Norris McDonald | Moise’s murder, mayhem, twist, turns and American hula-hoops!

In July 2021, United States Congress unanimously passed a resolution ordering the American State Department to investigate and give a “detailed description” of the events surrounding the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise allegedly by US-trained Colombian terrorists.

Jovenel Moise was brutally murdered on July 7, 2021. According to reports, this dastardly deed was planned in Miami, Florida, with the purported complicity of American citizens, Haitians and Colombians.

The American Congress gave the State Department 180 days to deliver this report. Over one year later, the US State Department finally published a report that did not examine the circumstances surrounding President Moise’s murder, as demanded by the US Congress.

The US State Department report referred to “ongoing Justice Department investigation” of President Moise’s murder but did not tell the world of where it was planned and who were involved.

DANCING AROUND MOISE’S MURDER

Why this beating around the bush, twist, turns, pirouetting and hula-hoops? Is this an attempt to dance away from the truthful report the US Congress demanded?

No more obfuscation!

• What is Miami’s link to who crookedly and cunningly schemed the murder of President Moise?

• What of the allegations that armed US-trained Colombian terrorists were recruited in Colombia – a close US ally – who then smuggled so many weapons through Dominican Republic into Haiti and assassinated President Moise?

Allegations abound that Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry have been in touch with a key suspect “before and after” President Moise’s murder.

Did the US State Department investigate this before they solicited his backing for a US-organised invasion of Haiti?

Anatoly Kurmanaev of the New York Times reported on this serious allegation on January 10, 2022. The NYT report says that evidence exists purportedly suggesting “that [Prime Minister Ariel] Henry maintained communications with a prime suspect in the [President Jovenel Moise] murder case – and that the two stayed in close contact even after the murder”.

These are shocking allegations!

In fact, Mr Henry’s own former attorney general Bel-Ford Claude asked a judge to investigate the prime minister for alleged involvement with this suspect.

Henry later got rid of Bel-Ford Claude in September 2021 after these shocking allegations were made.

If the allegations against Prime Minister Henry are true, then how come this man, whose legitimacy is questionable, called for an American invasion of Haiti to help him stay in power?

That seems weird. What do you think?

The question is this: is America interested in Haiti because of human rights, justice, and democracy? If so, why no progress on the Moise murder investigation?

Also, let us not ignore Haiti’s vast natural resources that could make her possibly the richest Caribbean nation.

I think the underlying political economic issues in Haiti may be tied to long-term plans by the corrupt ruling elites, and their foreign backers, to plunder the nation’s wealth.

STRATEGIC MINERAL RESERVES

Haiti has the second-largest deposits in the world of the platinum-linked, strategic mineral, iridium.

Iridium is a special strategic mineral regarded “as one of the rarest elements in the earth’s crust”.

“Iridium is more valuable than gold, silver or platinum” by all reports, but platinum is found where there is iridium. Therefore, South Africa is the top producer of both platinum and iridium, with Haiti having the second-largest strategic reserves.

Furthermore, there are reports that “Haiti might have the largest oil reserves in the world”, along with “large natural gas reserve”, too, Worldatlas.com says.

Other strategic minerals Haiti possesses include manganese, gold, lithium, copper, iron ore, calcium carbonate, limestone, and bauxite.

Haiti can clearly become the richest nation in the Caribbean. But, if Haiti has the potential to be so wealthy, then why is it so poor?

My theory is this. It may be feasible but not politically expedient to develop Haiti’s potential wealth.

The issue may well be one of how strategic and expedient it is in terms of geoeconomics and how all this fits into America’s long-term political economic strategy and national security doctrine.

Let us keep in mind that America, as a ‘One Don’ world imperialist power, has a political economic policy of seeing countries in terms of the potential to augment her strategic mineral reserves.

And if a nation has mineral wealth, as a subset of its global domain – that can be kept off the market – it would fit naturally to declare that nation’s wealth as being in their strategic reserves.

At least that is my opinion. What do you think?

MURDER, MAYHEM, LAWLESSNESS

Finally, public outcry about “the lawlessness of poor people” to justify an American-inspired invasion tends to ignore the underlying root causes.

These underlying root causes of the Haitian crisis include poverty, and lack of political, social, and economic justice. On top of this is the plundering of Haiti by foreign-supported, corrupt elements of the ruling classes, the comprador bourgeoise and their American patrons.

This situation has now become aggravated – bordering on mayhem – that is a direct consequence of President Moise’s murder.

It is easy, therefore, to talk about lawlessness among the poorer classes of people in Haiti without seeing the root causes: the lawlessness and corruption of the ruling classes, their foreign sponsors and political minions.

The Haitian people, and Moise’s blood from the grave, have been crying for justice.

Jovenel Moise blood

is crying from the grave

[Jovenel Moise san

Ap krtye nan kava a]

Crying black blood

Black blood cries!

[Kriye san nwa

San nwa kriye!]

The blood cries from the grave!

[san an rele soti nan tonm]

Black ancestors’ justice cry!

[Zansèt nwa yo kriye jistis!]

Are Haitians worse than the Capitol riot mobs that attacked the US Congress on January 6, 2021?

Haiti certainly does not need military-backed puppets of jack-booted foreign occupiers!

Haiti needs a stable, independent government, willing to develop her natural resources in the interest of her people.

They need United Nations and CARICOM-supervised elections to elect leaders they can trust and depend on to work hard to lift them out of poverty.

That is just the ‘bitta’ truth!

Norris McDonald is an economic journalist, political analyst, and respiratory therapist. Email feedback to columns@gleanerjm.com and miaminorris@yahoo.com.