Haiti

Dr. Jemima Pierre, professor of Global Race at the University of British Columbia and member of Black Alliance for Peace, joins the show to discuss the role of private mercenaries like Erik Prince, the founder Blackwater, in escalating violence in Haiti. As Prince funnels weapons and armed drones into Haiti,...

Has the latest UN military occupation of Haiti improved the country’s security? Dr. Jemima Pierre says the answer is a clear “no.” She joins hosts Eugene and Rania to discuss the deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti under a US-backed mission to supposedly “restore security.” Pierre reveals how the US...

The US is moving forward with its plans to invade Haiti by way of a UN-backed police force led by Kenya. The intervention was postponed after Haiti’s unelected prime minister Ariel Henry resigned in March but CARICOM’s recent appointment of a ‘transitional council’ has revived the plans. Dr. Jemima Pierre,...

A few days after the Dominican Republic shut down its border with Haiti over a border dispute, Joe Biden called on the UN to militarily intervene in Haiti amid an uptick in violence. The call for intervention has been met with widespread criticism given the long history of human rights...

A Haitian-Chilean businessman admitted to participating in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. But he said he only helped because the other plotters told him the plan had the full support of the United States. Dr. Jemima Pierre, Haitian-born Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Coordinator & Associate Professor of...

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, and questions are swirling: Who did it? And why? But as Western governments and bodies use this as an excuse to encroach on Haiti even more, the most important question we should be asking is: How do we get the capitalist elites off our...

Breakthrough News was on the ground in Haiti for eight days covering the popular uprising sweeping that country. Our BT News team went to Haiti’s agricultural heartland to detail the struggles of small and cooperative farmers against land grabs. Hear directly from the voices of those fighting displacement, destructive mining...

On March 28th & 29th, Constitution Day in Haiti, massive protests rocked the capital of Port-au-Prince. Demonstrators were demanding an end to rule of defacto “President” Jovenal Moïse, who has overstated his term in office, dissolved the legislature and hobbled the courts. BreakThrough News was there, check out these sights,...

Haitian protestors are demanding the Biden administration stops supporting dictator Jovenel Moïse. Join Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek for a deep dive into BT’s eyewitness reporting on the ongoing Haitian uprising.

The Biden Administration is backing a dictator in Haiti. But this is nothing new. For over a century, the U.S. has installed puppet regimes and funded death squads in Haiti. BT’s Kei Pritsker walks through this history and how it relates to the massive protests against Jovenel Moïse today.