U.N. forces kill Haitian mourner

A variety of news sources (LINKS: AP / Pacific Free Press / Al Jazeera) are reporting on the U.N. force MINUSTAH killing a mourner…

Aid from the West yet to arrive: Haitian Prime Minister

Agence Haitienne de Presse link here reports that Haitian Prime Minister Michelle Pierre-Louis, speaking in Miami, complained that none of…

CARICOM stands up to US on Cuba, Canada on Haiti

Robert Buddan, writing for the Jamaica Gleaner, discusses the Organization of American States’ (OAS) recent vote to readmit Cuba into the…

The Haitian Prison System: Humanitarian catastrophe, concentration camp

Agence Haitienne de Presse reports on the experiences of lawyer Osner Févry who spent 13 days in the central prison of Port au Prince under…

Hell is a Haitian prison

Kate Heartfield of the Ottawa Citizen reports on the Haitian prison system, reputed to be one of the worst in the world (see article here…

Collier on Canada in Haiti: “A fog of well meaning words”

Oxford professor of economics Paul Collier writes in the Globe and Mail (see article here) that Canada needs to see that its: aid program […