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	<title>Council on Hemispheric Affairs &#187; Haiti</title>
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	<description>COHA is an NGO specialized in monitoring Latin American and Canadian Relations for more than 30 years...</description>
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		<title>Rousseff Strengthens Caribbean Ties</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s recent visit to Havana could easily have been a tense one.  On Thursday, January 19th, jailed Cuban dissident Wilman Villar died in a prison hospital under murky circumstances, while Brazil recently granted a visa to well-known online journalist and longtime Castro critic Yoani Sanchez to leave her native Cuba and attend a documentary film premier in Brasília.  Rousseff avoided publicly criticizing the Castro administration when pressed by reporters on what the Cuban opposition calls human rights abuses, instead referencing the human rights record of the United States in regard to the Guantanamo Bay military prison.  However, she seemed perfectly happy to discuss Cuba and Brazil’s burgeoning economic partnership, which has grown significantly in recent years. The renovation and expansion of Mariel, a key port near Havana, represents the latest manifestation of the aforementioned partnership between the two countries.  Brazil has provided USD 683 million in loans to the Cuban government for the project, which is spearheaded by Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.  Brazilian officials have also signed a 10-year agreement to help modernize Cuban sugar company Azcuba’s sugar mills in Cienfuegos.  Brazil has given Cuba another USD 400 million in credits to buy Brazilian agricultural projects and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COHA in the Public Arena (January 22 &#8211; January 27)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 18, COHA Research Associate, Courtney Frantz was interviewed by Paul Wienburg of Straightgoods.ca on the state of security in Haiti. On January 24, COHA guest scholar Peter Tase was interviewed by Datamine concerning organic sugar exports from Paraguay to the United States and the deforestation problem in Paraguay. On January 26, COHA Director Larry Birns was interviewed by Oakland Ross of the Toronto Star on Venezuela&#8217;s President Hugo Chavez. On January 27, COHA Research Associate Tim Pelzer was interviewed by Peoplesword.org on the Cuba&#8217;s former president Fidel Castro. Article Links Venezuelan opposition rallies for &#8220;The Unit&#8221; - January  26 2012 By: COHA Research Associate Jeniree Vasquez Eurasia Review México: Basta de maltrato a los aborígenes - January 25, 2012 By: COHA Research Associate Christopher Oshinski Silobreaker]]></description>
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		<title>The CARICOM Blueprint for Illicit Drug Trafficking</title>
		<link>http://www.coha.org/the-caricom-blueprint-for-illicit-drug-trafficking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.coha.org/the-caricom-blueprint-for-illicit-drug-trafficking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bahamas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug trafficking and related violence is on the rise throughout the Caribbean at a time that the region is being heavily influenced by organized Latin American criminal groups. U.S./Mexico border controls have been profoundly tightened, resulting in a growing spillover of drugs into the wider Caribbean. The Caribbean’s natural landscapes and diffuse geographical locations make it appealing for drug traffickers who take advantage of such terrain that features long often uncontrolled coastlines and mountainous interiors for the growth and transportation of narcotics. The role of the U.S. has increased with the creation of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, targeted on helping to combat the growing menace of the drug trafficking phenomenon. Drug traffickers target vulnerable CARICOM islands such as Haiti to earn big profits by corrupting high officials. The 1970s marked the dawning of the drug trafficking phenomenon in the Caribbean. Since then, the tentacles of this multibillion-dollar illegal industry has plagued the West Indian islands with expanding drug cartel ramifications from Central and South America which continue to make use of the islands as a channel to deliver supplies to high-demand markets in the United States and Europe. Drug cartels use the Caribbean as a mode of transit, mainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Enforcers&#8221;: MINUSTAH and the Culture of Violence in Port-au-Prince</title>
		<link>http://www.coha.org/the-enforcers-minustah-and-the-culture-of-violence-in-port-au-prince/</link>
		<comments>http://www.coha.org/the-enforcers-minustah-and-the-culture-of-violence-in-port-au-prince/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although at first glance it may seem that Haitian protests against the presence of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) are due to scattered incidents of violence committed by its members against locals, a close examination reveals a pattern of systematic acts of heavy repression against the population. Several international officials have indicated that Haiti does not offer a credible threat to international peace and security, which the UN Charter stipulates as the basis for MINUSTAH&#8217;s presence in the country. Not only has MINUSTAH been ineffective at providing security for the average Haitian, but it also has ignored extra-judicial killings and perpetrated acts of repeated violence against locals in cases such as the infamous Cité Soleil raid. According to numerous Haitian commentators, such violent abuses are MINUSTAH&#8217;s basic modi operandi for protecting the U.S.&#8217; and other Western economic interests by targeting poor Haitians, many of whom are involved in Jean-Bertrand Aristide&#8217;s anti-neoliberal Fanmi Lavalas movement. Many media reports, out of reluctance to criticize the UN body, have downplayed Haitian protestors’ outrage over the rampant violence perpetrated by United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), asserting that the demonstrations are merely protesting a few individual acts, such as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leta Restavek: The Suppression of Democracy in Haiti</title>
		<link>http://www.coha.org/leta-restavek-the-suppression-of-democracy-in-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://www.coha.org/leta-restavek-the-suppression-of-democracy-in-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has suppressed both electoral democracy and free speech in Haiti by organizing fraudulent elections and shutting down peaceful protests, which has helped to exclude Haiti&#8217;s poor majority from participation in the electoral process. Recently released WikiLeaks cables reveal the official U.S. view that MINUSTAH has turned out to be an &#8220;indispensible&#8230; financial and regional security bargain for the USG [U.S. government]&#8221; and that the &#8220;Aristide [m]ovement [m]ust [b]e [s]topped.&#8221;[1] This systematic suppression of democracy has contributed to Haiti&#8217;s status as a &#8220;&#8216;leta restavek&#8217;, or child servant state,&#8221; serving foreign interests.[2] In a unanimous resolution, the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council decided on Friday, October 14, 2011 to renew the mandate of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for one year, reducing its numbers to &#8220;pre-earthquake levels.&#8221;[3] U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has declared that he &#8220;envisions a gradual withdrawal&#8221; over the upcoming years.[4] According to journalist Ansel Herz, many Haitians have been protesting MINUSTAH’s presence for at least a year. &#8220;There&#8217;s a [wide] range of demands,&#8221; he asserts, &#8220;Some people want MINUSTAH&#8230; to simply leave&#8230; Others are asking that they transform their mission from one of military so-called peacekeeping into development.&#8221;[5] From an [...]]]></description>
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