Aristide Offered Asylum in South Africa

As regular readers of my blog know, I've periodically covered the situation in Haiti.

I believe the Canadian government has been complicit in the American sponsored overthrow of Aristide's Lavalas party (click here for the details).

By way of a minor update I wanted to point out that South Africa has offered Aristide asylum while the situation in Haiti stabilizes:

"South Africa has a responsibility, as an African country and as part of the international community, to ensure that democracy and peace prevail in Haiti and that the people of this country are able democratically to elect their leaders," he [Netshitenzhe] said.

Netshitenzhe said government supported the call for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Aristide's removal from office and was committed to building international consensus against unilateral regime changes. (for the full article click here)

Thankfully, at least some democratic nations, like South Africa, are willing to stand on their democratic principles. Sadly, in the case of Haiti, the same cannot be said for Canada, France and the U.S.

I also wanted to provide an update of the situation in Haiti. As expected it is not going well. American troops have been implicated in the deaths of unarmed Haitian protestors, yet there has been no coverage by the mainstream press in North America. The rebel factions have also been engaging in violence, not just against members of the Lavalas party, but also against other democratic organizations, many of whom were agitating against Aristide.

For a far more detailed discussion of the current post-coup situation in Haiti you should read the following article by Tom Reeves (for the full article click here).