Friday, January 22, 2010
 (One day from "A Chronology of Haitian Protest and Resistance since the Earthquake")
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Crowds call for return of Aristide

Current government could collapse just like the presidential palace

January 23, 2010

By ROWAN PHILP and BOBBY JORDAN

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Crowds of angry Haitians gathering on the streets of Port-au-Prince are calling for the return of...Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

On either side of the green steel gate of Aristide's mansion in Port-au-Prince, Haitians have spray-painted these words in Creole: "Aristide, come back, quick quick."

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On Friday [January 22], protesters outraged at perceived inaction by their leaders chanted: "Down with Préval; long live Obama" outside the cinderblock judicial police precinct that now serves as the executive branch of the government.

The chants reflect a chronic confusion among [some] Haitians about America's intentions, with many believing the US has absorbed Haiti as a protectorate, or even as a 51st state.

Jean Dube, a local pastor, said: "It's crazy, even members of my own family think we are all Americans now, after what Obama said about supporting us the other night. There's also a complete lack of patriotism, which can be as dangerous as having too much of it. Just look at Somalia."

 

"CNN’s Anderson Cooper Catching On to the Viscious Haitian National Police"

By magbana
 

HCV Analysis, January 22, 2010

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"Haitian National Police murder an unarmed, peaceful participant in a Haitian protest demanding the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide....

 

I’m fairly certain that the cops who  killed the one teenager and wounded the other yesterday did not view these kids as retrieving desperately needed food after nine days of eating little or nothing.  No, those cops saw young Aristide supporters, 'bandits,' who needed to be eliminated. ..."

 

Friday, January 22, 2010
 (One day from "A Chronology of Haitian Protest and Resistance since the Earthquake")
A resource produced by Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade