The record low voter participation in Haiti’s 2016 election

By Catherine Charlemagne, Haiti Liberté, Dec. 28, 2016 After polls closed on the evening of Nov. 20, 2016, all the actors involved in Haiti…

A critical review of the US State Department’s 2015 progress report on Haiti

By Alexander Main, Jasmine Huggins, Jake Johnston, Charissa Zehr, Jessica Hsu, & Alan Yarborough, Center for Economic & Policy…

How electoral observers evaluated Haiti’s Nov. 20, 2016 election

By Catherine Charlemagne, Haiti Liberté, Dec. 21, 2016 It is an unmistakable sign. Long before the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and…

Canada’s hollow human rights commitment on Honduras and human rights defenders

By Jen Moore, MiningWatch Canada, Dec. 15, 2016 The Liberal government is much more, well, liberal with their use of the words “human…

A close-up look at southwestern Haiti, post-hurricane Matthew

By Andrew Kennedy & Tracy Kijewski-Correa , Weather Underground, Dec. 16, 2016 This post is by Dr. Andrew Kennedy and Dr. Tracy…

Food crisis looming in Haiti as aid slow to reach Hurricane Matthew's victims

By Ben Quinn, The Guardian, Dec 13, 2016 Anite Figaro remembers the night her isolated mountain community fled their homes in October as …

Human rights and alternative media delegation report on Haiti’s elections: Rampant fraud & voter suppression

By Pierre LaBossiere & Margaret Prescod, CounterPunch, Dec. 9, 2016 Lead Up to Election Day Friday, November 18th was the last day of…

The UN’s still incomplete apology to Haiti

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Dec. 7, 2016 United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, who will step down at the end of this month, made…

Breakdown of preliminary election results in Haiti

By Jake Johnston, Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR), Dec. 6, 2016 More than two weeks after Haitians went to the polls to…

Brian Concannon, executive director of the IJDH, reacts to the Haiti election results

By Brian Concannon, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), Dec. 2, 2016 The Haiti Justice Update sent on Wednesday did not…

To so many Africans, Fidel Castro is a hero. Here’s why

By Sean Jacobs, The Guardian, Nov. 30, 2016 If Africa is a country, then Fidel Castro is one of our national heroes. This may come as a…

Deconstructing another right-wing victory in Haiti

by Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, Nov. 30, 2016 The largest and most important percentage to emerge from Haiti’s Nov. 20, 2016 election is that…