Haiti was under military rule by general Joseph Raoul Cedras. The 1991 coup forced Jean Bertrand Aristide from power. The footage shows Raoul Cedras speaking with reporters. This rare footage was filmed in the 1990s. Being promoted to commander in chief of the army, his political ambitions grew. Cedras like other military dictators had been […]
Read More General Joseph Raoul Cedras Interview FootageThis rare photograph shows Dominican strongman Rafael Trujillo (right) and Haitian President Paul Magloire (left ) at a meeting. The Dominican Republic and Haiti had a long history of conflict and disputes. Attempts at unifying the whole island were made in the 19th century. The Dominican War of Independence lasted between 1844 to 1856. Hostility […]
Read More Rafael Trujilo and Paul Magloire (1951)There were visitors to the Americas before Christopher Columbus. The Amerindian peoples of the Americas were the fist to discover and settle North and South America. Ivan Van Sertima (1935-2009) makes the argument that Africans also made the journey across the Atlantic Ocean making contact. The Cape Verde islands could have been a launching point […]
Read More Ivan Van Sertima They Came Before Columbus LectureThe Marcos Jimenez presidency became so repressive that the Venezuelan population revolted. Constant civil unrest resulted in a coup. The Patriotic Junta was responsible for his removal and promised the restoration of democratic government including civil liberties . The irony was that President Jimenez came to power through a military coup. The newsreel seems to […]
Read More Revolt in Carcas Venezuela Newsreel (1958)
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