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The Miami Herald ran a full-page statement (Sunday, January 23, 2011) sponsored by the Haiti Action Committee in California, calling for the return of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from exile in Haiti. The statement is signed by politicians, activists, and other prominent figures, including Dr. Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health, Danny Glover, actor and activist, and Reverend Jesse Jackson.
(see full statement, with list of signatories, here: http://canadahaitiaction.ca/content/miami-herald-runs-full-page-statement-calling-return-aristide )
An Urgent Call:
Return Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Haiti
In the aftermath of the terrible earthquake that shook Haiti on January 12th, 2010, calls for the return of former President Aristide have been growing louder. Last July 15, 10,000 people took to the streets in Port-au-Prince to commemorate President Aristide’s birthday and call for his return. A broad sector of Haitian grassroots organizations, women’s groups, human rights activists and educators have made it clear that now is the time to end President Aristide’s forced exile in South Africa. A petition circulating among Haitian women gathered well over 20,000 signatures within a few days, calling for the return.
President Aristide has publicly stated that he wishes to return home to Haiti to participate in Haiti’s recovery. President Aristide’s support among Haiti’s poor, who elected him twice as president, and who represent the vast majority of the Haitian population and are those most affected by the recent devastating earthquake, remains strong. There are no legal obstacles to his return; in fact Article 41 of Haiti’s Constitution, declares that “no individual of Haitian nationality can be deported or forced to leave the country for any reason whatsoever,” and Article 41-1 states that “no Haitian needs a visa to leave the country or to return to it.”
Nevertheless, President Aristide remains in exile because the Haitian government, the United States, France, Canada, and the United Nations forces in Haiti have blocked his return. The Haitian government has not responded to President Aristide’s request for the issuance of a passport. U.S. and UN officials have issued public statements opposing his return.
But they do not speak for the people of Haiti. As demonstrations for President Aristide’s return continue in Haiti, as broad sectors of Haitian society echo this call, as the voices of those living in refugee camps across the devastated city of Port-au-Prince and throughout Haiti reach us, we reiterate and support their demand.
We call on the Haitian government to immediately renew President Aristide’s passport as he has requested, and to facilitate his return, without any conditions, to the country of his birth. We call on the international authorities, particularly the United Nations and the United States government, to end their opposition to President Aristide’s return. Justice, humanity and respect for self-determination are at the heart of this issue. All hands are needed in Haiti at this difficult moment.
The Miami Herald ran a full-page statement (Sunday, January 23, 2011) sponsored by the Haiti Action Committee in California, calling for the return of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from exile in Haiti. The statement is signed by politicians, activists, and other prominent figures, including Dr. Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health, Danny Glover, actor and activist, and Reverend Jesse Jackson.
(see full statement, with list of signatories, here: http://canadahaitiaction.ca/content/miami-herald-runs-full-page-statement-calling-return-aristide )
An Urgent Call:
Return Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Haiti
In the aftermath of the terrible earthquake that shook Haiti on January 12th, 2010, calls for the return of former President Aristide have been growing louder. Last July 15, 10,000 people took to the streets in Port-au-Prince to commemorate President Aristide’s birthday and call for his return. A broad sector of Haitian grassroots organizations, women’s groups, human rights activists and educators have made it clear that now is the time to end President Aristide’s forced exile in South Africa. A petition circulating among Haitian women gathered well over 20,000 signatures within a few days, calling for the return.
President Aristide has publicly stated that he wishes to return home to Haiti to participate in Haiti’s recovery. President Aristide’s support among Haiti’s poor, who elected him twice as president, and who represent the vast majority of the Haitian population and are those most affected by the recent devastating earthquake, remains strong. There are no legal obstacles to his return; in fact Article 41 of Haiti’s Constitution, declares that “no individual of Haitian nationality can be deported or forced to leave the country for any reason whatsoever,” and Article 41-1 states that “no Haitian needs a visa to leave the country or to return to it.”
Nevertheless, President Aristide remains in exile because the Haitian government, the United States, France, Canada, and the United Nations forces in Haiti have blocked his return. The Haitian government has not responded to President Aristide’s request for the issuance of a passport. U.S. and UN officials have issued public statements opposing his return.
But they do not speak for the people of Haiti. As demonstrations for President Aristide’s return continue in Haiti, as broad sectors of Haitian society echo this call, as the voices of those living in refugee camps across the devastated city of Port-au-Prince and throughout Haiti reach us, we reiterate and support their demand.
We call on the Haitian government to immediately renew President Aristide’s passport as he has requested, and to facilitate his return, without any conditions, to the country of his birth. We call on the international authorities, particularly the United Nations and the United States government, to end their opposition to President Aristide’s return. Justice, humanity and respect for self-determination are at the heart of this issue. All hands are needed in Haiti at this difficult moment.
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Lavalass kap pale ak fre li yo :
Se yon sèl bagay ou konn fè ;se atake moun pèsonèlman ;paske se yon sèl jan pou w kache sa w pa konnen.
Amen.
Se yon sèl bagay ou konn fè ;se atake moun pèsonèlman ;paske se yon sèl jan pou w kache sa w pa konnen.
Amen.
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[b]deza a écrit:Lavalass kap pale ak fre li yo :
Se yon sèl bagay ou konn fè ;se atake moun pèsonèlman ;paske se yon sèl jan pou w kache sa w pa konnen.
Amen.
Ou te anseye istwa ameriken?
Sa vle di kisa?
Epitou ,se pa ak moun LAVALAS ou byen moun ki asimile ak LAVALAS.Se ak ou m ap pale.
Kelkelanswa sijè an ;depi opinyon yon moun diferan de pa w lan ;se pou atake moun pèsonèlman.
Oumenm ak moun ki panse tankou w yo ap ensilte mesye BLACK CAUCUS ;nou rele yo BLAK KOKEN jis paske yo te opoze koudeta a.
Depi 2003,2004 n ap di ke mesye sa yo te sou pewòl ARISTIDE ;mwenmenm ,mwen di se pa posib.Yon moun ki gen yon ti kras konesans jan sistèm ameriken an fonksyone ;konnen se pa vre.
E pi w atake PAUL FARMER.PAUL FARMER konnen AYITI pi byen ke wou ,pi byen ke mwen .Se lan mitan peyizànri ayisyen an misye viv;e misye fè ale vini ann AYITI ,li gen plis ke 20 an l ap fè sa.
Lajan se pa yon bagay ki enterese FARMER ;li lan pozisyon pou l ta fè otan lajan ke l ta vle;ou atake misye jis paske misye te kont koudeta a.
SISPANN!SISPANN FOUT!
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Bon dieu !
L'homme a une manie detestable , meme un talent , dirais-je ,de toujours vouloir engager le dialogue hors du sujet en question.
L'homme a une manie detestable , meme un talent , dirais-je ,de toujours vouloir engager le dialogue hors du sujet en question.
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Moman an rive pou nou sispann okipe malpouwont lan.li pa genyen anyen poul di ankò ki genyen nepotans pou mwen.mwen pral sispann li sa li keri sou forum lan se sa pou fè tou'li pa merite moun diskite ak li pasek li se yon esklav nan plantatyon duvaliers yo ,moun sa yo ou pa ka retire chenn ke ti doktè ak ti jan Clown mete nan kou yo tande. se penn pèdi kite esklav Duvalier sèvi met li jis la rive fè la kouber devan Ti nicola anvan li mouri. an nou dil bye bye,
Moman an rive pou nou sispann okipe malpouwont lan.li pa genyen anyen poul di ankò ki genyen nepotans pou mwen.mwen pral sispann li sa li keri sou forum lan se sa pou fè tou'li pa merite moun diskite ak li pasek li se yon esklav nan plantatyon duvaliers yo ,moun sa yo ou pa ka retire chenn ke ti doktè ak ti jan Clown mete nan kou yo tande. se penn pèdi kite esklav Duvalier sèvi met li jis la rive fè la kouber devan Ti nicola anvan li mouri. an nou dil bye bye,
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Oumenm ak moun ki panse tankou w yo ap ensilte mesye BLACK CAUCUS ;nou rele yo BLAK KOKEN jis paske yo te opoze koudeta a.
Depi 2003,2004 n ap di ke mesye sa yo te sou pewòl ARISTIDE ;mwenmenm ,mwen di se pa posib.Yon moun ki gen yon ti kras konesans jan sistèm ameriken an fonksyone ;konnen se pa vre.
Se pa paske yo te kont swadizan "koudeta". Se paske yo mare sosis yo ak Aristide pou yo souse ti peyi ke yo di ke yo "renmen" an. Report yo la, fè ti rechèch nan depatman deta Ameriken w ap jwenn tout detay. Pa genyen manti ke anpil nan mesye blak koken yo t ap boule gra sou Aristide. Men yon lòt ekzanp:
The Congressional Black Caucus, another firm friend of Aristide, has also seen some benefits falling into the lap of its former leader, Ron Dellums. A filed report shows that his lobbying firm received US$571,326 in 2001 and 2002, for work that included discussing "legislation involving Haitian refugees with a member of Congress and congressional staff members."
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Li bon pou nou fe yon ti rale sou neg ke yo rele Aristig la .Sitou le nou tande ti ekip lavalass la ap choffe sou teryn an lan rele lot moun volo .An nou swete ke yo ka li angle byen pi byen passe ni franse ni kreyol.
Where did Aristide get his money?
published: Sunday | April 4, 2004
By Ken Jones, Contributor
MANY JAMAICANS understandably are concerned about the cost of keeping Mr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the all-inclusive comfort of the Lydford place of refuge.
Our Government has been quick to sympathise with and take care of this neighbour who has fallen out with his family. But, as we know only too well, it takes cash to care and since charity begins at home we have to be mindful of the serious difficulties being experienced by our own people who have no means by which to escape.
When the thought of offering asylum to Aristide occurred to the Central African Republic, that Government let it be known that nothing of the sort could be afforded without financial help from the international community, especially as they badly needed money to look after their own pressing problems. The Jamaican Government appears not to be shackled by such consideration, but then again it may be that there's no need to worry. This guest of the Government is a generous man who knows how to take care of those who take care of him .
The former Roman Catholic priest was once vowed to a life of poverty and service to the dwellers of slums in Haiti. In that role he was convincing, effective and revered. However, since becoming a politician things have changed considerably and pledges about penury have given way to political power, prized possessions and lavish living.
As President of Haiti, in and out of exile, Aristide has had millions and millions of dollars passing through his hands and while his critics are convinced that a sizeable share of this has stuck to his fingers, it is well-known and documented that he has been particularly generous in paying out substantial sums to people committed to serving his personal and political interests.
Take the group that has surrounded him since the Haitian rebels began pressuring him to leave office people he could call by cell phone from Africa to America. Those friends were able at a moment's notice to rush to his side by chartered jet and whisk him off to Jamaica.
On that trip from the Central African Republic, Aristide's fellow travellers included Ira J. Kurzban, a Miami lawyer whose firm, according to the United States Justice Department records, received US$3 million from the Aristide Government for legal work.
He is quoted as saying that much of the expenditure was for efforts to recover assets hidden overseas by the Duvalier family that once ruled Haiti. Also on that hurried flight to Jamaica was Mr. Randall Robinson, founder of TransAfrica Forum, long-time supporter of Mr. Aristide and a frequent visitor to the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince. The firm headed by his wife, Hazel Ross-Robinson, was paid US$367,967, part of which was for "publicising developments pertaining to the foreign principal's attempts to achieve and maintain political and economic stability."
Another passenger on the Africa-Jamaica flight was Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California, who has never missed an opportunity to represent Mr. Aristide in a positive light. She once had herself arrested while demonstrating in front of the White House, demanding that the U.S. help Aristide's return to power. Like so many other friends of the Lavalas family, Mrs. Waters has been well-entertained at the palace.
She was one of the top guests attending the celebration of Haitis 200th anniversary of independence and described it as a phenomenal, unprecedented and unsurpassed accomplishment by black people She has also served on the Board of Advisors of the Foundation for Democracy, set up by Aristide himself. On the plane and on the payroll were some bodyguards drawn from the squad hired by Aristide to take care of his security in Haiti.
WEAPONS PACKAGE
The Miami Herald reported that officials in Haiti and in Washington estimated that the California-based security firm, Steele Foundation, was paid between US$6 million and US$9 million annually for providing Aristide with some 60 bodyguards at the peak of its operation. There was also a million- dollar weapons package to assist the guards. Reports filed with the Justice Department indicate that since former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to power in 2000, nearly US$5-million was spent by Haiti on lobbyists and lawyers in America. Observers are of the opinion that these expenditures by the western hemisphere's poorest nation, were exorbitant; and they point out that in contrast, the neighbouring Dominican Republic with a much more flourishing economy, spent substantially less for similar services.
The Congressional Black Caucus, another firm friend of Aristide, has also seen some benefits falling into the lap of its former leader, Ron Dellums. A filed report shows that his lobbying firm received US$571,326 in 2001 and 2002, for work that included discussing "legislation involving Haitian refugees with a member of Congress and congressional staff members."
OFFICIAL ADVISOR
Like Waters and Robinson, Dellums was an official advisor to the tax-exempt Foundation for Democracy, which Aristide set up to raise and administer funds for projects in Haiti.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Aristide, during his first exile, was paying a Democratic Party activist US$55,000 a month to help get U.S. backing for his return to Haiti. His ability to afford this spending was aided by the fact that although living in the United States he was regarded by the Clinton administration as the legitimate President of Haiti; and as such he had access to about US$50 million of Haitian Government assets that had once been frozen. Mary O'Grady, the Journal's editor of the Americas column, revealed that in the first year of his exile Aristide withdrew US$900,000 a month from that source and, beginning October 1992, US$1.8 million monthly. The report further stated that he also collected millions of dollars in telephone and other royalties due to the Government of Haiti.
FREE ACCESS FUNDS
The flow of money did not stop after the Americans reinstated Aristide with the help of U.S. marines. Not only did he have free access to the funds of his Foundation for Democracy, he also had control of the Haitian state-owned telephone monopoly Teleco. And he was instrumental in granting a contract for the long-distance call system, which is heavily used by Haitians calling home from overseas.
The firm getting that contract was Fusion Telecommunications International, headed then by U.S. Democratic Party activist Marvin Rosen. The governing board also included former Democratic Representative Joseph Kennedy II, who, like Rosen, was a member of the board of advisors for the Foundation for Democracy.
In Haiti the word is that no major economic deal could go through without the involvement of ex-President Aristide or some member or members of his Lavalas political party. So, whenever Jean-Bertrand en-dorsed a project people readily believed that its success was assured. That was the case of the money cooperatives, which he called the people's capitalism. Despite warnings from economists and bankers, he encouraged their formation and thousands of Haitians taking their cue from the President, invested their life savings and other assets with a view to getting the promised ten per cent interest. However, the scheme collapsed, hundreds of millions of dollars were lost and thousands of middle-class Haitians went broke.
AN ABSURDITY
President Aristide promised to bail out the losers, but a New York Times article quoted a diplomat who watched the development: "It is an absurdity. This is a government that doesn't have any money... there are schools, hospitals and 20,000 other priorities that would be more important than this."
But if Haitian citizens were losing money, the President seemed to be prospering. The publication Haiti Observateur, dated August 20, 2002, reported on the purchase of multimillion- dollar villas in Haiti and abroad and also the bank accounts reputed to total US$800 million. These reports of wealth, when they reached the ears of Aristide's spokesmen, instead of being denied, were explained as the income from books Jean-Bertrand had written.
Whatever one might think of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, it cannot be said that his style of living betrays any paucity of funds. Nor can it be said that Haiti in his time or to this day, reflects any sign of the near US$3 billion dollars poured into the country since he was reinstated by the Americans. Among western hemisphere countries receiving aid from the United States, Haiti has got the biggest share; and there is very little in Haiti to show for it. The national budget for the eight million people averages a mere US$350 million per annum.
Last month Roger Noriega, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere told a congressional hearing that between 1995 and 2003 the U.S. alone gave Haiti US$850 million in aid. Other countries and agencies demonstrating generosity include the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, the United Nations and the European Community. Also, the national aid programmes of France, Canada, Holland, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Venezuela and Taiwan.
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
During his first exile Aristide had asked the United Nations General Assembly to admit Taiwan as a member. The Taiwanese were extremely gratified by this move and has since showered the Haitians with what has become known as dollar diplomacy. They have paid for police cars, garbage trucks, roads, low-cost housing, experimental rice farms and a sports complex. In addition they gave Aristide funds for his Foundation and for the orphanage he had set up while he was a practising priest.
So we come back to the original question: Does Aristide have the resources to continue his pattern of big spending? And will Jamaica get any help to defray the all-inclusive expenses we are incurring and which we can in truth ill-afford?
Ken Jones is General Secretary of the Farquharson Institute of Public Affairs.
Mwin menm si yo mande'm ki kote li jwen ak kob sa a lap depanse a antan ke "pep " li a lan grangou mwin tap di se liv li ke li ekri a ki te yon best-seller a travers le monde .
Li bon pou nou fe yon ti rale sou neg ke yo rele Aristig la .Sitou le nou tande ti ekip lavalass la ap choffe sou teryn an lan rele lot moun volo .An nou swete ke yo ka li angle byen pi byen passe ni franse ni kreyol.
Where did Aristide get his money?
published: Sunday | April 4, 2004
By Ken Jones, Contributor
MANY JAMAICANS understandably are concerned about the cost of keeping Mr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the all-inclusive comfort of the Lydford place of refuge.
Our Government has been quick to sympathise with and take care of this neighbour who has fallen out with his family. But, as we know only too well, it takes cash to care and since charity begins at home we have to be mindful of the serious difficulties being experienced by our own people who have no means by which to escape.
When the thought of offering asylum to Aristide occurred to the Central African Republic, that Government let it be known that nothing of the sort could be afforded without financial help from the international community, especially as they badly needed money to look after their own pressing problems. The Jamaican Government appears not to be shackled by such consideration, but then again it may be that there's no need to worry. This guest of the Government is a generous man who knows how to take care of those who take care of him .
The former Roman Catholic priest was once vowed to a life of poverty and service to the dwellers of slums in Haiti. In that role he was convincing, effective and revered. However, since becoming a politician things have changed considerably and pledges about penury have given way to political power, prized possessions and lavish living.
As President of Haiti, in and out of exile, Aristide has had millions and millions of dollars passing through his hands and while his critics are convinced that a sizeable share of this has stuck to his fingers, it is well-known and documented that he has been particularly generous in paying out substantial sums to people committed to serving his personal and political interests.
Take the group that has surrounded him since the Haitian rebels began pressuring him to leave office people he could call by cell phone from Africa to America. Those friends were able at a moment's notice to rush to his side by chartered jet and whisk him off to Jamaica.
On that trip from the Central African Republic, Aristide's fellow travellers included Ira J. Kurzban, a Miami lawyer whose firm, according to the United States Justice Department records, received US$3 million from the Aristide Government for legal work.
He is quoted as saying that much of the expenditure was for efforts to recover assets hidden overseas by the Duvalier family that once ruled Haiti. Also on that hurried flight to Jamaica was Mr. Randall Robinson, founder of TransAfrica Forum, long-time supporter of Mr. Aristide and a frequent visitor to the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince. The firm headed by his wife, Hazel Ross-Robinson, was paid US$367,967, part of which was for "publicising developments pertaining to the foreign principal's attempts to achieve and maintain political and economic stability."
Another passenger on the Africa-Jamaica flight was Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California, who has never missed an opportunity to represent Mr. Aristide in a positive light. She once had herself arrested while demonstrating in front of the White House, demanding that the U.S. help Aristide's return to power. Like so many other friends of the Lavalas family, Mrs. Waters has been well-entertained at the palace.
She was one of the top guests attending the celebration of Haitis 200th anniversary of independence and described it as a phenomenal, unprecedented and unsurpassed accomplishment by black people She has also served on the Board of Advisors of the Foundation for Democracy, set up by Aristide himself. On the plane and on the payroll were some bodyguards drawn from the squad hired by Aristide to take care of his security in Haiti.
WEAPONS PACKAGE
The Miami Herald reported that officials in Haiti and in Washington estimated that the California-based security firm, Steele Foundation, was paid between US$6 million and US$9 million annually for providing Aristide with some 60 bodyguards at the peak of its operation. There was also a million- dollar weapons package to assist the guards. Reports filed with the Justice Department indicate that since former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to power in 2000, nearly US$5-million was spent by Haiti on lobbyists and lawyers in America. Observers are of the opinion that these expenditures by the western hemisphere's poorest nation, were exorbitant; and they point out that in contrast, the neighbouring Dominican Republic with a much more flourishing economy, spent substantially less for similar services.
The Congressional Black Caucus, another firm friend of Aristide, has also seen some benefits falling into the lap of its former leader, Ron Dellums. A filed report shows that his lobbying firm received US$571,326 in 2001 and 2002, for work that included discussing "legislation involving Haitian refugees with a member of Congress and congressional staff members."
OFFICIAL ADVISOR
Like Waters and Robinson, Dellums was an official advisor to the tax-exempt Foundation for Democracy, which Aristide set up to raise and administer funds for projects in Haiti.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Aristide, during his first exile, was paying a Democratic Party activist US$55,000 a month to help get U.S. backing for his return to Haiti. His ability to afford this spending was aided by the fact that although living in the United States he was regarded by the Clinton administration as the legitimate President of Haiti; and as such he had access to about US$50 million of Haitian Government assets that had once been frozen. Mary O'Grady, the Journal's editor of the Americas column, revealed that in the first year of his exile Aristide withdrew US$900,000 a month from that source and, beginning October 1992, US$1.8 million monthly. The report further stated that he also collected millions of dollars in telephone and other royalties due to the Government of Haiti.
FREE ACCESS FUNDS
The flow of money did not stop after the Americans reinstated Aristide with the help of U.S. marines. Not only did he have free access to the funds of his Foundation for Democracy, he also had control of the Haitian state-owned telephone monopoly Teleco. And he was instrumental in granting a contract for the long-distance call system, which is heavily used by Haitians calling home from overseas.
The firm getting that contract was Fusion Telecommunications International, headed then by U.S. Democratic Party activist Marvin Rosen. The governing board also included former Democratic Representative Joseph Kennedy II, who, like Rosen, was a member of the board of advisors for the Foundation for Democracy.
In Haiti the word is that no major economic deal could go through without the involvement of ex-President Aristide or some member or members of his Lavalas political party. So, whenever Jean-Bertrand en-dorsed a project people readily believed that its success was assured. That was the case of the money cooperatives, which he called the people's capitalism. Despite warnings from economists and bankers, he encouraged their formation and thousands of Haitians taking their cue from the President, invested their life savings and other assets with a view to getting the promised ten per cent interest. However, the scheme collapsed, hundreds of millions of dollars were lost and thousands of middle-class Haitians went broke.
AN ABSURDITY
President Aristide promised to bail out the losers, but a New York Times article quoted a diplomat who watched the development: "It is an absurdity. This is a government that doesn't have any money... there are schools, hospitals and 20,000 other priorities that would be more important than this."
But if Haitian citizens were losing money, the President seemed to be prospering. The publication Haiti Observateur, dated August 20, 2002, reported on the purchase of multimillion- dollar villas in Haiti and abroad and also the bank accounts reputed to total US$800 million. These reports of wealth, when they reached the ears of Aristide's spokesmen, instead of being denied, were explained as the income from books Jean-Bertrand had written.
Whatever one might think of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, it cannot be said that his style of living betrays any paucity of funds. Nor can it be said that Haiti in his time or to this day, reflects any sign of the near US$3 billion dollars poured into the country since he was reinstated by the Americans. Among western hemisphere countries receiving aid from the United States, Haiti has got the biggest share; and there is very little in Haiti to show for it. The national budget for the eight million people averages a mere US$350 million per annum.
Last month Roger Noriega, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere told a congressional hearing that between 1995 and 2003 the U.S. alone gave Haiti US$850 million in aid. Other countries and agencies demonstrating generosity include the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, the United Nations and the European Community. Also, the national aid programmes of France, Canada, Holland, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Venezuela and Taiwan.
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
During his first exile Aristide had asked the United Nations General Assembly to admit Taiwan as a member. The Taiwanese were extremely gratified by this move and has since showered the Haitians with what has become known as dollar diplomacy. They have paid for police cars, garbage trucks, roads, low-cost housing, experimental rice farms and a sports complex. In addition they gave Aristide funds for his Foundation and for the orphanage he had set up while he was a practising priest.
So we come back to the original question: Does Aristide have the resources to continue his pattern of big spending? And will Jamaica get any help to defray the all-inclusive expenses we are incurring and which we can in truth ill-afford?
Ken Jones is General Secretary of the Farquharson Institute of Public Affairs.
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An 2001,2002 ;RON DELLUMS pa t manm kongrè an ankò;se te yon lobbying firm li te genyen.
LI TE YON ANSYEN MANM KONGRÈ AN ;ki te gen aksè a mesye BLACK CAUCUS yo.
NOU DI KE ARISTIDE TE KONN PEYE MESYE BLACK CAUCUS YO
SE MANTI;SE MANTI ;SE FOUT MANTI .
SA PA POSIB OZETAZINI .SI YON KONGRÈSMAN ANN EKZÈSIS AP PRAN LAJAN POU LEJISLASYON ;W AP MANJE PRIZON .
SISPANN AK ENBESILITE NOU YO.
BOB BARR ansyen kongrèsmann repibliken ,ann AYITI pou l defann BB DÒK;se pa antan kòm kongrèsmann l ap fè l ;BB DÒK ap peye pou aksè l a kongrèsmann an fonksyon yo.
TONNÈ!
An 2001,2002 ;RON DELLUMS pa t manm kongrè an ankò;se te yon lobbying firm li te genyen.
LI TE YON ANSYEN MANM KONGRÈ AN ;ki te gen aksè a mesye BLACK CAUCUS yo.
NOU DI KE ARISTIDE TE KONN PEYE MESYE BLACK CAUCUS YO
SE MANTI;SE MANTI ;SE FOUT MANTI .
SA PA POSIB OZETAZINI .SI YON KONGRÈSMAN ANN EKZÈSIS AP PRAN LAJAN POU LEJISLASYON ;W AP MANJE PRIZON .
SISPANN AK ENBESILITE NOU YO.
BOB BARR ansyen kongrèsmann repibliken ,ann AYITI pou l defann BB DÒK;se pa antan kòm kongrèsmann l ap fè l ;BB DÒK ap peye pou aksè l a kongrèsmann an fonksyon yo.
TONNÈ!
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Neg yo telman bute Deza yo kompwan ke yo pap arete Aristid alo Jean Claude pote tet li la li fe 25 ans deyo li ta wete fe 30.
Tout sa kap fet la ce pou arete Aristide neg yo pa konnin sa ki rele blan merikin et ampaket la dan yo ale trayi payi yo pou yo pwete serman sou drapo merikin a .
mwen konnin yo bien kar mwen servi lan tout nivo avek yo kanta pou fouke aristid la yo pap manke li pou frekan li te fe a pe Bush.Noriega te leve manchet li ,Sadam c fuzi m-one li Aristide te di li te kite yun kawochou trakte pou pe BUSH.
Tout sa kap fet la ce pou arete Aristide neg yo pa konnin sa ki rele blan merikin et ampaket la dan yo ale trayi payi yo pou yo pwete serman sou drapo merikin a .
mwen konnin yo bien kar mwen servi lan tout nivo avek yo kanta pou fouke aristid la yo pap manke li pou frekan li te fe a pe Bush.Noriega te leve manchet li ,Sadam c fuzi m-one li Aristide te di li te kite yun kawochou trakte pou pe BUSH.
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ce pou wou Deza
Dernière édition par zouke le Mar 25 Jan 2011 - 12:00, édité 1 fois
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SE VRE SI YO KINBE LI YAP METE LI LAN PRIZON LE YO FINN JIJE LI E YO JWEN LI KOUPAB .MIN GAN DE LE YAL SERE KOB LAN SINDOMINGUE POU YO PA KINBE YO .ah.ah.
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DEZA CE POU WOU BEL MUZIK SA YE
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Merci zanmi Thunder Boom !Boom!Boom!
Li bon pou nou fe yon ti rale sou neg ke yo rele Aristig la .Sitou le nou tande ti ekip lavalass la ap choffe sou teryn an lan rele lot moun volo .An nou swete ke yo ka li angle byen pi byen passe ni franse ni kreyol.
Zanmi Deza,
Fanatik yo konprann ke yo ka twonpe tout moun pou tout tan. Ak avantaj bab e moustach konsa, se nòmal pou sanginè an jwenn sousou toujou k ap kriye pou bout bannann yo ke yo pèdi (lol).
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Zanmi thunder,
Yo pwan lan gomm vre.Yo refize konpwan ke konpite pa kon pedi memwa.Tout sayo te fe se kom si se jodya li fett .Yo mett sonte ponpe verite a ap toujou la pou yo depi se magouy yo vle fe lan bay manti vire bouche yo devan deye pou eseye chanje sak te fett sak te di sak te passe .
Mwin sonje yon le yo te di se manti mwin tap bay le mwin te di ke Aristig te mande bonbade palais national ak kazen dessalinnes lan mitan potoprinss paske se te ki mele'l ak moun ki lan zonn nan . JOUNALISS MERIKIN YO TOU TE KOMANSE MANDE KIJAN DE MOUN MOUN SA YE KAP DI KE LI SE LIDER YON PEP EPI LAP MANDE LAGE BOMB SOU PEYI A POU LI SA TOUNYN SOU POUVWA LI. Pe Bush te oblije mete misye lan wol li le sa a.
Min sa mwin te rinmin an mwin kwe se w menm oswa doub sosis ki te vini ak atik jounal la ak prev sa'm te di a epi yo femyn bouch yo.Yo kourie yo pa mande prev anko paske prev yo te mande a le yo jwen li li pat bon pou pwopagann yo.lol.
Sim te jwen post sa a mwin ta mete li anko pou yo.Le sa a neg kap pale anpil yo ta we kisaki te lan tett lider yo a eki intansyon yon neg si pouvwa te lan min ni lan afe krim kont limanite a.Depi le sa a mwin te di ke miusye se yon asasin li pat ayisyen paske se pwemye fwa mwin jwen yon presidan an ekzil mande pou touye pep la pou li sa tounyn sou pouvwa.Min moral lavalass.
Messi anko mon frer .Bonne journe.
Yo pwan lan gomm vre.Yo refize konpwan ke konpite pa kon pedi memwa.Tout sayo te fe se kom si se jodya li fett .Yo mett sonte ponpe verite a ap toujou la pou yo depi se magouy yo vle fe lan bay manti vire bouche yo devan deye pou eseye chanje sak te fett sak te di sak te passe .
Mwin sonje yon le yo te di se manti mwin tap bay le mwin te di ke Aristig te mande bonbade palais national ak kazen dessalinnes lan mitan potoprinss paske se te ki mele'l ak moun ki lan zonn nan . JOUNALISS MERIKIN YO TOU TE KOMANSE MANDE KIJAN DE MOUN MOUN SA YE KAP DI KE LI SE LIDER YON PEP EPI LAP MANDE LAGE BOMB SOU PEYI A POU LI SA TOUNYN SOU POUVWA LI. Pe Bush te oblije mete misye lan wol li le sa a.
Min sa mwin te rinmin an mwin kwe se w menm oswa doub sosis ki te vini ak atik jounal la ak prev sa'm te di a epi yo femyn bouch yo.Yo kourie yo pa mande prev anko paske prev yo te mande a le yo jwen li li pat bon pou pwopagann yo.lol.
Sim te jwen post sa a mwin ta mete li anko pou yo.Le sa a neg kap pale anpil yo ta we kisaki te lan tett lider yo a eki intansyon yon neg si pouvwa te lan min ni lan afe krim kont limanite a.Depi le sa a mwin te di ke miusye se yon asasin li pat ayisyen paske se pwemye fwa mwin jwen yon presidan an ekzil mande pou touye pep la pou li sa tounyn sou pouvwa.Min moral lavalass.
Messi anko mon frer .Bonne journe.
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zouke a écrit:Neg yo telman bute Deza yo kompwan ke yo pap arete Aristid alo Jean Claude pote tet li la li fe 25 ans deyo li ta wete fe 30.
Tout sa kap fet la ce pou arete Aristide neg yo pa konnin sa ki rele blan merikin et ampaket la dan yo ale trayi payi yo pou yo pwete serman sou drapo merikin a .
mwen konnin yo bien kar mwen servi lan tout nivo avek yo kanta pou fouke aristid la yo pap manke li pou frekan li te fe a pe Bush.Noriega te leve manchet li ,Sadam c fuzi m-one li Aristide te di li te kite yun kawochou trakte pou pe BUSH.
Ou pa menm konnen de ki sa w ap pale.Kilès ki prezidan NIKARAGWA jounen jodi an .Se yon nonm gouvènman ameriken an te depanse 2 milya dola ;wi milya ,pou te konbat li.
Kilès ki prezidan lan GUATEMALA ak SALVADOR;se ansyen geriya ekstrèm goch;prezidan IRIGWE an limenm se yon ansyen geriyero ;yon moun ki te konn kase bank pou l konbat diktati militè pro-ameriken yo.
Menm aktyèl prezidan BREZIL lan se yon ansyen geriya de goch ki te pase 3 zan lan prizon ;lan konbat diktati militè.
Se JANKLOD ki pa lan moul chefdeta ki genyen jounen jodi an lan AMERIK LATIN e se rezon sa a mwen doute ke y ap kite misye paweze lan peyi DAYITI .LI SE YON MOVE EGZANP POU MESYEDAM SA YO
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[size=18]A tous ceux qui pensent que le gauchisme est la voie de l'avenir [/size]:
Vous vous fourrez le doigt dans l'œil !
[size=18]La psychologie du citoyen haïtien n'est pas celle des différents pays de l'Amérique latine .En fait, nous ne sommes pas des Sud-américains .Nous n'avons ni leur passé historique ni leur développement socio- psychologique .Seuls des intellos aigris incapables de développer des solutions autochtones à nos problèmes pataugent au fond des mares de cette appartenance à une fausse fraternité, cette fenêtre ouverte sur l’Imposture ou nous ne sommes pas vraiment à l’aise.[/size]
Vous vous fourrez le doigt dans l'œil !
[size=18]La psychologie du citoyen haïtien n'est pas celle des différents pays de l'Amérique latine .En fait, nous ne sommes pas des Sud-américains .Nous n'avons ni leur passé historique ni leur développement socio- psychologique .Seuls des intellos aigris incapables de développer des solutions autochtones à nos problèmes pataugent au fond des mares de cette appartenance à une fausse fraternité, cette fenêtre ouverte sur l’Imposture ou nous ne sommes pas vraiment à l’aise.[/size]
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Yp pale Joel ke yap fouke Aristide li vini ap pale wou de guatemala salvador ou ginle fe aizamer envan ou monte sou klavier a ou gintan blie sa ou ta pwal ekri lol.
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