Militarized 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 interview with Haiti Information Project's Kevin...
Op-Ed: Thoughts on the Refugee Crisis on the Dominican-Haitian Border
John A. Carroll, MD -- HaitiHearts
As most of us know nothing is as simple as it seems. Everything is not
usually black or white. There is some gray and maybe even some blue.
But I want...
Anatomy of an Electoral Coup
By: Haiti Action Committee
Marred 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. Yet, in a cynical re-write of...
Fraud, Violence, and Protests Cloud Results of Haitian Election
by Jake Johnston - source: CEPR
On August 9, in the impoverished Cité Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, a man in plainclothes carrying an automatic weapon casually got into a crowded SUV and left the premises one...
“A Political Coup” – Interview with Youseline Augustin Bell, Cap-Haïtien
By: Sokari Ekine - http://propagandapress.org
Mdm Youseline Augustin Bell is an educator, psychologist, and attorney. In 1995 together with her husband Bell Angelot they opened the College Bell Angelot in Cap-Haïtien which presently has 1,000 K-12...
Haiti for Whom?: Aid Accountability in Haiti
Following Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake, the international community announced around $10 billion in relief and reconstruction assistance. With limited tangible results on the ground, Haitian and U.S. civil society groups have been asking "where...
Haiti Action Committee: Interview with Mildred Aristide, former First Lady of Haiti
Click here to read the latest issue of the Haiti Action Committee Newsletter which contains an interview with Mildred Aristide
How History Has Been Distorted to Justify the Dominican Deportations
by Anne Eller (Haiti Liberte)
Over the past
two years, a legal nightmare has grown in the Dominican Republic. Taking aim at
Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent, the Dominican Constitutional
Tribunal issued a ruling in September 2013,...
Lil Wayne and Chris Brown in Haiti: Another Expensive Martelly Spectacle Sparks Outrage
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
Around 100
A.D., the Roman poet Juvenal remarked that Rome, its empire rapidly declining,
was suppressing revolt through “bread and circuses.” President Michel Martelly,
during his four years in office, has borrowed the...
