Making Peace Visible18 Feb 2025

"The Fight for Haiti" tells the story of a people's movement against corruption

Often the news covers crises without context. That's especially true when it comes to coverage of the Global South in international media.

Our guest this episode, journalist and documentary filmmaker Etant Dupain, gives us a behind-the-headlines look at events in Haiti, his home country. Dupain says that the gangs who control much of the country now are supported by powerful elites. Their aim, his says, is to suppress a grassroots protest movement that is calling for accountability for the embezzlement of billions of dollars in development funds.

Dupain's new documentary film, The Fight for Haiti, tells the story of the Haitian movement against corruption and impunity, which started with a tweet and at its height had hundreds of thousands in the street.

In this episode, you’ll learn about

The problematic history of foreign aid in Haiti including the aftermath of the the 2010 earthquake
The Petrocaribe agreement with Venezuela that was supposed to fund crucial infrastructure projects in Haiti
Creative tactics activists used to demand accountability
Who profits when gangs overtake a country

Watch a trailer and learn more about the film and the movement at thefightforhaiti.com.

Protest audio used in the episode is from the film The Fight for Haiti, used with permission.

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