What a Foul-Up (HB25) The Haiti Support Group 4th September 1997 In the April elections for nine Senators and 700 seats on new local assemblies only 5% of the registered electorate cast Read More »
Teachers and Pupils Strike (HB 24) The Haiti Support Group 4th June 1997 School students and teachers from the state education sector took their protests to the street in May. Almost everywhere throughout Read More »
Land Reform – the Number One Demand (HB19) The Haiti Support Group 18th August 1996 “Land is truly the Number One biggest demand of Haitian peasants who have fought and died for it, because only Read More »
Between the Peasants and the Donors (HB17) The Haiti Support Group 18th April 1996 New President of Haiti, Rene Préval, unveils his strategy to try to repair Haiti’s shattered economy. Read More »
Farewell Aristide (HB16) The Haiti Support Group 3rd February 1996 So it’s farewell to President Aristide who hands over to his successor, René Préval, on February 7th. As the living Read More »
Pot Threatens to Boil Over (HB15) The Haiti Support Group 3rd December 1995 The patience of many thousands of Haitians finally snapped following the November 7th assassination of the Lavalas MP, Jean Hubert Read More »
Problems Not Solved by US Presence (HB 11) 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 Read More »
Clampdown in Jérémie (HB6) The Haiti Support Group 2nd February 1994 Last October, when the Haitian army refused to comply with the UN-brokered accord to restore democracy, the international community needed Read More »
Mourning Democracy in Haiti (HB5) The Haiti Support Group 2nd December 1993 Before the September 1991 coup d’état, 1,500 sacks of charcoal per month were shipped from Jérémie on the western tip of Read More »