The January 12, 2010 earthquake was allegedly provoked, according to MEDIC Haiti and the Mouvement Point Final

Jean Mapou PORT-AU-PRINCE.— On the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the deadly earthquake of January 12, 2010, which caused approximately 300,000 deaths and 1.5 million displaced persons according to official estimates, the Mouvement Point Final and MEDIC Haiti presented a radically critical interpretation of the tragedy. During a conference held at the Public University in Région des Palmes (UPRP), the General Coordinator of the Mouvement Point Final and CEO of MEDIC Haiti, Ulysse Jean Chenet, accused Western powers of having orchestrated a “false flag operation” targeting Haiti. During his address to students in Environmental Sciences and Agronomy, Jean Chenet Ulysse stated that the January 12, 2010 catastrophe did not correspond to the country's known seismic dynamics. «We all know the country's seismic faults. The Anacaona Fault has never existed in the history and geography of Haiti's seismic zones,» he declared, suggesting that the earthquake was artificially provoked as part of an international strategy. He described the event as a false flag operation, a concept which, according to him, refers to clandestine interventions carried out by states to justify geostrategic actions. An Expanded Geopolitical Discourse To support his claims, Mr. Chenet placed the earthquake within a global narrative of international interference. He first mentioned the supposed use of artificial natural phenomena (rains, floods, tsunamis), then restrictive migration policies towards low-skilled workers, geopolitical pressure in the Caribbean, and finally the global transition to the digital economy, excluding low-skilled populations. According to him, Haiti has for several decades constituted a hemispheric problem for its neighbors, particularly in terms of migration, environment, and security. He also highlighted the role of the Core Group, created in 2003, which he accuses of having orchestrated a policy of interference in Haiti for the benefit of the United States and Canada. Cholera, Reconstruction, and Symbolic Disappearance According to Ulysse, the cholera epidemic declared in October 2010, less than a year after the earthquake, reinforces the hypothesis of a plan aimed at reducing the Haitian population. He recalled that this epidemic caused more than 10,000 deaths according to health reports and that it had been introduced by MINUSTAH contingents according to the conclusions of several international investigations. For the leader of the Mouvement Point Final, the ultimate goal of this dynamic would be to «reduce the size of the Haitian population, facilitate the exploitation of the country's resources, and ultimately make Haiti disappear from the world map by integrating it into a Hispaniola island dominated by the Dominican Republic». He also accused former US President Bill Clinton, co-chair of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), of having contributed to the squandering of the 11.9 billion dollars mobilized for post-earthquake reconstruction. A Discourse That Challenges But Divides The statements by the leader of the Mouvement Point Final are part of a current of analysis that radically questions the institutional and scientific explanations of the 2010 earthquake, generally attributed to the movement of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault, known to specialists since the 18th century. To date, no scientific or institutional evidence has corroborated the hypothesis of artificial intervention or the use of a seismic weapon. However, these theories are gaining increasing traction within a segment of Haitian civil society, marked by distrust towards international institutions after the failure of reconstruction and the multidimensional crisis the country is experiencing. Sixteen Years Later, A Still Vivid Memory For the Mouvement Point Final, the challenge today is to “shed light” on what it considers a major geopolitical operation orchestrated against Haiti. «Sixteen years later, we are talking about a false flag operation by the West to exterminate the Haitian people and exploit national resources,» concluded Mr. Chenet. The January 12 commemorations are taking place this year in a context of political instability, persistent insecurity, and humanitarian crisis, which continues to fuel questions, doubts, and demands surrounding one of the greatest tragedies in Haiti's modern history. Jean Mapou / Le relief