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Sa grav net "Haiti-kidnapping: Hier soir, vers 8hrs sur la route de
bourdon, une patrouille de la #PNH cagoule aurait kidnappà ©e #Nicholas
Moscoso et sa soeur #Coralie. Source: Chantal M. Elie, Journaliste"
Nicolas and Coralie Moscoso, found handcuffed and blindfolded, were apparently kidnapped by fake police in black hoods and rescued by real police, also wearing black hoods. No wonder the victims kept their heads down and were so terrified to take off their blindfolds when their police rescuers appeared. (See Haiti police rescue video at 3:49).
Alterpresse reports that Brandt is the suspected mastermind of not only a kidnapping ring, but a powerful criminal syndicate practicing forgery, counterfeiting and money laundering.
During police searches conducted at Brandt's place, police said they found police equipment, flashing lights (des gyrophares) and a set of license plates of vehicles. They were planning "attacks against public authorities...This is a solid team. They are true professionals, which speaks of big organized crime," said Frantz Lerebours, spokesperson for the Haiti National Police (PNH) force.
More and more, this Clifford Brandt kidnapping case sounds like that other wealthy businessman kidnapping case, all over again. This time, perhaps the victims will be heard and it won't be business as usual.
One thing is for sure, Robert Moscoso, the father of the Brandt kidnapped victims, would probably have given his entire fortune to get his children back. The business model of making decisions based on cost effectiveness priorities and making a profit at all cost, suddenly did not apply.
Similarly, the profit consideration of foreigners is not worth the loss of life, livelihood, liberty or health of any Haitian. But the US, through the Clintons unregulated capitalists at Caracol, and in general in their reconstruction plans for Haiti, are casually swapping Haiti domestic interests, lives, livelihood, liberty, health, its future and environmental safety for getting the largest possible foreign profit to export out of Haiti. (See, Haiti: Foreign Investment means Death and Repression: A Historical Perspective.)
Until civil society stops equating business interests as the same as governmental interests or the common good, it will be business as usual.
Where's the Haitian, courageous enough to ride Galipà ²t - Janjak Desalin's fictional horse - and put a stop to the organized international crimes in Haiti? Perhaps it's the ones, like the policemen, who risked their lives and careers to rescue the Moscoso victims. Chapo ba and kudos to them.Here is a Kreyol radio broadcast of the Galipot story and where voiceless Haiti, not the Avatar crew, speak about their lives in Caracol Haiti. Haitians working at Caracol speak to LakouNewYork, say the 200gds (about $4:74 per day or 59cents per hour) is slave wage, "they're taking my health, this is not jobs for Haiti."
Ezili Danto
HLLN
Oct. 2012
(Check this link for updates.)
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"Clinton's oversized role in Haiti only makes sense when we remember that both the left and right see Haiti through deeply racist lenses...Clinton is the co-chair of the Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti. He is the UN Special Envoy for Haiti. And he is the co-director of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, a foundation involved in number of neoliberal economic initiatives in Haiti. Clinton justifies his involvement by saying he is "responding to the needs of Haitians." But what needs? Which Haitians? And to what end?" (Bill Clinton Loves Haiti by Jemima Pierre, Black Agenda Report, Oct. 23, 2012)
In the photo, Haiti Oligarch, Grà ©gory Brandt, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Franco-haà ¯tienne : "Mes enfants ont à ©tudià © - l'à ©tranger mais ont choisi de revenir - Haà ¯ti malgrà © la situation. Et j'en suis trà ¨s fier" - "My children studied abroad, but they chose to come back to Haiti, despite the situation. It is my greatest source of pride." Crà ©dits : Paolo Woods / Institute (Source: Les Nantis D'Haiti;Haiti's 1 Percent: A look at the lives of plenty in the land of the poor.) Serving maids, gardeners and butlers for blan (foreigners). Clinton/Obama and the Haiti Oligarchs "development" for Haiti is Caribbean-style tourism where Haiti's huddled masses are exotic backdrop, convenient bodies and props for privileged Northern tourists, Paul Farmer's false NGO benevolence and the Caracol hoax used to fleece Haiti out of its vast oil, coast lands, $20billion in gold and mineral resources.****
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"...although the oppressed often do revolt, the object of their hostility is misplaced. They vent their fury on a political puppet, someone who masks colonial power, a despised racial or ethnic group or an apostate within their own political class. The useless battles serve as an effective mask for what Gamer calls the "patron-client" networks that are responsible for the continuity of colonial oppression. The squabbles among the oppressed, the political campaigns between candidates who each are servants of colonial power, Gamer writes, absolve the actual centers of power from addressing the conditions that cause the frustrations of the people. Inequities, political disenfranchisement and injustices are never seriously addressed."( Colonized by Corporations )Disaster Capitalism: 0.5 % in Haiti -- Haiti's Oligarchy -- own 98% of Haiti wealth through monopolies supported by Western policymakers and corporations
Haiti: Where Has All the Money Gone? -- Vijaya Ramachandran and Julie Walz
The Subcontracted Haitians -- Haiti overseers
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