‘After Washington ousted
President Jean-Betrand Aristide in February 2004, UN Blue Helmets
(MINUSTAH) occupied Haiti as paramilitary enforcers. They still do,
subordinate to around 20,000 US land and sea based troops, including
Marines, Army 82nd Airborne paratroupers, Navy assault ships, and Coast
Guard vessels offshore, a powerful force for indefinite occupation,
severe repression, and ruthless exploitation for American interests –
obstructing, not […]