Haiti's Struggle for Democracy
32 images Created 10 Oct 2006
Story Nominated for Visa d'Or News, Visa Pour L'image 2005
Photographer Nominated for 'Young Photographer of the Year', Visa Pour L'image, 2005.
Port Au Prince, Haiti 2005: there is a systematic campaign to intimidate and eliminate pro-aristide and lavalas supporters in haiti prior to the UN sponsored elections in october and november of 2005. it is a campaign that has received little or no media attention, but its impact is real and being felt in the poorest areas of cities llike port au prince. and it is taking place in front of MINUSTAH, the UN stablization force, which finds itself powerless to do anything significant about it. MINUSTAH's mandate has been defined to 'fight gangsters and criminals', a label that is attached to all political opposition who are then being summarily executed. the UN forces themselves, unable to differentiate between real gangs or political acvitists, have resorted to military operations in densly populated areas resulting in possibly hundreds of civilian casualties. as this campaign of extermination continues it is further polarizing the political landscape and possible setting the stage for a bloody and violent elections later in the yea
Photographer Nominated for 'Young Photographer of the Year', Visa Pour L'image, 2005.
Port Au Prince, Haiti 2005: there is a systematic campaign to intimidate and eliminate pro-aristide and lavalas supporters in haiti prior to the UN sponsored elections in october and november of 2005. it is a campaign that has received little or no media attention, but its impact is real and being felt in the poorest areas of cities llike port au prince. and it is taking place in front of MINUSTAH, the UN stablization force, which finds itself powerless to do anything significant about it. MINUSTAH's mandate has been defined to 'fight gangsters and criminals', a label that is attached to all political opposition who are then being summarily executed. the UN forces themselves, unable to differentiate between real gangs or political acvitists, have resorted to military operations in densly populated areas resulting in possibly hundreds of civilian casualties. as this campaign of extermination continues it is further polarizing the political landscape and possible setting the stage for a bloody and violent elections later in the yea
