As Appeals Court Upholds “Immunity” Plea:
New Internal Report Slams UN Cholera Cover-Up
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
UN officials
are frantically fending off questions about their organization being to blame
for importing cholera into Haiti following the leak last week of an internal
Special...
UN Admits Role in Haiti’s Cholera Outbreak After Years of Denial
KIM BROWN, TRNN: Welcome to the Real News.
As Haiti was struggling to rebuild after the devastating earthquake that crumbled the country in 2010, they were struck again by another disaster, a cholera outbreak that...
Finding Only 9% of Votes Valid: Haiti Verification Commission Says Presidential Election Should be...
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
The moment of
truth had arrived. At least, some of the truth.
On the evening of May 30, Haiti’s
Independent Commission of Electoral Evaluation and Verification (CIEVE)
released its long-awaited report on the...
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: Jeb Sprague-Silgado - NACLA
In the Dominican Republic, as...
As 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: setting up
another Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on Mar....
Women Farmers and Land Grabs in Haiti: An interview with Iderle Brénus
From an interview by Beverly Bell
PAPDA, 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 agricultural production...
Haiti 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...
As Martelly Steps Down: Parliament, With OAS Coaches, Forms Provisional Government Denounced by Demonstrators...
by the Haiti
Elections Blog
This 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
Martelly’s departure, but it may not succeed in producing...
