After a year-long campaign, the labour union representing some 300 workers at the Marnier-Lapostelle orange plantation in northern Haiti has
The May 21st elections returned a huge victory for Jean-Betrand Aristide’s new, populist Lavalas Family party. According to the official
Elections for every single elected office in Haiti, save the Presidency and a third of the Senate, have been due
When a boat carrying some 400 Haitians ran aground just two miles off the Florida coast on New Year’s Day,
The question of criminal and political violence in Haiti has raised a great deal of controversy since the resignation on
In 1990, the majority of Haitians were enthusiastic voters, but then saw their elected candidate overthrown by a military coup.
These are dark days in Haiti. The promise of economic renewal funded by international development aid has come to nothing.
In Creole, there are many ways to express a dilemma. But these days, most Haitians would probably tell you that
The political crisis, simmering for the best part of two years, finally came to the boil in January. Parliamentary elections
It is common knowledge that the United States uses covert operations and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to destabilize and
Rain brought by Hurricane George began to fall on the treeless mountainsides of Haiti on September 22. That night, the
In a July interview with the US magazine, Emerge, Emmanuel Constant, the leader of the FRAPH death squad that murdered hundreds
This special edition Haiti Briefing features an in-depth background on vodou, the religion of Haiti. Vodou is a major feature
Drug alert deepens as rocks of crack cocaine are found on sale in Cité Soleil.
While the political crisis deepened, with still no Prime Minister and half of the ministers of state also resigning, Haitians
In the April elections for nine Senators and 700 seats on new local assemblies only 5% of the registered electorate cast
School students and teachers from the state education sector took their protests to the street in May. Almost everywhere throughout
The ‘gran manjè‘ – literally the big eaters – are the ‘fat cats’, the corrupt politicians, the government bureaucrats and
