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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:34 AM Mar 2016

Haitian Political Activist Fritz St Louis Murdered in Venezuela

Haitian Political Activist Fritz St Louis Murdered in Venezuela

March 29, 2016 5:48 AM



Fritz St Louis, a political activist and member of the community of Haitian immigrants in Venezuela was assassinated Saturday by gunmen, Venezuelan authorities said... Fritz St Louis was shot many times by unknown gunmen at his residence according to a venezuela new site, several individuals hooded entered with a shotgun and shot Fritz St Louis.

Saint Louis was a political activist dedicated to fighting for the rights of Haitians in Venezuela and in his native country and founding member of the committee of Solidarity with Haiti, International Coordinator of United Socialist Haitian Movement and Secretary General of the Haitian Cultural House Bolivariana de Venezuela.

http://www.haitianinternet.com/articles/haitian-political-activist-fritz-st-louis-murdered-in-venezu.html

(Short article, no more at link.)

Rest in peace, Fritz St Louis, a deeply courageous man.

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Haitian Political Activist Fritz St Louis Murdered in Venezuela (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2016 OP
Wonder how the Maduro gov will try to spin this into some kind of political assassination by the CIA Marksman_91 Mar 2016 #1
Haitian activist murdered in Venezuela Judi Lynn Apr 2016 #2

Judi Lynn

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2. Haitian activist murdered in Venezuela
Fri Apr 1, 2016, 12:56 AM
Apr 2016

Haitian activist murdered in Venezuela

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Sabina Becker



Fritz Saint Louis was a bright hope for his people in a bad time. And like so many bright hopes in Latin America and the Caribbean, he met with a violent and premature end:


On Saturday night, masked men entered the home of Haitian-Venezuelan activist Fritz Saint Louis and shot him dead.

The activist, who lived in the Vía Santa Lucía in Valles del Tuy, was there with his family at the time several hooded individuals entered with a shotgun and fired on him.

Saint Louis was a political activist dedicated to the struggle for the rights of Haitians in Venezuela as well as his native land, and a founding member of the Committee for Solidarity with Haiti, as well as international co-ordinator of the Casa Cultural Haitiana Bolivariana de Venezuela. He was an authentic revolutionary, a great fighter for human rights, and a great defender of the Bolivarian cause.

More:
http://www.sabinabecker.com/2016/03/haitian-activist-murdered-in-venezuela.html
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