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          HAITI ACTION COMMITTEE UPDATE - July 9, 2018<br>
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        <div><font size="4">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
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            <p><font size="4"> 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.</font></p>
            <p><font size="4"> 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.</font></p>
            <p><font size="4"> Please donate to support </font><font
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                    of Haiti's people in resistance:</font></i><b><i><font
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            <p><font size="4"><i><u><b>FANMI LAVALAS </b></u></i><u><b>PRESS
                    RELEASE - July 8</b>,</u><u><b> 2018</b></u><i><br>
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                            <div id="post-374" class="page"><span>The <em>Fanmi
                                  Lavalas</em> 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.</span>
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                                <p><span>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.</span></p>
                                <p><span>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.</span></p>
                                <p><span><em>Fanmi Lavalas</em> is
                                    certain that when the cauldron of
                                    these assassins is overturned, peace
                                    will spread all over the country.
                                    This is why <em>Fanmi Lavalas</em>
                                    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.</span></p>
                                <p><span>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.</span></p>
                                <p><span>Alone we are weak</span></p>
                                <p><span>Together we are strong</span></p>
                                <p><span>All together</span></p>
                                <p><span>We are <em>Lavalas</em></span></p>
                                <p><span>Executive Committee of <em>Fanmi
                                      Lavalas</em></span></p>
                                <p><span>Translated by Pierre Labossiere
                                    for Haiti Action Committee</span></p>
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