As Haiti’s Flag Day approaches: University students demonstrate for investment in education

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, May 16, 2018 May 18, 2018 will mark the 215th  anniversary of the creation of the blue-and-red Haitian flag, a…

As living conditions and corruption worsen this Mayday, Haiti’s political situation is unraveling

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, May 2, 2018 Workers again took to Haiti’s streets this May 1st International Workers Day to demand a three-…

UN refugee agency rep in Canada says asylum seekers are not a threat

By Amanda Coletta, CTV News, April 16, 2018 The UN refugee agency’s representative in Canada, Jean-Nicolas Beuze, said Monday he wants to…

Amid superpower rancor, MINUJUSTH renewed for another year

By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, April 10, 2018 Growing international tensions between the United States, on one hand, and Russia and China, on…

U.N. mission in Haiti extended for another year by Security Council

By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, April 10, 2018 Disagreement in the international community over whether Haiti remains a threat to the…

Metal mining would be disastrous for Haiti

By Ellie Happel, New York Times (OP-ED), March 29, 2018 After the 2010 earthquake killed more than 200,000 people and displaced more than…

Freelance photo-journalist missing in Haiti for the past ten days

By Reporters Without Borders, March 23, 2018 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Haitian authorities to keep investigating the…

Meet the new Haitian military ― it’s starting to look a lot like the old one

By Jake Johnston, Centre for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR), March 16, 2018 On March 13, President Jovenel Moise appointed six…

Haitian government on the defensive following UN welcoming of corruption investigation

By Jake Johnston, Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR), March 7, 2018 When Donald Trump allegedly referred to Haiti as a “…

Is a restored military cause for concern or hope in Haiti?

By Wyatt Massey, Haiti Liberté, March 7, 2018 Under the corrupt and reactionary Jovenel Moïse regime, it is almost certain that the “new”…

OXFAM’s sexual abuse in Haiti and the broader pattern amongst mainstream NGOs, charities, and UN military occupation forces

By Roger Annis, Haiti Liberté, Feb. 28, 2018 Two leading advocates for justice and national sovereignty for Haiti have spoken out about…

Broken Promises: Anthropology and the aid sector

By Tim Schwartz, Schwartz Research Group, Feb. 19, 2018 In December 2011, 23 months after the Haiti earthquake, in a single sentence,…

Oxfam prostitution scandal in Haiti deepens suspicions of other NGOs

By Sharmana Peries & Kim Ives, REAL News, Feb. 27, 2018 The sexual misconduct scandal involving Oxfam in Haiti further deepens…

NGOs put a progressive face on the exploitation Of Haiti

By Yves Engler, Huffpost, Feb. 27, 2018 Imagine living in a country where the entire social services sector is privatized, run by “…

Haiti Liberté's Kim Ives on OXFAM, NGOs, & the history of western colonialism in Haiti

By Brian Becker & Kim Ives, Loud & Clear, Feb. 22, 2018 The food charity Oxfam is reeling after reports that some of its senior…

Oxfam officials contrite amid fears aid sector facing unprecedented crisis

By Paul Waldie, The Globe & Mail, Feb. 20, 2018 As Oxfam officials struggle to contain a scandal over allegations of sexual misconduct…