The imperialist government of the United States succeeded, through Caricom, in forming a Presidential Council in Haiti composed of the PHTK and Lavalas, two bourgeois parties which, along with the imperialists, bear a good part of the responsibility for having led the country to the current crisis. After two years of unsuccessful efforts with Canada, Brazil and other governments to try to persuade them to undertake the military occupation of Haiti, the United States also engaged the governments of Caricom and Kenya and other African governments to integrate an occupation mission, similar to that of the Minustah although weaker.
We consider that a new imperialist military intervention to support corrupt bourgeois politicians will not bring prosperity and peace to Haiti, but on the contrary it will give continuity to the type of interference that has been crucial for the development of the current crisis . Even if it temporarily manages to restore some territorial control in the capital to the Haitian bourgeoisie, this intervention will not solve any of the country’s fundamental problems.
A broad international movement of solidarity with Haiti is necessary to support the popular self-defense of the Bwa Kale movement against gangs, the cancellation of Haiti’s foreign debt, the payment of compensation and reparations for the colonial thefts perpetrated by the France and the United States. , the confiscation of the properties and bank accounts of the corrupt Petrocaribe in Haiti and abroad and that these resources be used to guarantee access to water, electricity, food and sources of work for the Haitian masses.
The Presidential Council imposed by the United States, and the Prime Minister led by a Clinton agent, do not represent the interests of workers. It is necessary to build a front of working and popular organizations to exercise effective opposition, fighting for better wages and better living conditions, with the perspective of building a working class government.
Socialist Workers Movement of the Dominican Republic June 17, 2024
