ATS3760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: United States Marine Corps, Viral Video, Haitian Creole
25 Aug 2018
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Then and now: haitian journalism as resistance to us. Haitian journalist elie guerin launched the anti-us occupation newspaper haiti- I(cid:374)teg(cid:396)ale i(cid:374) (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se to the u state depa(cid:396)t(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:859)s i(cid:374)stallatio(cid:374) of haitia(cid:374) senator. Haiti(cid:859)s (cid:373)edia opposes the u do(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of haiti(cid:859)s (cid:396)e(cid:272)o(cid:374)st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tio(cid:374) afte(cid:396) the (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1004) earthquake. A common thread exists across those one hundred years. When threats to haitian sovereignty arise, haitian journalism unifies, solidifies and acts as a placeholder institution for civil society until civil awakening brings about change. The haitian government receives less than 10% of the international aid set aside to sustainably rebuild haiti, and over 90% of ngos receiving foreign aid for projects in. Haiti are non-haitian entities who do not coordinate with haitian government ministries or need to answer to the haitian government or its people. 2015 5 years recovering from earthquake, similar brand of journalism as resistance has emerged in haiti.
