What are some of the military tactics the Brazilians use to enforce the occupation?
THE BRAZILIAN military is by its own nature and history a repressive force. One need not look further then its own history to confirm this. The Brazilians serve much the same role they play in their own country to repress the favelas. The only difference is that they use Haiti to whitewash their own brutal historical image internationally. In Haiti, the Brazilians always shoot first, and detain without cause or warrant. Yet they wash their hands of responsibility for arresting thousands of Haitians, most of them incarcerated for political reasons without ever seeing a judge. The conditions in Haiti’s main penitentiary demand we work to free them by any means necessary. I’m serious–even if it means confronting the UN directly on the ground in Haiti. Prisoners in Haiti cannot be allowed to suffer under these conditions without a directed and durable response. Most of the prisoners are there without seeing a judge for more than a year and remain imprisoned for their political beliefs. Oth
