Privert does nothing to meet popular demands while installing reactionaries

By Yves Pierre-Louis, Haiti Liberté, Feb. 24, 2016 A week after the promise-filled installation of the Senate’s ex-president in the…

State department vs. “will of the Haitian people” in Haiti’s elections

By Nancy Young, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), Feb. 22, 2016 There were two press conferences the day before the…

An anti-corruption charade in Honduras

By Alexander Main, New York Times OP-ED, Feb. 16, 2016 Last spring and summer, huge protests set off by corruption scandals engulfed two…

Canadian manufactured weapons are being used in Saudi-Yemenese war

By Nahlah Ayed, Joanne Levasseur, Jacques Marcoux, & Tracy Seeley, CBC News, Feb. 22, 2016   Canadian-made weapons may have…

Flint and Haiti: A tale of two rivers, a tale of two crimes

By Victoria Koski-Karell, Truthout, Feb. 20, 2016 We made our way down the steep bank to the meandering river, Haiti's largest: the…

Needed but unwanted: Haitians in the Dominican Republic (Short documentary)

By Susan Farkas, IRIN films, Feb. 10, 2016 Hundreds of thousands of people of Haitian descent living in the Dominican Republic are at risk…

Jocelerme Privert replaces Michel Martelly as Haiti’s President

by Marie Laurette Numa and Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Feb. 17, 2016 Since the Feb. 6 agreement reached between outgoing President Joseph…

Jocelerme Privert is Haiti’s new provisional president

By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, Feb. 14, 2016 The former head of Haiti’s Senate and National Assembly was elected the country’s…

Accord or discord? Political agreement eases tensions, but crisis persists

By Haiti election Blog, Feb. 14, 2016 Update: Jocelerme Privert has been elected provisional president by the National Assembly.   …

Haitian President Michel Martelly bids farewell

By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, Feb. 7, 2016 Thirty years after beginning its frail democracy with the fall of President-for-Life Jean…

A summary of the class struggle and history behind Haiti’s 2016 electoral crisis

by Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Feb. 3, 2016 Extrapolating on an observation made by his teacher Hegel, Karl Marx once famously remarked that…

Haiti's fraudulent presidential frontrunner seizes land for his own banana republic

By Joshua Steckley & Beverley Bell, Other Worlds, Jan. 21, 2016 This report is based on extensive interviews, on-site and via phone,…

New study suggests peacekeeping host countries remain vulnerable: Advocates call on UN to prevent troops from introducing cholera to host countries

By Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), Jan. 29, 2016 Human rights advocates welcome a new study by Yale University…

Haiti's fight for democracy continues

By Edna Bonhomme & Danny Katch, Socialist Worker, Feb. 4, 2016 Widespread anger over election fraud has forced Haiti's leaders--and…

Haiti elections news roundup - February 2

By Haiti Election Blog, Feb. 2, 2016 Although Carnival in Haiti is well underway, the political situation continues to give Haitians little…

Survey: Haitians overwhelmingly support investigation into election fraud

By Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR), Feb. 3, 2016 Less than three percent of Haitians would have voted in the planned…

"The people are fed up": Haiti on the brink of bloody revolution (radio interview)

By Brian Becker & Kim Ives, Sputnik News, Feb. 1, 2016   Listen to the radio interview   Haiti is in the midst of a political crisis…