Marguerite Laurent, Esq

Marguerite Laurent was born in Haiti. She is a lawyer, an award winning playwright and performance poet. She heads the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network – a network of lawyers, journalists, artists and people dedicated to protecting the civil and cultural rights of Haitians living at home and abroad. Contact her at [email protected]. (c) April 2004, Marguerite Laurent

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Commentary

Haiti’s Sacrifice is Uniting Africa, CARICOM and the World

By Marguerite Laurent, Esq

So much innocent Haitian blood has been spilled since January 1, 2004. But throughout history, Haitian blood has paved the way for African dignity and survival. It’s a crushing weight, but one that we and our ancestors have borne as Haitians over the past 200 years. Click to view entire “American Hegemony” cartoon We have…

So much innocent Haitian blood has been spilled since January 1, 2004. But throughout history, Haitian blood has paved the way for African dignity and survival.…

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Commentary

Washington’s Hand Against Democracy in Haiti

By Marguerite Laurent, Esq

Who will come to the support of the Haitian people under siege, in this, Haiti’s 200th anniversary from European enslavement? Where are the voices for human rights and Haitian democracy in the U.S? Every Hip-Hop artist must make this his or her cause. Haiti’s very dignity as a Black-ruled, democratic and independent nation is under…

Who will come to the support of the Haitian people under siege, in this, Haiti's 200th anniversary from European enslavement? Where are the voices for human…

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