Scott Freeman

Environmental anthropologist. Haiti, Dominican Republic. Aid and conservation. Throws the occasional frisbee.

[Scott Freeman @FreeScotty]

@jesserbnwtz Extremely helpful

[Scott Freeman @FreeScotty]

@rachelnpr good luck on this next leg. You have been a true delight to have in our home every morning and we will miss you

[Scott Freeman @FreeScotty]

This is momentous. Hopefully this means soon kids can start to go to school, hospitals can function at capacity, food can circulate.

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

Big scoop from @EtantDupain and @CNN: Critical Haiti gas terminal freed after weeks of talks with G9 gang leader. https://t.co/Lfjfn7AsJY

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

Big scoop from @EtantDupain and @CNN: Critical Haiti gas terminal freed after weeks of talks with G9 gang leader. https://t.co/Lfjfn7AsJY

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

NEW on @HaitiAidWatch: More Than 90 Organizations Reject Calls for Military Intervention in Haiti. https://t.co/8EU9i96A7M

[Scott Freeman @FreeScotty]

Infuriating. US pushing policies that pull the rug out from underneath the poor- to do what w the money? Def not any other safety nets. And even clearer signs that the US has its hands on the scale in Haitian politics

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

Asked why the Biden administration is supporting de facto PM Ariel Henry, @WHAAsstSecty says "he has ended fuel subsidies" which is something "we have wanted to see in Haiti for quite some time."

"I respect him for that," Nichols said.

[Scott Freeman @FreeScotty]

@lorgia_pena This has been really difficult- particularly for Haitian Creole. approached individual donors to translate an edited volume but nothing stuck. there’s got to be some org interested in translating for pub in global south but haven’t found em yet. Would love to know of any leads

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

The @StateDept is already in discussions to determine the composition and mandate of a multinational force to be sent to Haiti.

Latest on @HaitiAidWatch looks at the calls for intervention and asks the question, security for whom?

https://t.co/vvPC40FgVS

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@LabSpecEth Ditto. Happy to review

[Scott Freeman @FreeScotty]

@anthrogirrrl @amymaxmen @jonshaffer @PesteMagazine @hrw @_Cesar_Munoz This is awful and so terribly sad. The state of prisons in Haiti has been a human rights issue for a long time- and with the reappearance of cholera the loss will be terrible if it goes unaddressed

[Nou Pap Dòmi @Noupapdomiht]

NouPapDòmi veut lancer un appel à toutes les forces vives de la nation à l’union contre la souillure, la honte et l’ignominie dans lesquelles le gouvernement de facto dirigé par Ariel Henry veut engager le pays en demandant l’intervention de forces étrangères sur le sol d’Haiti.

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

The Montana BSA rejects the de facto PM’s request for foreign troops. They called it an act of “treason” and say they oppose all forms of foreign intervention.

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

Yesterday, the head of the @OAS_official asked Haiti’s de facto leader to request foreign military assistance. Hours later, @Jacquiecharles reported it had done just that. The blockade of the fuel terminal is providing a pretext for yet another foreign intervention in Haiti.

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

The members of Congress noted the "irony" of the US not inviting leaders of Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba to the Summit of the Americas, while still inviting de facto Haitian PM Ariel Henry, who, they write, "has no constitutional or popular mandate."

[Jake Johnston @JakobJohnston]

Citing "decades of US meddling in Haiti’s internal affairs," 4 Senators and 9 House members write to President Biden suggesting steps the US should take to change course and support a Haitian-led path forward. https://t.co/Uf6isDmhRl

[Melinda Miles @melindayiti]

Just as the Ministry of Health in #Haiti has confirmed a positive case of #cholera & suspected cases in Cite Soleil, the Caribbean Bottling Company reported that as of today they have run out of diesel & can no longer produce or distribute clean drinking water in Haiti

[Scott Freeman @FreeScotty]

@melindayiti Oh god

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@SusanShepler Oh this is amazing

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@KJessicaHsu That is horrific

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@luvwstlyf @AmericanUAlum So touching- thank you!!!