Accusing President Martelly of Lying and “Treason,” Senate Report Calls for...
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)A special Senate Commission of Inquiry into the sudden and suspicious Jul. 13 death of Investigating Judge Jean Serge Joseph released a bomb-shell on Aug. 8. Its highly...
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Brazil Hides Humanitarian Emergency in Acre
With a “refugee” camp holding over 800 Haitians in inhuman conditions, Conectas charges Brazil is covering up an international crisisby Conectas Human Rights (for Haiti Liberte)The Brazilian government...
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Haiti Action Committee Introduces First Issue of "HAITI SOLIDARITY."
Haiti Action Committee has just released the first issue of our newsletter, "Haiti Solidarity." Volume 1, Number 1 is available for download below. Published copies will be available at upcoming Haiti...
View ArticleAs Deputies Uncover Same Crimes and Lies as Senators: Popular Groups Demand...
Parliament Chiefs Hold Meetings to Scuttle Impeachment Processby Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)A second Special Commission of Inquiry into the Jul. 13 death of Investigating Judge Jean Serge Joseph, this one...
View ArticlePopular Organizations Issue Call for a Provisional Government to Replace...
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)On. Sep. 9, Haiti’s most outspoken opposition senator and leading popular organizations announced that they would hold a national conference in Port-au-Prince on Sep. 29 to...
View ArticleAnother UN Soldier Accused of Rape in Haiti
by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)The United Nations mission in Haiti, already facing a credibility crisis over its introduction of cholera, is facing new allegations that one of its...
View ArticleSenator Accuses President of Planning Parliamentary Assassinations
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)A prominent Haitian senator charges that President Michel Martelly is planning to assassinate him and three other senators by withdrawing their security details and then...
View ArticleDr. Matthew J Smith reviews new book 'Paramilitarism and the Assault on...
Working USA: The Journal of Labor & SocietyBook ReviewsSprague, Jeb. Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti.New York: Monthly Review Press, 2012. 400 pp. US$23.95 (paperback).A sense...
View ArticleThe Proposed 2013-2014 Budget: More for the President, Less for the People
by Francklyn B. Geffrard and Kim IvesPresident Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe have presented to the Haitian Parliament for ratification their budget for the 2013/2014 fiscal year,...
View Article14 Caribbean nations sue European countries for slavery reparations
Lawsuits seek reparations from Britain, France, Netherlands for their roles in Atlantic slave tradeAssociated PressFourteen Caribbean nations are suing the governments of the United Kingdom, France and...
View Article10 Steps to Dictatorship
10 steps to dictatorship: Why the grassroots movement in Haiti istaking to the streets against President Michel Martelly - SF BayViewSeptember 25, 2013By: Charlie Hinton, Haiti Action Committee1. Who...
View ArticlePopular Forum: Roadmap Proposed for a Provisional Government
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)On Sep. 30, the 22ndanniversary of the 1991 coup d’état against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, tens of thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of Port-au-Prince...
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Long-Awaited Haiti Cholera Lawsuit Against the UN to be Launched This Week
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)The legal noose is tightening around the United Nations to take responsibility for unleashing the world’s worst cholera epidemic in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation,...
View ArticleBehind Haiti’s Hunger
by Haiti Grassroots WatchDuring the past year or so in Haiti, as humanitarian actors raised an alarm about hunger, Haiti Grassroots Watch (HGW) journalists kept hearing complaints and rumors about the...
View ArticleHaiti: Turning Back the Clock
By: Ayana Labossiere - Haiti Action CommitteeI will never forget my first trip to Haiti. In 1990, at five years old, I went to Haiti with my dad to visit family. I spent my days chasing goats and...
View ArticleDemonstrators Surround Police Station as Prominent Regime Critic Arrested
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)Over 1000 people massed in front of a police station in the Martissant section of Port-au-Prince on the evening of Oct. 22 as police encircled the car of outspoken lawyer...
View ArticleQuestions Swirl Around World Vision’s Targeted Food Program
by Haiti Grassroots WatchA food distribution program aimed at expectant and new mothers and their babies may have increased the number of girls and women getting pregnant in and around the town of...
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Uruguay Will Withdraw from MINUSTAH, President Says. Beginning of End of UN...
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)Following a visit earlier this month from Haitian Sen. Moïse Jean-Charles, Uruguay’s President José Mujica told a council of ministers on Oct. 28 that he would withdraw...
View ArticleIlluminating Haiti’s Plight: A review of Claire Limyè Lanmè – Claire of the...
by Greg Dunkel (for Haiti Liberte)A review of Claire Limyè Lanmè – Claire of the Sea Light, a novel by Edwidge Danticat, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2013This fine insight-filled novel interlaces...
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As Huge Demonstrations Call for President’s Resignation: Proposal for a...
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)Huge demonstrations calling for President Michel Martelly to step down are growing in size, scope, and frequency. On Nov. 7, a march of many thousands, called by the...
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