Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, International Development Xiomara Jean-Louis, Staff Writer Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, International Development Xiomara Jean-Louis, Staff Writer

A Prerequisite to Posterity: Empowering the Haitian State After Decades of Marginalization

Some 80% of public services are provided through NGOs, cyclically justifying disinvestment from the Haitian state and depriving it from growth opportunities. To ensure a future Haitian state is experienced and prepared for long-term governance and social services, NGOs must either instructively partner with the Haitian state or allow themselves to be functionally replaced.

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Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, International Development Ben Gutman, Senior Staff Writer Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, International Development Ben Gutman, Senior Staff Writer

A Brutal History of Foreign Meddling in Haiti is Responsible for its Ongoing Crises

From European colonialism to U.S. imperialism, foreign powers have only ever been interested in securing their own foreign policy interests, primarily based on the extraction of wealth from the Haitian people.

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Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, International Development Ben Gutman, Senior Staff Writer Latin America and the Western Hemisphere, International Development Ben Gutman, Senior Staff Writer

Mainstream Media Framing of Post-Assassination Haiti Pushes for U.S. Intervention

Minimal and decontextualized coverage of Haitian protests prior to the assassination of Haitian president and close U.S. ally Jovenel Moïse helped safeguard his PHTK party’s catastrophic neoliberal agenda. Since Moïse’s assassination, a media flood on Haiti’s political crisis is setting the stage for further foreign intervention.

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