Haiti Watch Blog

.@JakobJohnston on @AJEnglish right now: While #Title42 is framed as a public health law, in effect, it is a backend way to enforce the draconian and racist immigration policy of the Trump administration. The reality is that @POTUS continues to do that. bit.ly/3i2F8d9

.@JakobJohnston on #Haiti : The mistreatment of Haitians is a historical reality and the tip of the spear of creating our modern carceral immigration system. Detention centers the US holds migrants in started as a response to a wave of Haitian migration over 40 years ago.

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For decades, the 🇺🇸 and 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇺🇳🇧🇷🇨🇦 played a central role in civil and economic turmoil in #Haiti. Yet from Sept. 2021 to now, 25K+ Haitian migrants have been deported. At 2:30 ET @JakobJohnston will discuss the US and #Haiti #LIVE on @AJEnglish. 👀bit.ly/3i2F8d9

The US is pushing a military intervention in Haiti because the situation on the ground is so dire, yet at the same time is taking steps to ensure that Haitian asylum seekers cannot make it to the US and will be returned to Haiti "as quickly as possible." Makes sense.

The @StateDept is already in discussions to determine the composition and mandate of a multinational force to be sent to Haiti. Latest on @HaitiAidWatch looks at the calls for intervention and asks the question, security for whom? cepr.net/de-facto-haiti…

The congressionally-mandated @StateDept report on last year's assassination of Haiti's president was due more than 6 weeks ago. It has yet to clear an inter-agency review. Wouldn't be surprised if this requirement is causing some headaches at various three letter agencies.

USG: We support a Haitian-led solution. Also USG: this is the only acceptable solution. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…

What if it's actually those rushing toward elections that can't win in a "free and fair" environment, benefit from the status quo, and are seeking to ensure its continuation through (another) low turnout, poorly organized vote?

#Haiti & #Afghanistan "have more in common than most people realize...apart from lengthy US interventions: Haiti’s early 20th-century occupation [was] only recently been surpassed by that of Afghanistan as the longest in US history" @JakobJohnston @LMDiplo mondediplo.com/2022/02/06haiti

If Haiti's minimum wage for export factories had kept pace with inflation since 1990, it would be over 1,350 gourdes today -- much closer to what workers are demanding than to what the government announced yesterday.

Cette enquête de @JakobJohnston révèle les interactions entre Joseph Felix Badio et un prisonnier du pénitencier national qui aurait été un acteur clé dans l’affaire Petit Bois. Elle soulève des questions importantes. ayibopost.com/pour-comprendr…

“After the assassination, it was impossible not to think back to Petit Bois.”(article) cepr.shorthandstories.com/they-fooled-us…

More evidence emerges that #Haiti's PM Ariel Henry may have been behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. @JakobJohnston's exclusive report provides important context behind the plot: cepr.net/report/they-fo… twitter.com/EtantDupain/st…

Valuable investigative reporting by @JakobJohnston on a previously unknown element to the plotting to overthrow President Moise, and the connection to another notorious murder - journalist Jean Dominique.

THREAD: A year ago today, Haitian police illegally arrested 18 people at an apartment complex known as Petit Bois and accused them of leading a bloody coup.

Just released: a major new investigative article by @JakobJohnston on the #assassination of #Haiti president Jovenel Moïse reveals who impersonated a former State Dept officer in an effort to build support for a conspiracy against #Moïse. cepr.shorthandstories.com/they-fooled-us…

This is an appalling extension of a cruel Stephen Miller policy with no basis in public health. The Biden Administration must end its use of the Trump-era Title 42 policy

The Biden admin keeps saying it has learned lessons, won’t pick winners, and will allow a “Haitian solution” — but the US just can’t quit playing master. It’s not up to US to determine what is or is not legal or constitutional. Statements like these serve as clear interference.

12 years of USAID spending in Haiti: just 3 percent went directly to local organizations. Though there have been many pledges to do better, of the first $50 million awarded after the 2021 quake, nothing went directly to local groups. Why? cepr.net/wp-content/upl…