International Association of Democratic Lawyers calls for the protection of union activists in Haiti

By The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, 17 April, 2014 IADL is concerned about increasing persecution against union…

New Report Details Persecution of Public and Private Sector Union Activists in Haiti

by The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), April 17, 2014 The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) and its Haiti…

As U.S. delegations visit and masses march: Senate president declares “El Rancho Accord” dead

by Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, April 30, 2014 Haiti’s Senate President, Sen. Simon Dieuseul Desras, has clearly rejected the so-called “Inter-…

Donate to the SOIL project and support agricultural and reforestation efforts in Haiti

Spring 2014 challenge:  SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelyhoods) has been working to plant the seeds of change in Haiti. As…

World Bank head Jim Yong Kim calls for renewed urgency in Haiti’s cholera fight

CHIP editor's note:  Jim Yong Kim, the current head of the World Bank, was formerly the Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social…

Venezuela: Five perspectives on the current conflict

Venezuela: Making Peace . . . With Capitalism?  By Chris Gilbert, Monthly Review Zine, 10 April, 2014  Today in Venezuela the capitalist…

U.N. struggles to stem Haiti cholera epidemic

By Randal C. Archibold and Somini Sengupta, New York Times, April 19, 2014 CHAPOTEAU, Haiti — For three years, the United Nations has…

Children of Haitian descent in Dominican Republic being barred from school, forced into labor: report

A new report analyzed the impact of 2013 court ruling that could let the government retroactively strip citizenship from people of Haitian…

Researchers raise alarm about air pollution levels in Haiti

By Gail Bambrick, Phys.org,  23 April, 2014 Air pollution in the island nation of Haiti can reach levels considered hazardous by the U.S.…

Haiti’s current drought: An opportunity to build climate change resilience?

By Marc Cohen, Oxfam America, 22 April, 2014 A new Oxfam research report highlights how Haiti can build resilience to climate change.  If…

Harkening back to dark days in Haiti

By Nathalie Baptist, finalcall.com, Mar 31, 2014  Oct. 16, 1993, Alerte Belance was abducted from her home and taken to Titanyen, a small…

Human Rights Organizations: Widespread Abuse and Police Brutality in Haiti’s Ile a Vache

By Dady Chery, News Junkie Post, 8 April, 2014  The struggle between Haiti’s peasants in Ile a Vache and the country’s executive branch is…

Amnesty: Haiti human rights activist threatened

By Trenton Daniels, Associated Press, 15 April, 2014.  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A leading human rights activist in Haiti has been…

U.S. housing effort in Haiti criticized — again

By Jacqueline Charles, The Miami Herald, April 16, 2014 The U.S. Agency for International Development says it will continue to work with…

As President Declares Haiti Broke, Thousands Demonstrate to Demand Martelly and MINUSTAH Leave

by Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, April 14, 2014   Thousands marched in the streets of Port-au-Prince on Apr. 15 to demand that President Michel…

Meet Daniel Tillias

By Augusta Dwyer, Global Kiosk, April 16, 2014 I first met Daniel two years ago, when I went to check out the organization he founded, the…

Employees demand Haiti's pensions director be fired but Martelly keeps him

By Thomas Péralte, Haiti Liberte, April 9, 2014 Since Mar. 25, employees at the National Office for Old Age Insurance (ONA) have been…

Haiti government reshuffles, lawmakers take critical elections step

By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 April, 2014 As part of a political deal to help build confidence in upcoming elections, Haiti…

Update: Four articles on the current situation in Venezuela

The “Cubanization” of U.S. Policy Towards Venezuela  By Jake Johnston, Center for Economic & Policy Research, 26 March 2014  Venezuelan…

After the quake, luxury hotels rise above Haiti's homeless

Despite an outpouring of aid after the devastation of Port-au-Prince, it’s the same old story for many of the city’s poor.  By Lisa…

Fanmi Lavalas Calls for the Resignation of Lamothe, but Not of Martelly

By Thomas Péralte, Haiti Liberté, March 29, 2014 On Sat., Mar. 29, 2014, the anniversary of the 1987 Haitian Constitution, tens of…

Venezuela: A Call for Peace

By Nocholas Maduro, New York Times OP-ED, April 1, 2014 CARACAS, Venezuela — THE recent protests in Venezuela have made international…