Claire Lauterbach; Andy Leak and Eve Hayes de Kalaf (eds) Haiti’s government heralds recent discoveries of gold and silver on
Haiti Briefing 75 analyses the situation at the Caracol Industrial Plant, a $424,000,000 assembly-plant “development” project that has created fewer
Le cumul des échecs : plus grand mais pas mieux
In January, the cash-strapped Haitian government bowed to pressure from the International Monetary Fund and withdrew the state subsidy pegging
The government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which came to power with a landslide electoral victory only two years ago, is facing
The United States’ declaration of a “war on terrorism” following the 11 September attacks was met with some scepticism, if
Diplomatic missions have come and gone. Eleventh hour meetings have been boycotted; others have been postponed. Shots have been fired,
After a year-long campaign, the labour union representing some 300 workers at the Marnier-Lapostelle orange plantation in northern Haiti has
When a boat carrying some 400 Haitians ran aground just two miles off the Florida coast on New Year’s Day,
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
Haitian workers in the capital’s assembly plants work in hot, airless, and dimly lit factories sewing gloves, underwear, sports clothes and
In the Shadow of the Sweatshop . Also featuring information on Harold Pinter Haiti Exhibition. Haiti is a country laid
Three years ago, who would have betted on President Aristide returning to Haiti? Let alone with the support of the
