Lavalas and Jean Bertrand Aristide

The OAS or the “Ministry of Colonies”

May 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Haiti, Imperialism, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Jemima Pierre, published on Black Agenda Report, April 27, 2022 In the wake of the expulsion of the Organization of the American States from Nicaragua, we need to revisit one of its major crime scenes: Haiti. On April 24, 2022, Nicaragua’s Sandinista government officially booted the Organization of American States (OAS) out of their country. Foreign minister Denis Moncada[…]

A Short History of Haiti

August 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Haiti, Imperialism

by Yanis Iqbal, published on Countercurrents, July 10, 2021 A reminder of the roots of the current Haitian upheaval. The 1697 Treaty of Ryswick legalized French control over the western third of the island of Hispaniola – a Spanish asset – under the name of Saint-Domingue. The colony proved to be a valuable spigot of wealth. In 1789, Saint-Domingue supplied[…]