MINUSTAH and RNDDH Have a Great Deal for Which They Should Answer
By: Joe Emersberger, Jeb Sprague, and Wadner Pierre - HaitiAnalysis
Dan Beeton, over at CEPR’s very useful Haiti blog, reported that
A new human rights report reaffirms the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti’s (MINUSTAH) responsibility for causing the...
The United Nations must cure Haiti of the cholera epidemic it caused
By: Mark Weisbrot - UK GuardianBefore Hurricane Sandy slammed into the east coast of the United States, it killed 54 people in Haiti and left tens of thousands more homeless. Haiti is especially vulnerable...
Reconstituir al ejército hará que Haití revierta a un pasado de 30 años atrás
Por Jeb Sprague - La RepúblicaEl gobierno Haitiano está haciendo planes para reconstituir al disuelto ejército, una institución responsable de muchos de los peores crímenes cometidos en la historia del país. Al mismo tiempo,...
Haiti’s hunger games: Disastrous food policy bites hands that feed
by Phillip Wearne, Haiti
Briefing
One màmit (5.75lb tin) of rice? 150 Haitian Gourdes (about $3.57), up
50% since July. Corn meal? At 100 Gourdes per màmit, that has doubled in the past year. Beans? Well, they...
“Border of Lights” Marks Massacre Anniversary
by
Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
Some
200 people gathered in the border town of Dajabón, in northwestern Dominican
Republic, from October 4-6 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the “Parsley
Massacre” in 1937, when Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered...
Arrest of Brandt for kidnapping explodes myths
Police Chief Orélus seeks to remove “bad seeds” on force
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
On Oct. 22, the Haitian National
Police (PNH) arrested Clifford Brandt, the scion of a prominent Haitian
bourgeois family, on charges of leading...
Haiti’s excluded majority opposes army’s re-creation
By: Jeb Sprague - Jamaica Observer
FOLLOWING the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, the country's small right wing has had a political comeback. As with the shocking return of former dictator Jean...
For-Profit Folly in Haiti: Development-Industrial Complex Can’t Deliver Reconstruction After Earthquake
by Jake Johnston, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Over the past few decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has seen its staff level drop significantly at the same time as the amount...
Demonstration, Delegation, and Community Meeting Demand UN Troops Leave Haiti
by Kim Ives (Haiti Liberte)
Despite cold weather, over 100 people protested in Ralph Bunche Park in front of the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan on Oct. 12 as the Security Council renewed the mandate...
Two years after the outbreak of cholera in Haiti, access to clean water and...
Open Letter to US Officials by various authors (published by Haiti Liberte)
Oct. 22, 2012, Washington, D.C. – On the second anniversary of the
outbreak of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, human rights groups, faith-based
organizations, policy...
