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join Haiti Action Committee in condemning the Biden
administration's relations with gangs/death squads
in Haiti that rape women, kidnap, massacre people
and destroy entire neighborhoods in Haiti.</span></p>
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220 years ago, on November 18th, 1804, Haitian
revolutionaries under the command of the legendary
General Dessalines fought against the French army
sent to restore slavery. A courageous Haitian
commander, Francois Capoix, exemplified bravery by
charging a fortification in the face of massive
cannon and gunfire. Napoleon’s army was finally
defeated in this Battle of Vertieres, securing
Haiti's independence. <b>Today, marking this
anniversary, join forces with the Haitian people
and their allies throughout the world in demanding
an end to US intervention and foreign occupation. </b></span></p>
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US government, the main purveyor of the violence in
Haiti, is now engaged in a series of deceptions.
While the Biden Administration has been playing a
lead role in mobilizing and financing an expanded
foreign occupation of Haiti– including the
deployment of Kenyan police– in order to allegedly
combat “gangs,” the Administration has not stopped
the flow of US weapons into the hands of these
paramilitaries. While the US has put out a reward
for the capture of “gang leaders” in early October
2024, it has been widely reported inside of Haiti
that US ambassador Dennis Hankins has been secretly
meeting with Jimmy Cherizier, aka “Barbecue”, head
of the largest paramilitary (“gang”) alliance, Viv
Ansam, at the US embassy in Haiti. International
media and US religious figures have also recently
met with "Barbecue" and other paramilitary leaders
when their whereabouts are supposedly unknown so
that these leaders cannot be apprehended. Haitians
are condemning these secret meetings which appear to
have emboldened Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier and the
death squads in committing more brazen atrocities
while the police and the intervention forces are
standing down. </span></p>
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this charade continues, the impoverished majority
population is being subjected to relentless
massacres perpetrated by paramilitaries. These death
squads are financed by members of Haiti’s upper
class heavily armed by major weapons flowing into
Haiti from Florida. The death squads attack the
popular neighborhoods of the poor that are bases of
pro-democratic grassroots activism, such as Site
Soley, Belé, Solino, Fo Nasyonal, Lasalin, where
they massacre people of all ages and burn houses
down, forcing a massive exodus. The death squads
have perpetrated these crimes in collusion with the
US-installed PHTK (Haitian Tek Kale Party) regime,
as with the notorious </span><a
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Massacre</span></a><span
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in 2018. In the </span><a
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Massacre</span></a><span
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this past October 3rd, targeting a peasant
community, the death toll has now risen to 115.
According to the UN’s International Organization for
Migration, as of this October more than </span><a
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half being children, are now internally displaced.</span></p>
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years after the US-backed coup against the
democratically elected President Jean
Bertrand-Aristide and the popular Fanmi Lavalas
government, Haiti remains under US/ UN occupation.
There is not a single </span><a
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official left</span></a><span
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in the country. Hunger in Haiti has reached a
historic high, with </span><a
href="https://www.wfp.org/news/hunger-haiti-reaches-historic-high-one-two-haitians-now-acute-hunger#:~:text=As%20Haiti%20continues%20to%20grapple,people%20in%20any%20crisis%20worldwide"
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of the population now facing acute hunger. According
to </span><a
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data</span></a><span
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by 2023, “nearly one in four children in Haiti also
suffer from chronic malnutrition, known as stunting,
which has long-lasting physical consequences.”</span></p>
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leadership of Fanmi Lavalas, the political party in
Haiti based in the poor majority, has referred to
this violence and suffering as a slow motion
genocide.</span></p>
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who flee this are being subjected to ruthless
deporations, both from the US </span><a
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the Biden Administration</span></a><span
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and now, by the tens of thousands, from the </span><a
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Republic</span></a><span
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and from other </span><a
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nations</span></a><span
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following the lead of the US. There refugees are
being forced to return to the life threatening
conditions from which they fled. </span></p>
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call to action on November 18th is also being made
by <a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">activists
and organizations in the Caribbean who have
issued this statement in solidarity with the
people of Haiti</a>. </b></span></p>
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more information on how to directly donate to and
support Haiti’s popular movement, go to </span><a
href="https://haitiemergencyrelief.org/"
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Haiti Emergency Relief Fund</span></a><span
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more information on how to take action here in the
US in solidarity with the Haitian people, go to the
Haiti</span><a
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Action Committee</span></a><span
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