The number of Haitian boat people is increasing
by Yves Pierre-Louis (haiti Liberte)
Hundreds of Haitians, since the beginning of 2013, continue to risk their lives to seek a better life abroad, to escape poverty, hunger, unemployment, and poor living conditions. Promises of...
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Cholera in the Age of Privatized Water
by Isabeau Doucet (Haiti Liberte)
I contracted cholera two years ago by the breezy beaches of Port Salut, while attempting to escape burnout, a broken heart, and the lingering pangs of Dengue fever in Port-au-Prince,...
How Fitting That Michael Deibert Lauds Rory Carroll’s book about Hugo Chavez
by Joe Emersberger
Is there anything more heartwarming than to see one dishonest corporate journalist applaud another?
Michael Deibert is a former Reuters journalist and author of “Notes from the Last Testament”, a long winded and...
Hugo Chavez’ legacy in Haiti and Latin America
By Kim Ives - Haiti Liberte, March 17th 2013
Tens of thousands of Haitians spontaneously poured into the streets of Port-au-Prince on the morning of Mar. 12, 2007. President Hugo Chavez had just...
Is the Caracol Industrial Park Worth the Risk?
By Haiti Grassroots Watch (Haiti Liberte)
Last October, officials from the
Haitian government and a number of foreign governments and institutions, who
call themselves“friends of Haiti,” saw their dream become a reality. Finally,
there was earthquake reconstruction progress...
Haiti’s Oscar Awards
By
Mark Schuller (Haiti Liberte)
On
Feb. 26, Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn, who now acts as Haitian President
Michel Martelly’s “Ambassador-at-Large,” extolled the progress Haiti has made
since the 2010 earthquake as “extraordinary.”
There has indeed been some progress,
and...
PetroCaribe’s Oil to the Poor: Chavez’s Legacy in Haiti and Latin America
By
Kim Ives - Haiti Liberte
Tens
of thousands of Haitians spontaneously poured into the streets of
Port-au-Prince on the morning of Mar. 12, 2007. President Hugo Chavez had just
arrived in Haiti all but unannounced, and a multitude,...
Former Dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier’s First Court Hearing
By
Yves Pierre-Louis and Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
On
Feb. 28, 2013, former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier had to
show up at the Port-au-Prince Appeals Court to hear various charges against him
for crimes against humanity. After...
Morne Bossa Neighbors Nervous
by Haiti Grassroots Watch and Inter Press Service
The population of Cardouche, a small village about 12 kilometers south of Cap-Haïtien in Haiti’s North department, is nervous about three new mining exploitation permits granted last...
