Written by Alex Cosh

On this week's episode of The Maple's North Untapped podcast, we spoke to Jafrikayiti (aka Jean Saint-Vil), an activist and co-founder of the Canada-Haiti Action Network, about the reasons behind the current protests in Haiti against the U.S.-backed government, and why the protesters strongly oppose the government's request for foreign military intervention.

We discussed the root causes of the current unrest and the history of Canada's interference in Haitian affairs.

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