Today on Sojourner Truth:

We return to our in-depth coverage of the ongoing crisis in Haiti. An official report issued last week implicated Haiti's U.S.-backed president, Jovenel Moise, as participating in the disappearance of billions of PetroCaribe money from Venezuela, meant for use for the Haitian people. 

Since he became president, resulting from questionable elections reported to be fraudulent, the movement for democracy in Haiti has been pressing in massive nationwide protests for Moise to step down. The Haitian government responded to the protests by encouraging or downright supporting massacres targeting grassroots leaders and communities that initiated protests and have historically been a stronghold of resistance. These include the massacres we have reported on via Sojourner Truth in La Saline.

In a five-week period, I made two trips as part of emergency delegations to Haiti to get testimonies from communities under attack, as well as to send a message to the Haitian government that we intend to get the truth out as widely as we can about what's going on.

While in Haiti, I interviewed Pasha Vorbe, a member of the executive council of Fanmi Lavalas, the political organization headed by former President Jean Bertrand Aristide and supported by the vast majority of impoverished in Haiti. Today, we bring you that conversation.

Sojourner Truth Radio: June 11, 2019 - Pasha Vorbe On Haiti's Movement for Democracy

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