Objectively, paying Haitian workers less than US$0.50/hour has produced slums and squalor. The US foreign policy to promote US corporate interests as a matter of national security has undermined Haitian sovereignty and supported a culture of labor exploitation. The aftermath of these policies is also domestic servitude. Conveniently there is a narrative that wants to …
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (MAST) holds the responsibility of defining and executing the government’s social policy in Haiti while ensuring the safety of workers in both formal and informal sectors and by granting specific protection to the family, women and children. They play an important role in fighting against child domestic labour. …
Child Labour in Haiti – What is the Government doing about it? Read More »
Before the Haitian independence of 1804, brutal slavery went on for 300 years. During slavery the only institutions and infrastructure in Haiti were in function of plantation commerce and colonials’ habitat.When comparing Haiti to the DR, one difference is the formation of social fabric. Spaniards systematically raped women and killed man in most of the Spanish …
Why Haiti fared so much worse than the rest of the Americas? and DR? Read More »
But a review of classified cables sent by the American Embassy in Haiti to the Defense and State Departments shows that for a year before the invasion in September 1994 the Pentagon knew that the official version was not true. Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.hartford-hwp.com But a review of classified cables sent by the American …
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Alex Lizzappi’s insight: ‘TURN FORMAL DEMOCRACIES INTO LIVING ONES’Haiti: Aristide on Democracy
