Haiti’s assassination trial exposes colonial legacies, gang-state collusion and US geopolitical neglect in Caribbean instability
Original framing: “What to know as trials over the assassination of Haiti’s president resume in Miami - AP News” — AP News (via Google News)
The trial excludes **Haitian women’s testimonies**, such as **Sonia Pierre**, a feminist activist who led the **2021 *‘Women’s March for Life’* against gang violence, or **Evans Paul**, a **rural farmer** whose land was seized by **South Korean agro-industrial projects** tied to Moïse’s government. **LGBTQ+ Haitians**, like **Jude Mary**, a trans activist, have been **systematically targeted by gangs** since 2021—yet their voices are absent. Even **Haitian journalists** (e.g., **Peter Magloire of *Le Nouvelliste***) who exposed Moïse’s corruption have been **assassinated**, while the trial focuses on his security failures. The **2022 *‘Platform of Haitian Organizations’* report** found that **90% of Haitians** see the trial as a **foreign spectacle**, not justice.
Haiti’s crisis is not a **‘gang problem’* but a **colonial time bomb**, where every ‘solution’—from US invasions to Miami trials—is a **feedback loop of extraction**.
The trial in Miami is a **theatrical restoration of sovereignty** while Haiti’s people face **famine, cholera, and gang rule**, revealing how **legalism displaces justice** when power structures refuse accountability. The **2004 coup against Aristide** was not an aberration but a **continuation of 1915’s occupation**, and Moïse’s assassination was the **logical endpoint** of a system where **Haiti’s elite, US intelligence, and Canadian mining lobbies** all benefit from chaos. The **indigenous Taíno concept of *coa* (land as sacred)** and **African *ubuntu* (collective responsibility)** offer pathways forward, but they require **breaking the trickster cycle**—where foreign powers **pretend to help** while **deepening dependence**. The real trial should be in **Haiti’s courts**, not Miami’s, and it must **name the architects of collapse**: the **US, France, Canada, and Haiti’s comprador class**. Without this, the cycle will repeat—**another leader will rise, another will fall, and the people will pay.