Impressions from Haiti
Haitians at a post-coup Lavalas protest signify their support for Aristide's completion of his five year term as president. Later on at the same demonstration, several attendees were shot. photo: Haiti...
View ArticleCanada in Haiti
Who Engineered the Overthrow of Democracy? Around 2,500 Haitians demonstrate for the return of Aristide in Cap Haitien on August 14. Canada’s role, Fenton writes, may have gone well beyond diplomatic...
View ArticleLe Canada en Haïti
Qui a orchestré le renversement de la démocratie? 25 août 2004 -- Pour ceux qui cherchent à comprendre les motifs de la plus récente intervention du Canada en Haïti, il semble...
View ArticleCanada's Military-Media Complex
What's the difference between government, defense contractors and media? Corporal Tracy Scott inspects a vehicle entering Kabul's Camp Julian. Institutional connections between government, the defense...
View ArticleEvent Cancelled Due to PMO Gag Order: Organizers
"Canada's Role in Afghanistan," a panel hosted by the University of Calgary's Center for Military and Strategic Studies (CMSS)," was cancelled due to Prime Minister Harper's recent decision to place...
View ArticleDeclassifying Canada in Haiti: Part I
Canadian officials planned military intervention weeks before Haitian coup Documents provided by the government under the Access to Information act were heavily censored, and 25 days-worth of...
View ArticleDeclassifying Canada in Haiti: Part II
Did Canada have plans to support another military coup in Haiti? Documents provided by the government under the Access to Information act were heavily censored, and 25 days-worth of documents were...
View ArticleCanadian Politicians Travel to Haiti on Eve of Elections
Meeting Plans 'Confidential'[Corrected, April 24, 5:20 PM EST - (details)]A delegation of Canadian parliamentarians arrived in Haiti on April 20 as Haitian voters prepared to participate in run-off...
View ArticleIs Military Using Hamilton in Six Nations Standoff?
Officials "not aware" of military involvement in Six Nations crisis, but won't deny reportsProtesters are occupying a housing development on Haudenosaunee land near Caledonia. photo: OCAP A military...
View ArticleGrowing Insurgencies, Irregular Warfare, part II
Development Aid as Counterinsurgency Tool TORONTO, Mar 23 (IPS) - A soon-to-be-completed Canadian Forces counterinsurgency field manual foreshadows the type of interventions that the military in this...
View ArticleFOCAL Blasted for Ties to Mining Industry
Indigenous leaders pull out of mining workshops in Guatemala METRO VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–Last winter, indigenous Guatemalan community organizers declared their intention to boycott the "Economic...
View ArticleCanada will Represent Israel in Venezuela: Minister
Canada extends diplomatic representation from Cuba to Venezuela VANCOUVER–During a recent trip to the Americas, Canadian Minister of State for Latin America Peter Kent confirmed that Canada will...
View ArticleThe Revolution Will Not Be Destabilized
Ottawa’s democracy promoters target Venezuela As the country closer geographically, economically and militarily to the US than any other, Canada has often seen her foreign policy aspirations...
View ArticleThe Future of Warfare
Canadian counterinsurgency manual reflects US-Canada "synergy" Capping a sweeping transformation that began in the late 1990s, the Canadian Forces recently issued their first counterinsurgency (COIN)...
View ArticleElite Insecurity
Ten thousand to guard summits in Huntsville and Toronto VANCOUVER—The buzzword at the upcoming G8 and G20 summits in Toronto and Huntsville—both inside the boardrooms and on the streets below—is...
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