Mainstream press cheers rigged elections in Haiti

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery, Nov. 29, 2016 The members of Haiti’s Interim Electoral Commission (CEP) tentatively showed their faces around …

The Experiences of a Haitian-American Unionist in Trump’s America

By Marie-Paule Florestal, Haiti Liberté, Nov. 22, 2016 I’ve just returned to the New York metropolitan area after working as a Democratic…

Haiti election: Live updates from Haiti Elections Blog

Today, as Haitians head to the polls, IJDH's Nicole Phillips (@BuddhistLawyer) and CEPR's Jake Johnston (@JakobJohnston), who are in Haiti …

Haiti elections primer, part 2: Presidential candidates and their parties

By Jake Johnston, Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR), Nov. 16, 2016 In a crowded field of 54 presidential candidates, the top…

Haiti election primer, part 1: Timeline of key events

By Jake Johnston, Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR), Nov. 15, 2016 Less than a week from now, on November 20, Haiti heads to…

Red flags line road to Haiti’s Nov. 20 elections

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Nov. 16, 2016 Only six weeks ago, Category 4 Hurricane Matthew ravaged Haiti’s southern peninsula, leaving…

Canadian mining harms around the world: Criminal and civil law reform needed now

By Grahame Russell, teleSUR, Nov. 13, 2016 Over the past 15 years or so, there has been a growing number of reports about environmental…

The UN in Haiti: an adulterated vision of accountability

By The Lancet, December 2016 This week, an emergency cholera vaccination campaign was set to begin in one of the world's most beleaguered…

Five weeks after Hurricane Matthew, 800,000 Haitians urgently need food

By Nick Miroff, Washington Post, Nov 3, 2016 FONDTOUTANU, Haiti — There is no food, so along the road through the mountains there are…

US starts sending people back to Haiti again after pausing deportation flights during Hurricane Matthew

By Rachael Revesz, The Independent, Nov. 9, 2016 The US is about to begin amping up its program to deport Haitians shortly after a…

As world looks elsewhere, Haiti's disaster is just beginning

By Mark Schuller, Counter Punch, Nov. 7, 2016 I returned from my shortest trip to Haiti last week, back to DeKalb, Illinois, an…

The foreign roots of Haiti’s hunger

By Milo Milfort, Haiti Liberté, Nov. 9, 2016 At the beginning of October 2016, Hurricane Matthew ripped through three of Haiti’s southern…

Foreign Affairs Minister Dion blocked military exports to Thailand after Saudi arms deal approval

By Steven Chase, The Globe & Mail, Nov. 8, 2016 Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion blocked a shipment of military goods to Thailand…

Cholera in Haiti: Has poor legal advice undermined efforts to stop the crisis?

By Ana S. Ayala, Institute for National & Global Health Law, Nov. 3, 2016 With only two months left in office, U.N. Secretary-General…

November 20 elections thrown into doubt

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Nov. 2, 2016 A letter from Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to interim President Jocelerme Privert…