The US occupation of Haiti

By Yves Engler, Common Dreams, July 28, 2020 The only reason the corrupt, repressive and illegitimate Jovenel Moïse is currently president…

Canada has been Washington’s assistant in Haiti, not its foil

By Yves Engler, Haiti Liberté, July 27, 2020 Le Devoir’s Christian Rioux is right to highlight the ruinous nature of U.S. power in Haiti.…

Covid-19 in Haiti: The worst appears not to have happened, but dangers still hover

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, July 14, 2020 There’s good news and bad news. First, the good. As of Jul. 14, almost four months after Haiti…

As Black immigrants, this movement for equality is ours, too

By Macollvie J. Neel, Haiti Liberté, July 14, 2020 I was scrolling through photos on social media of my cousins and teenage nieces at a…

Wikileaks: Secret U.S. diplomatic cables highlight danger that “Toto” constant might elude justice

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, July 8, 2020 Alarm and indignation are growing over former CIA agent and death-squad leader Emmanuel “Toto”…

An impending crisis: COVID-19 in Haiti, ongoing instability, and the dangers of continued U.S. deportations

By Jake Johnston, Haiti Liberté, June 3, 2020 First, I want to thank Congresswoman Wilson for convening this forum and for her leadership…

COVID-19 cases in Haiti spike dramatically as MSF opens treatment centre

By Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), June 5, 2020 The number of people testing positive for the new coronavirus in Haiti has spiked…

Do black lives in Haiti matter to the Canadian government?

By Yves Engler, Canadian Dimension, June 1, 2020 Do black lives in Haiti matter to the Canadian government? At the time of writing, Justin…

U.S. to deport Haitian death squad leader and COVID-positive Haitians amid pandemic (video)

By Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW, May 26, 2020 ICE is moving ahead with plans to deport more Haitian immigrants amid the pandemic, including…

COVID-19 brings renewed urgency to remedies for cholera in Haiti

by Sandra Wisner & Beatrice Lindstrom, Al Jazeera, May 22, 2020 In an unprecedented move, 14 United Nations-appointed human rights…

“The Wuhan of the Americas”: U.S. deports COVID-19-positive immigrants to Haiti & Guatemala

By Edwidge Dandicat & José Alejandro Garcia Escobar, Democracy NOW, May 15, 2020 The United States continues to deport thousands…

After exporting COVID-19 to Haiti, the U.S. now is returning death-squad Leader “Toto” Constant

By Jake Johnston, Centre for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR), May 5, 2020 [Editor’s Note: The day after publication, the Miami…

UN response to Haiti cholera epidemic lambasted by its own rights monitors

By Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, May 4, 2020 Thirteen UN rights monitors have unleashed blistering criticism of the United Nations for its…

Dispatches from Haiti:Haiti and history

By John Carroll, MD, haitianhearts.org, April 25, 2020 “HAITI was already an island of unimaginable suffering, a country ravaged by war…

Coronavirus in Haiti: Weakened by past disasters, the country was already in crisis

By Jessica Obert, The New Humanitarian, April 20, 2020 China Maurice’s closest brush with death came during Haiti’s catastrophic 2010…

Covid-19: Killer of Black, brown and poor of US and Haiti

By Dady Chery, News Junkie Post, April 11, 2020 We are supposed to be thinking this week about the health disparities in the United States…