Pax Christi USA is one of dozens of NGOs and faith based communities raising their voices to say “the illegal flow of weapons into the hands of Haitian gangs MUST STOP.” The flow of weapons from the United States to Haiti is fueling the ongoing gang violence from which all Haitian people are suffering.
Join us for this special online event on Tuesday, July 30, 5 PM Eastern, as we talk to UN and Congressional leadership about ending this travesty.
Special guests: US Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) and UN Expert on Human Rights in Haiti William O’Neill.
As a center for the drug trade, Haiti must be able to deal with both imports of illegal drugs and weapons.The cabal which finances both will only be taken apart by international efforts which have failed thus far, getting to the cause would end these free-trade derivatives.
Haiti from its inception as a sovereign nation has been sabotaged, first by France who has never forgiven Haiti for defeating the Napoleonic troops and later by the United States who have treated Haiti as a slave plantation. Both Democratic and Republican administrations have perpetuated the immoral and despicable treatment of Haiti and have cynically and opportunistically sold weapons to all the warring factions in this failed state. We, the citizens of the United States, have the innocent blood of Haitians on our hands.
David-Ross Gerling, PhD