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<h1 id="reader-title">Haiti Bulletin No. 1 - 2016 Election &
Solidarity Day</h1>
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<p><strong><span name="email_" id="email_">Bulletin No. 1</span> –
Haiti Elections and 2016 International Solidarity Day</strong><br>
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<p><strong>1. </strong> <strong> Lavalas campaigns in the
North of Haiti ahead of Oct. 9 elections – to
tumultuous crowds</strong><br>
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<p>Very exciting news from Haiti as reported <span
name="email_ 2" id="email_ 2">(9/18/2016)</span> on
the <a target="_blank" id="auto_assign_link_num_1"
href="http://trk.cp20.com/click/cn1vy-4afely-2k0awxe3/"
name="Haiti Action Committee Facebook page">Haiti
Action Committee Facebook page</a>: "Fanmi Lavalas
presidential candidate Dr. Maryse Narcisse accompanied
by Titid (Jean-Bertrand Aristide) is campaigning
throughout the north and in Cap Haitien. Massive crowds
turn out all along the way. This election is a fight to
restore a popular government that once again elevates
the democratic agenda of the undefeated Haitian people
and their struggle for dignity and human rights. HAITI
RISES! A TIME FOR SOLIDARITY!" Be sure to read <a
target="_blank" id="auto_assign_link_num_2"
href="http://trk.cp20.com/click/cn1vy-4afelz-2k0awxe4/"
name="Actor Danny Glovers oped on Haitis election">Actor
Danny Glover’s op-ed on Haiti’s election</a> <span
name="email_ 3" id="email_ 3">(9/18)</span>. </p>
<p> <strong>2. Leading actors in the 2004 kidnapping
coup d’etat hold key positions on the electoral
council (CEP)</strong></p>
<p>International solidarity is greatly needed. The
electoral council or CEP is headed by Leopold Berlanger,
a leading figure of the 2004 kidnapping coup d'etat. And
the main coup leader, sweatshop owner Andy Apaid now
plays a central role as consultant in the CEP's
tabulation center where the official vote counting is
finalized. The CEP is notorious for being at the center
of fraudulent elections in Haiti. People in Haiti are
very concerned and alarmed. Another stolen election will
not be accepted by the Haitian people.<br>
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<p><strong>3. These next few weeks are crucial, as
Lavalas presidential candidate Dr. Maryse Narcisse and
former President Aristide are making their way
throughout the country in a historic campaign tour.</strong><br>
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<p>Fanmi Lavalas is now finally able to participate in an
election, breaking through many years of forced
exclusion from the democratic process. The unending
resistance of the people of Haiti and your solidarity
have made this possible. The grassroots are on the march
in Haiti, and this could well foretell a huge historical
victory, Dr. Maryse Narcisse as the first woman elected
President of Haiti.<br>
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<p class="title"><strong>4. Veterans for Peace –
Resolution: Support Haitian People’s Demand for Free
& Fair Elections </strong><span name="email_ 4"
id="email_ 4"> [</span><span name="email_ 5"
id="email_ 5">Adopted at VFP National Convention, Aug.
13, 2016</span><span name="email_ 6" id="email_ 6">]</span><strong><br>
</strong><span name="email_ 7" id="email_ 7"></span></p>
<p class="title"><span name="email_ 8" id="email_ 8">Whereas
in 1803 the Haitian people defeated Napoleon’s army
and in 1804 declared independence, abolishing slavery
& ending French colonial rule in Haiti. Their
example reverberated throughout the world, and</span></p>
<p> Whereas on Feb. 29, 2004, the U.S., French &
Canadian armies overthrew the elected government of
Haiti, abducting President Aristide and flying him to
exile in Africa on a U.S. military plane. The coup led
to a wave of killings and persecution of the popular
movement. Three months later, Haiti was placed under
United Nations military occupation, which continues
today, and</p>
<p> Whereas in 2015, after being excluded for 11 years,
Aristide’s Fanmi Lavalas party was finally able to run
candidates again, including Dr. Maryse Narcisse for
President. However, the elections saw pervasive vote
buying, ballot stuffing and vote rigging, with U.N.
officials caught participating in the fraud.
U.S.-financed National police and paramilitaries fired
into working-class areas to discourage voting. (Human
Rights & Labor Fact-Finding Delegation, Nov. 2015
Report), and</p>
<p> Whereas despite overwhelming evidence of election
fraud, the U.S. embassy, which had paid $33 million to
finance the elections, endorsed the election results,
and</p>
<p> Whereas defiant Haitians mounted demonstrations of
tens of thousands over many months, denouncing the
“electoral coup” and demanding the stolen elections be
thrown out. They were shot, tear-gassed, beaten. Some
were killed. Fanmi Lavalas, long the most popular
political party in Haiti, filed legal challenges, and</p>
<p> Whereas, Haiti’s government finally bowed to popular
mobilizations throughout the country, threw out the
fraudulent elections, and scheduled a new Presidential
election for October 9, 2016; </p>
<p> Therefore, be it resolved that Veterans for Peace
stands in solidarity with the defiant people of Haiti in
their insistence on fair elections free of coercion or
foreign interference. Haitians are marching for their
country to be free from foreign intervention and
control. </p>
<strong>5. September 30th: International Day in
Solidarity with Haiti: </strong>Commemorate the 25th
anniversary of a coup that continues to inform the present
struggle of the Haitian people for democracy and justice.
<p class="title"><a target="_blank"
id="auto_assign_link_num_3"
href="http://trk.cp20.com/click/cn1vy-4afem0-2k0awxe1/"
name="Why is it important to remember September 30">Why
is it important to remember September 30, 1991?</a></p>
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