Morne Bossa Neighbors Nervous
by Haiti Grassroots Watch and Inter Press ServiceThe population of Cardouche, a small village about 12 kilometers south of Cap-Haïtien in Haiti’s North department, is nervous about three new mining...
View ArticleFormer Dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier’s First Court Hearing
By Yves Pierre-Louis and Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)On Feb. 28, 2013, former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier had to show up at the Port-au-Prince Appeals Court to hear various charges...
View ArticlePetroCaribe’s Oil to the Poor: Chavez’s Legacy in Haiti and Latin America
By Kim Ives - Haiti LiberteTens of thousands of Haitians spontaneously poured into the streets of Port-au-Prince on the morning of Mar. 12, 2007. President Hugo Chavez had just arrived in Haiti all but...
View ArticleHaiti’s Oscar Awards
By Mark Schuller (Haiti Liberte)On Feb. 26, Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn, who now acts as Haitian President Michel Martelly’s “Ambassador-at-Large,” extolled the progress Haiti has made since the 2010...
View ArticleIs the Caracol Industrial Park Worth the Risk?
By Haiti Grassroots Watch (Haiti Liberte)Last October, officials from the Haitian government and a number of foreign governments and institutions, who call themselves“friends of Haiti,” saw their dream...
View ArticleHugo Chavez' legacy in Haiti and Latin America
By Kim Ives - Haiti Liberte, March 17th 2013Tens of thousands of Haitians spontaneously poured into the streets of Port-au-Prince on the morning of Mar. 12, 2007. President Hugo Chavez had just arrived...
View ArticleHow Fitting That Michael Deibert Lauds Rory Carroll’s book about Hugo Chavez
by Joe EmersbergerIs there anything more heartwarming than to see one dishonest corporate journalist applaud another?Michael Deibert is a former Reuters journalist and author of “Notes from the Last...
View ArticleCholera in the Age of Privatized Water
by Isabeau Doucet (Haiti Liberte)I contracted cholera two years ago by the breezy beaches of Port Salut, while attempting to escape burnout, a broken heart, and the lingering pangs of Dengue fever in...
View ArticleCongratulations to HaitiAnalysis Contributor Wadner Pierre for Graduating...
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View ArticleThe number of Haitian boat people is increasing
by Yves Pierre-Louis (haiti Liberte)Hundreds of Haitians, since the beginning of 2013, continue to risk their lives to seek a better life abroad, to escape poverty, hunger, unemployment, and poor...
View ArticleInter-American Commission Grants Protection to IDP Camp Facing Eviction
by the Center for Economic and Policy ResearchLast week, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures in favor of the 567 families that have been under constant...
View ArticleWikileaks Exhumed Cables Reveal: How the U.S. Resumed Military Aid to Duvalier
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)A chorus of outrage is building against former Haitian president Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier as he sits in the dock of a Haitian court, charged with crimes against...
View ArticleSenator Moïse Jean-Charles Visits Brazil and Argentina
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)Senator Moïse Jean-Charles is presently on a speaking tour in Brazil and Argentina to raise consciousness about and to campaign against the continued military occupation of...
View ArticleCanadian Freeze of Aid to Haiti, the Precursor to CIDA's Demise
By: Matthew Davidson - HaitiAnalysis Representing a new Canadian vision for international development, the Canadian government recently announced that it is merging the Canadian International...
View ArticleProtest against high prices and hunger
by Yves Pierre-Louis (Haiti Liberte)On Apr. 11, 2013, several popular organizations from the capital’s poor neighborhoods, grouped in a coalition called the Heads Together of Popular Organizations (Tèt...
View ArticleLawyer Mario Joseph is Finalist for Swiss Human Rights Award
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)The Switzerland-based Martin Ennals Foundation and the City of Geneva have announced that Haitian human rights lawyer Mario Joseph of the Port-au-Prince-based International...
View ArticleDespite Losing $1 Billion in Iraq, DynCorp Given Haiti Troop Contract
by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)This article reveals how Washington is still investing in Haiti’s military occupation, not winding it down. HLIn an Apr. 9 press release, DynCorp...
View ArticleONA: Senate Uncovers Stupefying Corruption
by Yves Pierre-Louis (Haiti Liberte)Since President Michel Martelly’s accession to power two years ago, corruption has become the hallmark of his regime. The State’s entire administration is in...
View ArticleAfter Aristide Testifies to Investigating Judge: Massive March Signals...
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)Well over 15,000 people poured out from all corners of Haiti's capital to march alongside the cortege of cars that carried former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide...
View ArticleTwo Years After His Return, Aristide Finally Speaks Out
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide called for national unity to tackle the problem of hunger in Haiti and thanked the Haitian people for their massive show of solidarity...
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