But there is a dark side to our foreign policy \u2014 a policy that has thwarted the Haitian people\u2019s struggles for freedom and self-determination over the last two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n In 1986, Haitians joined their voices together in a cry for a new kind of society. Emerging from years of brutal dictatorship, they dreamed of a democracy that would serve the poor, listen to their voices and bring an end to impunity. And between 1991 and 2004, Haitians managed, against all odds, to elect a succession of governments committed to realizing this dream. The pro-democracy movement\u2019s efforts, however, were ultimately derailed by powerful local elites and their allies in the international community.<\/span><\/p>\n Haiti Betrayed reveals how Canada, once seen by Haitians as a constructive partner, conspired with the United States and France to topple the democratically-elected government. Seven years in the making, Elaine Bri\u00e8re\u2019s film meticulously reconstructs Canada\u2019s role in the events that culminated in the United Nations-sanctioned coup d\u2019\u00e9tat on February 29, 2004 and the bloody aftermath that followed. Haiti Betrayed is a searing indictment of Canadian leaders\u2019 complicity in the international oppression of this long-suffering nation.<\/span><\/p>\n With the country in the throes of a new popular uprising against corruption and authoritarianism, Bri\u00e8re\u2019s film shows that the roots of the current crisis can be found in the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat backed by Canada fifteen years ago. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10503,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"languages":[2094,1190],"countries":[742],"film_categories":[1199,1202,1201,1203,2092,1204,1200,1196],"master_copies":[],"pricing_grid":[],"press_types":[],"class_list":["post-8259","film","type-film","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","languages-anglais","languages-francais","countries-ca-fr","film_categories-colonialisme-fr","film_categories-gouvernement-fr","film_categories-mondialisation-fr","film_categories-occupation-fr","film_categories-politics-fr","film_categories-politique-fr","film_categories-politique-electorales","film_categories-race-racisme-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n