On Jan. 11, protesters in Haiti burned tires in front of Cité Soleil’s mayor’s office to denounce a U.S.-funded $20-million program that the Department of Defense calls a “stabilization initiative.”
“Although the U.N. may cover for them, it has always been the U.S. who called the shots,” one protester told the Haiti Information Project news service.
Indeed, the U.N. veil over the “peacekeeping” mission in Haiti has become so thin to the point of being transparent. The HIP reported that the United States has contributed over $40 million in equipment and training to Haiti’s new repressive police force.
Mass demonstrations have taken place in the Cité Soleil district since President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown in a U.S.-orchestrated coup in 2004. Consequently, Cité Soleil residents have also been the target of brutal massacres executed by U.N. occupation forces.
