immigration #US Immigration

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ppcbug · 2 months

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So much for that 100 million 🫠 while Canadians struggle Canada has thrown millions of dollars to a failed state! What good was the aid if they’re cannibalizing each other now?

It’s time to stop wasting our resources on these third world countries!

#voteppc to put Canada first

#haiti #free haiti #haitian #haiti crisis #little haiti #canada #anarchy #anarchism #failed state #cannibalistic #cannibalposting #gang violence #human rights #human rights watch #ppc #canada first #people's party of canada #populism #voteppc

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letsbiggahaitianblog · 3 months

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#music #roots #empress #reggae #soundcloud #haitian #haiti #free haiti #haiti crisis #little haiti #ethiopia #congo #south african #Youtube

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boogietitia · 3 months

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#miami #little haiti #boogietitia

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teamnatural-blog · 4 months

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Ayiti mwen Renmen ou

#free #free haiti #haiti #haiti crisis #little haiti

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dbluegreen · 7 months

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Millions Are Leaving Their Homes & The GOP Doesn’t Want You to Know Why

#news #climate change #gentrification #little haiti #miami #thom hartmann

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yearningforunity · 1 month

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Little Haiti in the 1980s: A Haitian immigrant reads to a young girl.

Photo by Carl Juste.

#Little Haiti #Miami #Florida #United States #1980s #african descent #african diaspora #culture #history

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zekethefreak · 8 months

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Cruising Into September and Book Fairs

I’ve been back from my cruise for more than two weeks now. My wife and I had a great time. The Norwegian Joy took south and to the Caribbean. One day in Port Canaveral. Two days in Nassau, Bahamas. One day in Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. One day in Miami. And five days at sea. GLOW Party on the Norwegian Joy! Hibachi dining on ship at Teppanaki. While in Port Canaveral, we visited the Kennedy Space…