Agora é esperar para ver o tamanho desses "projetos", que, segundo a ONU, custarão US$ 500 mil e beneficiarão 7 mil pessoas. Sinceramente, é muito pouco para tamanha necessidade. Não há informação se o governo haitiano também investirá recursos lá.

Below are articles that provide background on the coup and its aftermath. The stories were authored by the Haiti Information Project and are posted at the Haiti Action website: www.haitiaction.net

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ARTICLES ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY GRAPHIC PICTURES

-In the following article, Randall Robinson gives you an insider’s look at the hours leading up to President Aristide’s kidnapping and the involvement of the US government

“Randall Robinson on the US’s Kidnapping of President Aristide”

http://www.haitiaction.net/News/RA/10_18_17/10_18_7.html

-The following article chronicles eyewitness accounts of a UN massacre on July 6, 2005, in the poorest neighborhood in Port-au-Prince by an estimated 300-400 UN troops. Through an FOIA request much later, it was found that the UN spent 22,000 rounds of ammunition in the attack.

“Evidence Mounts of a UN Massacre in Haiti”

http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/7_12_5.html

-And, another massacre by UN Troops in Cite Soleil, on December 26, 200t

“UN in Haiti Accused of Second Massacre in Cite Soleil”

http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/1_21_7/1_21_7.html

Today, January 1, is the 204^th anniversary of Haitian independence. In late November 1803, Haitian slaves, led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines, achieved victory in a twelve year war for independence from the French and sent Napoleon’s army packing. The victory by the Haitian slaves resulted in the establishment of the first independent black republic. But, over the next 200 years, the international community interfered numerous times in Haiti’s internal affairs, especially France and the US.

Today, Haiti is under occupation by the United Nations, a force formed under the direction of the US, France and Canada. I am providing you with a URL for a two part photo essay/article by Wadner Pierre, a young Haitian freelance journalist in Haiti. The article, written in February 2007, chronicles the effects of the current occupation on one of the poorest neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, Cite Soleil. The photos are incredible and the story is very compelling.

I couldn’t let January 1 pass without acknowledging Haiti’s Independence Day and encouraging everyone to learn more about Haiti.

Check out Wadner Pierre's two-part story "Brutalized and Abandoned: Residents of Cite Soleil Speak Out"

If interested in checking out this young journalist's blog:
http://wadnerpierre.blogspot.com

Also, for background on Haiti since the 2004 coup that resulted in the kidnapping of the president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, please go to: http://hcvanalysis.wordpress.com

This documentary made a powerful impression on me as it follows the war of the Chiefs in Haiti.

An epic portrait of a family and a culture torn apart by poverty and violence, GHOSTS OF CITÉ SOLEIL is a powerful and unsettling documentary that takes us inside the lives of the notorious gang leaders who dominate the Haitian slum of Cite Soleil, one of the most desperate communities in the Western hemisphere. Set to a score by Wyclef Jean, who also executive produced the film and serves as an inspiration to the young men of Haiti, the film follows two of the gang leaders, who happen to be brothers, and are also aspiring rappers. The foot soldiers of these gang leaders are known as chimeres (or “ghosts”) and it was those ghosts whom former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is said to have employed to silence his opponents. Filmed in the months leading up to Aristide’s overthrow in 2004, the film captures the smoldering tensions between the two rival gang leaders, and their love for the same woman, set in a city the United Nations has declared the most dangerous place on Earth. - http://www.ioncinema.com/movie.php?id=6934

Extra> Screen captures from this documentary can be found at this page> http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?gid=218158&owner=curves79lady

Me voilà à nouveau reparti. Cette fois, destination Haiti pour 4 petites semaines. Vu le nombre de personnes et organismes que je vais rencontrer, mon séjour risque de passer vite.

Mon sujet est assez large. Parler de l’impact des conflits sur la société, ça signifie s’intéresser à l’économie, l’éducation, la justice et les droits de l’homme, la santé, l’environnement et j’en passe! Je vais également traiter de l’impact que ça cause sur l’aide internationale. Sur le travail des coopérants dans des conditions de sécurité déficientes. Juste démêler ces différents domaines, et garder un fil conducteur entre eux sera un beau défi journalistique!

J’ai également l’intention de me promener passablement à travers le pays. Port-au-Prince et son bidonville Cité Soleil, l’Artibonite, les Gonaĩves, Pétion-Ville, peut-être l’extrémité nord (Cap-Haitien), Jaqmel au sud…

Non, ce ne sera pas 4 semaines de vacances! Trop à découvrir pour prendre le temps de me faire dorer au soleil sur la plage. Ce sera pour une autre fois.

En même temps, je vais apprendre de ma démarche. Car début juillet, je me dirige en Colombie et à la mi-septembre, c’est en Afghanistan que je traînerai mon baluchon. Trois pays donc qui ont chacun leur propre contexte. Trois pays dont les problèmes causés par l’insécurité causent bien des maux de tête à la société civile et l’aide aux populations.

J’espère apporter un peu de compréhension sur les difficultés de pays chaotiques et sur les solutions mises de l’avant pour les aider à rétablir un minimum de sécurité.

Un gros et beau défi qui s’offre à moi après avoir tâté de la problématique des enfants soldats et des gangs de rue ainsi que celle du trafic des êtres humains.

Dominic