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Haiti’s Leadership Against Imperialism

Haiti’s Leadership Against Imperialism

By Michel-Ange Cadet Negro: that’s what they called us. Not to designate our person but mainly to assert a supposed supremacy which they believed themselves to hold and in the name of which we had to serve them, work however they wished, and satisfy all their whims, wealth, glory, pleasures… They wanted to make us […]

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Imperial Monroe Doctrine in Force: Quiet Coups in Latin America, the Case of Ecuador

Imperial Monroe Doctrine in Force: Quiet Coups in Latin America, the Case of Ecuador

The appearance of stability in Latin America is preferable to any kind of political upheaval. The Monroe Doctrine is very much in force, but from a superficial look at elections and the constitutional order, one might surmise that the simultaneous United States-sponsored military regimes in Argentina, Brazil and Chile during the 1970s could not happen […]

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Hypothesis for a New Revolution in Haiti

Hypothesis for a New Revolution in Haiti

By Michel-Angel Cadet Uncertainty is a normal aspect of the mind’s evolution. It is quite reasonable that in life we should experience this feeling, which is innate to human nature. The unknown is never received without great interest, or some minimum of caution. Fear of the unknown often controls our behavior. From fear grows doubt. […]

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Lessons from MLK: How to Free Haiti from Foreign Occupation

Lessons from MLK: How to Free Haiti from Foreign Occupation

The dissolution of Haiti’s parliament on January 12, 2015, coming so close Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday, brings forth reflections on the utility of non-violent action as a tool to fight a foreign occupation. An occupation, of course, is not the same as the struggle of a disenfranchised group of people for equal rights within […]

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Midnight of Haiti’s Parliament on the Earthquake’s Anniversary

Midnight of Haiti’s Parliament on the Earthquake’s Anniversary

Just as the earthquake had rattled the ground under the feet of Haitians, the dissolution of the Haitian Parliament at midnight, 00:00 on January 12, 2015, exactly five years later, has shaken to the core Haiti’s republican institutions. Right at the day’s start, the terms expired for all 99 members of the House of Representatives […]

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