Haiti Forum - January 30 in Burlington
Haiti never arose as an election issue and is not in the news. Yet, it appears that Canada played a major role in the overthrow of the democratically elected Aristide Government.Come see a shocking film of Haiti under the appointed interim government backed by UN forces. These UN forces are now led by Chilean General Eduardo Aldunate Herman who was one of 11 former high-ranking Chilean military officials under former dictator Augusto Pinochet who trained at the US-run School of Americas. General Herman participated in the coup that overthrew the democratically elected Allende government in Chile in 1973.
HAITI
“Responsibility to Protect” ? or Failure to Protect ?
In February 2004, Canada, France and the United States removed from power the democratically-elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. In the intervening two years, Haiti has been ruled by an unelected interim government, supported by national police and a UN-sanctioned foreign military-political occupation force, in which Canada is an active participant. Canada justifies its action in Haiti by a new doctrine called "Responsibility to Protect." Although the situation has been often unclear, there have been reports of thousands of deaths and of hundreds of Haitians incarcerated without charges being laid, and forced into internal or external exile.
Speaker:
Justin Podur is a writer (often for Z Magazine), translator and activist living in Toronto. He has undertaken several research trips to Haiti, most recently in November 2005.
Video:
Haiti: The UNtold Story
MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2006 7:30 pm
East Plains United Church
375 Plains Rd. East, Burlington.
Free. Wheelchair accessible.
For more information:
BAND 905-632-4774
band@cogeco.ca
IDEA 905-637-3110
idea@cogeco.ca
BAND: Burlington Association for Nuclear Disarmament
IDEA: Interfaith Development Education Association
KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, Burlington-Hamilton
Wider Work: Committee, East Plains United Church
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