Anatomy of an Electoral Coup
By: Haiti Action CommitteeMarred by outright fraud, massive voter suppression in the form of intimidation, and violence, the August 9th Haitian legislative election was rejected by the people of Haiti....
View ArticleOp-Ed: Thoughts on the Refugee Crisis on the Dominican-Haitian Border
John A. Carroll, MD -- HaitiHeartsAs most of us know nothing is as simple as it seems. Everything is notusually black or white. There is some gray and maybe even some blue.But I want to be clear....
View ArticleMilitarized police & new army trained as protests grow in Haiti
Mounting protests against sham elections and corruption, newly trained paramilitary police units and the upcoming deployment of a new military force trained in Ecuador. Listen to the recent radio...
View ArticleThe Other Refugee Crisis
By France François (originally for Ebony)Yanique’s Dominican neighbors, the same people she had lived and worked side by side with for decades, pounded on her door in the middle of the night chanting...
View ArticleCan Haiti’s Corrupt President Hold On to Power?
Michel Martelly is trying to impose a successor amid widespread public anger at government repression and failure to rebuild after the earthquake.By James North (The Nation)In another week or so, Haiti...
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Haiti: CEP Failed to its Mission, But an Electoral Miscarriage Can Be Avoided
By Wadner PierreThis Article was originally published by UnlessWeCareIt has been over a month since Haiti’s Conseil Electoral Provisoire (Electoral Provisory Counsel), known as CEP, published its...
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Haiti: Govt. Formed an Electoral Commission to End Electoral Deadlock; Will...
BY WADNER PIERREThis article was originally published by UnlessWecare.orgSince the CEP published its tainted and most controversial results for the presidential, second round legislative and local...
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Opinion: Haiti’s Electoral Shambles, CEP Officials Can Either Fix the Mess or...
By WADNER PIERREThis opinion article was originally published by UnlessWeCareFanmi Lavas supporters protest in the streets of the Port-Au-Prince in support to their candidate Dr. Maryse Narcisse. Photo...
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“The Struggle for Land Justice Knows No Borders”: Corporate Pillaging in Haiti
An interview with Nixon Boumba, Democratic Popular Movement (MODEP) and American Jewish World ServiceEdited by Natalie Miller, Other WorldsSince the earthquake of January, 2010, Haiti has increasingly...
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#ESSAY, Haiti and the UN’s Endless Peacekeeping Mission: Is UN a Curse for...
BY WADNER PIERREIntroductionThree presidential elections have been organized under the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission watch; all of them had been either marred with irregularities or massive...
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Haiti’s Fraudulent Presidential Frontrunner, Jovel Moïse Seizes Land for His...
By Joshua Steckley and Beverly BellThis report is based on extensive interviews, on-site and via phone, with more than 20 government officials, economic development professionals, peasant farmers, and...
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FANMI LAVALAS STATEMENT ABOUT JANUARY 19 POLICE TORTURE OF YOUNG PROTESTERS
Fanmi Lavalas Statement on Police Atrocities - English translationPort-au-Prince, 20 January 2016The word DIGNITY is written in large letters in the everyday vocabulary of the Fanmi LavalasPolitical...
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“NOU PAP OBEYI”
Vwa oganizasyon anndan Ayiti Nan refleksyon n fè sou lit pou vòt Dr. Martin Luther King te fè ozetazini sa gen 50 lane; nan lit “one man one vote” kanmarad Mandela yo te mennen an Afrikdisid; nan...
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Statement from Haiti's popular movement
In this statement, written right before the postponement of the January 24th presidential “run-off” election, 68 grassroots organizations in Haiti issue an urgent call for solidarity with their...
View ArticleAs Martelly Steps Down: Parliament, With OAS Coaches, Forms Provisional...
by the Haiti Elections BlogThis Sun., Feb. 7 marked the 30th anniversary of Jean-Claude Duvalier’s departure and the end of President’s Michel Martelly’s term. A last-minute negotiated deal secured...
View ArticleHaiti Rises: A Time for Solidarity
by Nia Imara and Robert Roth*“Reflecting on struggles everywhere, we came to the conclusion that a people can’t be sovereign if they don’t have the right to vote. No people can retain their dignity if...
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Women Farmers and Land Grabs in Haiti: An interview with Iderle Brénus
From an interview by Beverly BellPAPDA, a coalition of nine Haitian organizations, supports rice cooperatives like this one in Northern Haiti as part of its commitment to women's leadership in local...
View ArticleAs Demonstrators Demand Audits: Haiti Sees Sixth CEP in Four Years
by Yves Pierre-Louis and Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)After installing a new government led by Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles, Haiti’s interim president Jocelerme Privert has now passed a second hurdle:...
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Polyarchy in the Dominican Republic: The Elite versus the Elite
The two leading candidates in the upcoming Dominican Republic presidential elections differ little when it comes to economic policy and the targeting of migrant and migrant-descendant communities.By:...
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