Haiti’s Institutional Crisis Deepens
by Isabelle L. Papillon (Haiti Liberte)
Seventeen months after President
Michel Martelly became Haiti’s head of state with Washington’s backing, Haiti
is plunged into a downward spiral of institutional and political crisis. This
crisis traces its roots to...
Has the Mobilization against Martelly Reached a Point of No Return?
by Yves Pierre-Louis (Haiti Liberte)
Workers, peasants, teachers, and
the unemployed continued their protests across Haiti this week. Both in the
capital, Port-au-Prince, as well as in many provincial towns, Haitians are
rising up in growing numbers against...
Belen Fernandez Reviews the New Book: Paramilitarism and the assault on democracy in Haiti...
By: Belen Fernandez - Al Jazeera
In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, certain media outlets painted a picture of a country overrun by looters and at the mercy of gang members and...
Martelly Protested at Brooklyn College
By Kim Ives - Haiti Liberte
Haitians in New York joined their brothers and sisters marching in anti-government demonstrations across Haiti when President Michel Martelly headlined a rally at the Brooklyn College auditorium on...
The Mobilization Against Martelly Grows
By Isabelle Papillon - Haiti Liberte
For the second consecutive week, thousands of people of all ages and walks of life took to the streets of Cap Haïtien, Haiti’s second largest city, on Sep. 21...
Anti-Martelly Uprisings Sweep Haiti
By: Yves Pierre-Louis & Kim
Ives - Haiti Liberte
Demonstrations erupted across
Haiti this past week as deep-seated anger against the government of President
Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is now surging into the
streets on a...
Reviving Haiti’s army would harm democracy
By: Jeb Sprague - Miami Herlad Op-ed
Sep 12, 2012
Haiti’s government is making plans to revive the country’s disbanded army, an institution guilty of many of the worst crimes ever perpetrated in the country. At...
Haitian activist tours U.S. demanding housing rights for the country’s 400,000 displaced
By Alexis Erkert - Haiti Liberte
(September 11, 2012) Housing
activist Reyneld Sanon is beginning a tour to key cities in the United States.
The tour will raise awareness about Under Tents, the international campaign for
housing rights...
The National Palace, a Den of Corruption
By Yves Pierre-Louis - Haiti Liberte
A string of corruption scandals are erupting at Haiti’s Presidential Palace, directly involving President Martelly and his wife Sophia Saint-Rémy Martelly, and his son, Olivier Martelly. The president is...
Lack of Press Freedom Shields “Reporters Without Borders” From Exposure
By Joe Emersberger - HaitiAnalysis
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the press freedom watchdog, is a fraud. You can find people who say this in small non-corporate outlets, and who provide slam dunk evidence for that...
