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- NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
- NEWS_POSTED_ON: Dec 18, 2014
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- Category : Diaspora News
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POSTED BY EZILI DANTÒ ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2014 10:05 PM.
December 17, 2014 marks one hundred years since the United States invaded Haiti and at the point of guns the US Marines carried out Haiti’s gold reserves. One hundred years later, Haiti continues the resistance. (See, 100 Years of Occupation – 100 Years of Resistance : Regional networks and organizations manifest solidarity with Haiti and Where Does Haiti Fit in Citigroup’s Corporate History?)
Overview
On July 28, 1915 the Marines officially began the US occupation of Haiti, stayed for 19 years, dropped bombs on unarmed Haiti peasants, tortured, raped, maimed and slaughtered tens of thousands and virtually re-enslaved Haiti with its white supremacist ideology, physical tyranny.
Haiti continues its protest against foreign occupation and their puppet government. Calls for real elections are taking down the fake Martelly-Lamothe regime. But, Haiti freedom fighters are also keeping in mind that US-style electoral politics is false hope for the masses everywhere, including the United States.