
Long Hot Summer for Aristide (HB47)
The government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which came to power with a landslide electoral victory only two years ago, is facing
The government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which came to power with a landslide electoral victory only two years ago, is facing
Diplomatic missions have come and gone. Eleventh hour meetings have been boycotted; others have been postponed. Shots have been fired,
Almost one year since elections that returned a Parliament completely dominated by President Aristide’s Lavalas Family Party, the political scene
The question of criminal and political violence in Haiti has raised a great deal of controversy since the resignation on
In Creole, there are many ways to express a dilemma. But these days, most Haitians would probably tell you that
Drug alert deepens as rocks of crack cocaine are found on sale in Cité Soleil.
The ‘gran manjè‘ – literally the big eaters – are the ‘fat cats’, the corrupt politicians, the government bureaucrats and
Roadblocks, demonstrations and strikes – during the month of January generalised discontent was channelled into action in a wave of
Following several weeks of shootings and bomb threats, former soldiers from the disbanded Haitian army are threatening more violence if
“The first stage was when the police feared the people. The second stage that we are in now is the
Haiti’s parliamentary and local elections on June 25 resulted in a commanding victory for the Lavalas platform (PPL) supported by
There has been so little news in the mainstream media you could be forgiven for thinking that, with the return
The United States has added teeth to the new United Nations sanctions imposed in May by announcing it will assist
The body of a well-known Aristide supporter, Dady Pierre, murdered on 10 March in Cité Soleil was found with his