Comments on: Outside Haiti’s National Palace, U.N. Troops’ Clash with Frustrated Students Spills into Camps

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［ハイチ］国連兵士と学生が衝突 « Caracas Café — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:06:38 +0000

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By: David

David — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:40:40 +0000

Paul Miller,

I’m the David who wrote the comment about the anti-Preval and anti-Mulet demonstration but not the David you’re looking for.

Good luck.

By: Paul Miller

Paul Miller — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:38:44 +0000

Hi,

I am trying to contact David Wimhurst. If this is you
I am a New York based producer and am currently in production on a
feature documentary about the global use of soap operas and
telenovelas for encouraging positive social change. I was fascinated
by your article and would love to contact the people involved in
making the soaps in Camp Caradeux to see if they are planning to do
more filming in the coming months. We are looking for on going soaps
to film.
Thanks, in advance, for your help.
Best wishes,

Paul Miller
Crossroads Films
136 West 21st Street, 5th floor
New York, NY 10011
Tel: (212) 647-1300
Mbl: (917) 325-6920

By: David

David — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:38:57 +0000

My previous comment is not quite accurate. Mulet became head of MINUSTAH in June, 2006, after the Cité Soleil massacre, but once there he flatly denied any UN guilt in the matter. He left in August, 2007.

By: David

David — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:02:02 +0000

An article on AlterPresse says this demonstration was not just against Préval but also against Edmond Mulet, who was reappointed a couple of months ago as MINUSTAH chief after the death of Hedi Annabi, the former head, in the earthquake. That’s particularly relevant to a demonstration violently repressed by MINUSTAH, since so many Haitians died at the hands of UN troops during Mulet’s previous tenure as MINUSTAH boss, especially in the July 6, 2005, massacre in Cité Soleil, in which 70 people were shot to death. Mulet claimed criminal gangs had fired on UN troops but the troops in fact fired 22,000 rounds and their 70 victims were unarmed. See:

http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article9549 “Manifestations anti-Préval et anti-Mulet”

or for an English translation
http://lo-de-alla.org/2010/05/haitian-demonstrators/ “Haitian demonstrators oppose Préval and Mulet”