[News] Haiti Update: Repression and Resistance/Fanmi Lavalas Press Release

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HAITI ACTION COMMITTEE UPDATE - July 9, 2018
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A demonstration by the people in Port-au-Prince was attacked with tear 
gas and gunfire. The US/UN-imposed dictator Jovenel Moise has ordered 
the police to "wash" the streets. As a radio commentator stated, this 
recent order is clearly a call for brutal repression; the police only 
have weapons and they do not have a mission nor any equipment to "wash" 
the streets. Various neighborhoods and communities were reporting 
shootings of protestors by the police and their affiliated armed groups.

According to customers, the two phone companies in Haiti, particularly 
Digicel, which openly campaigned for the former imposed president 
Martelly and Jovenel Moise, have been blocking and interfering with 
phone communication in the country. This has also greatly hampered news 
gathering and broadcasting.

More than ever, there is a pressing need to support independent media in 
Haiti that is reporting accurately from the ground on this powerful 
upsurge of popular protest.

Please donate to support /grassroots radio, the voice of Haiti's people 
in 
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/_*FANMI LAVALAS *_/_*PRESS RELEASE - July 8*,__*2018*_/
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The /Fanmi Lavalas/ Political Organization salutes the courage and 
determination of the Haitian people who decided to rise against the 
misery, hunger, exclusion and corruption that have been the hallmarks of 
this government. With the skyrocketing cost of living already 
intolerable, the government is adding fuel, gasoline, and kerosene to 
the fire to completely destroy any hope among the population. Enough is 
enough.

The cauldron of corruption is tipping, and we need to completely 
overturn it at this juncture so that finally the Haitian people can find 
some room to breathe. Stealing elections is one thing; having a mandate 
to protect the well-being of everyone is another. Stealing elections in 
order to continue stealing from the state coffers is one thing; 
providing security for all Haitians is another. Too much deception, too 
many lies. Enough.

The cauldron of corruption and lies has been boiling non-stop 24 hours a 
day. The time has come to overturn it for Haitians to begin to see the 
light of peace. Haiti is for all Haitians. Why are members of the police 
force being exploited and not getting paid while those who stole the 
“PetroCaribe” funds, the “petrothieves,” are becoming richer, more 
arrogant, more cynical, refusing to hear and see? Members of the police 
and government workers cannot continue to be used for others to profit.

/Fanmi Lavalas/ is certain that when the cauldron of these assassins is 
overturned, peace will spread all over the country. This is why /Fanmi 
Lavalas/ is asking the population not to reverse course, not to 
demobilize, not to listen to messages of deception until the country is 
liberated from these criminals.

All of us who thirst for peace need to come together as one to bring 
about the birth of liberation. Yes, Yes, after suffering comes deliverance.

Alone we are weak

Together we are strong

All together

We are /Lavalas/

Executive Committee of /Fanmi Lavalas/

Translated by Pierre Labossiere for Haiti Action Committee

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