What Lies Behind the Arrest of Martelly-Confidant Jojo Lorquet?
Was he previously involved in money laundering with Martelly? Is this
the beginning of a larger round-up and more revelations?
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
Outlandish television host Joseph
“Jojo” Lorquet is one of the Haitian president’s closest...
Ecuador and Brazil Training New Haitian Army
By Charlie Hinton - Originally published by the Haiti Action CommitteeThe February 29th, 2004 kidnapping/coup d'etat began a brutal ongoing US/UN occupation that aimed to suppress Haiti's people’s movement and roll back the hard-won democratic...
Stop Attacks on President Aristide and Haiti’s Grassroots Movement
(from earlier in 2013)
By: Haiti Action Committee
The people of Haiti stand for justice, but they are against the misuse of the justice system for political persecution. That is why they have come out by the...
When Will Partial Senate, Municipal, and Local Elections Be Held?
by Francklyn B. Geffrard
The Jun. 19 telephone conversation between Haitian President Michel Martelly and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden seems to have had some impact on the behavior of the Haitian regime. Previously, the...
Who Is Afraid of Elections?
by Yves Pierre-Louis
Since the formation of an electoral body known as the Transitional College for the Permanent Electoral Council (CTCEP), the administration of President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe has not shown...
Reconstruction of Massive Slum Will Cost “Hundreds Of Millions”
by Haiti Grassroots Watch
Three years after its star-studded launch by President René Préval, actor Sean Penn and various other Haitian and foreign dignitaries, the model camp for Haiti’s 2010 earthquake victims has helped give...
Food Aid Reform Becomes More Urgent as Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Increase
by the Center for Economic and
Policy Research (CEPR)
The Associated Press’ Trenton
Daniel takes a look at high levels of malnutrition and food insecurity in
Haiti, reporting that: “Three years after an earthquake killed hundreds of
thousands and...
Dissatisfaction Growing with the Martelly-Lamothe Government
by Thomas Péralte (Haiti Liberte)
In recent months, demonstrations
have erupted in different parts of Haiti demanding electricity, river dredging,
road and bridge construction, support for farmers, and the building of schools
and hospitals.
...
Continental Conference to End MINUSTAH
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
Delegates from around the world will converge on Port-au-Prince May 31 to take part in a two-day Continental Conference aimed at bringing an end to the United Nations Mission to...
Cholera Legal Suit Against the UN Takes Shape: Lawyers Seek Haitian Claimants in New...
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
On May 8, lawyers representing over 5,000 Haitian cholera victims told the United Nations that they are taking the world body to court in 60 days if it doesn’t accept...
