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**Thanks to Rachel for passing on this link. Between Gaza and Ukraine I’ve been unable to keep up with Haiti. So, this is a much appreciated piece of info.**

[Black Agenda Report](https://www.blackagendareport.com/haiti-anatomy-invasion)

***The US is behind the multinational military invasion and occupation of Haiti. How did we get here?***

As all eyes are on the genocide in Gaza, **Haiti is undergoing a full scale foreign military invasion. As of May 16th, thirty large transport planes have landed at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, [unloading 835 tons](https://haitiliberte.com/usaid-linked-collaborators-eye-diasporas-remittances-for-taxation-and-redirection/) of cargo and military equipment and bringing military personnel and contractors. At least one hundred more aircraft, some from the US Air Force, others leased by the US State Department, are expected to arrive in the coming days**.

 Sections of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince are **“now the outpost of an international military contingent.” The Pentagon is issuing [lucrative contracts](https://twitter.com/dadams7308/status/1792591564461474189) to US companies for the provision of [materials and services](https://twitter.com/JakobJohnston/status/1792971841944072584) to support the military occupation.** **The leader of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), in her typical patronizing and racist language, has already [announced](https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1792595782610120830) that its soldiers will take over Haiti’s ports**. **On twitter, journalist/US state department stenographer Jacqueline Charles posted a [video](https://twitter.com/Jacquiecharles/status/1791894267809468730) of herself walking freely through the empty Toussaint Louverture airport with a contingent of US military and state department officials. It was as if Haiti was already theirs.**

#### ***Foreign Invasion, Occupation, and the Making of a “Failed State”***

As I have argued [elsewhere](https://www.blackagendareport.com/haiti-20-years-after-coup), **Haiti officially lost its nominal sovereignty in late February 2004 through a US/France/Canada-led coup d’état.** The coup was then cleaned up by the United Nations which, under the leadership of the UN Security Council permanent members US and France, voted to dispatch a “peacekeeping” mission to Haiti under a “chapter 7” mandate which allowed foreign soldiers to use full force against the population. **The UN occupation under MINUSTAH was marked by its brutality towards Haitian people. Civilians were attacked and assassinated. “Peacekeepers” committed countless sexual crimes. UN soldiers also dumped human feces into rivers used for drinking water, unleashing a[ cholera epidemic](https://culanth.org/fieldsights/cholera-colonization-and-the-uns-militarized-humanitarianism-in-haiti) that killed between 10,000 and 40,000 people. The US and MINUSTAH also trained and militarized Haiti’s police and security forces, often rehabilitating and reintegrating rogue members. For Haitian people, occupation has only meant death, misery, environmental degradation, and an affront to our human dignity. The UN has never been held accountable for these crimes against Haitian people.**

**Please read the rest at the link provided.**