Crime, Drugs & Security

The Haiti Support Group 16th October 2002

The government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which came to power with a landslide electoral victory only two years ago, is facing

The Haiti Support Group 4th July 2001

Diplomatic missions have come and gone. Eleventh hour meetings have been boycotted; others have been postponed. Shots have been fired,

The Haiti Support Group 4th May 2001

Almost one year since elections that returned a Parliament completely dominated by President Aristide’s Lavalas Family Party, the political scene

The Haiti Support Group 4th January 2000

The question of criminal and political violence in Haiti has raised a great deal of controversy since the resignation on

The Haiti Support Group 4th May 1999

In Creole, there are many ways to express a dilemma. But these days, most Haitians would probably tell you that

The Haiti Support Group 18th February 1998

Drug alert deepens as rocks of crack cocaine are found on sale in Cité Soleil.

The Haiti Support Group 4th April 1997

The ‘gran manjè‘ – literally the big eaters – are the ‘fat cats’, the corrupt politicians, the government bureaucrats and

The Haiti Support Group 4th February 1997

Roadblocks, demonstrations and strikes – during the month of January generalised discontent was channelled into action in a wave of

The Haiti Support Group 3rd October 1996

Following several weeks of shootings and bomb threats, former soldiers from the disbanded Haitian army are threatening more violence if

The Haiti Support Group 18th June 1996

“The first stage was when the police feared the people. The second stage that we are in now is the

The Haiti Support Group 3rd August 1995

Haiti’s parliamentary and local elections on June 25 resulted in a commanding victory for the Lavalas platform (PPL) supported by

The Haiti Support Group 3rd January 1995

There has been so little news in the mainstream media you could be forgiven for thinking that, with the return

The Haiti Support Group 2nd July 1994

The United States has added teeth to the new United Nations sanctions imposed in May by announcing it will assist

The Haiti Support Group 2nd April 1994

The body of a well-known Aristide supporter, Dady Pierre, murdered on 10 March in Cité Soleil was found with his