Deconstructing Another Right-Wing Victory in Haiti
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
The largest and
most important percentage to emerge from Haiti’s Nov. 20, 2016 election is that
78.31% of the country’s 6.2 million eligible voters did not vote.*
Some could not obtain their...
The Experiences of a Haitian-American Unionist in Trump’s America
by Marie-Paule Florestal (Haiti Liberte)
I’ve just returned to the New York metropolitan area after working
as a Democratic Party campaigner in rural Michigan for the two months leading
up to the Nov. 8 election. This is...
Nov. 20 Elections Thrown Into Doubt
by Kim Ives
A letter from
Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to interim President Jocelerme
Privert suggests that the first round of do-over presidential elections as well
as several legislative run-offs might not take place on Nov....
UN’s Emergency Aid to Go Mostly to the UN and Foreign NGOs
by Jake
Johnston
On Oct. 10,
less than a week after Hurricane Matthew ripped across Haiti, the United
Nations launched an emergency appeal for $120 million. As of this report on
Oct. 24, donors have failed to fill the...
UN’s Emergency Aid to Go Mostly to the UN and Foreign NGOs
by Jake
Johnston
On Oct. 10,
less than a week after Hurricane Matthew ripped across Haiti, the United
Nations launched an emergency appeal for $120 million. As of this report on
Oct. 24, donors have failed to fill the...
Clinton E-Mails Point to U.S. Intervention in 2010 Haiti Elections
by Jake Johnston (CEPR)
“The situation cannot afford Washington to sit on sidelines.
They elected him and they need pressure him. He can't go unchecked,”
Laura Graham, then the Chief Operating Officer of the Clinton Foundation,...
7th International Day in Solidarity with Haiti
25th anniversary of the US-backed military coup that overthrew the Lavalas government of President Aristide on Sept. 30, 1991
In response to the Jan. 2016 Call for Solidarity from Haiti’s Popular Movement (“We will not obey”), friends of Haiti are organizing...
