Caracol : c’est pas vos affaires (HB75)
Download PDF Le cumul des échecs : plus grand mais pas mieux ...
Download PDF Le cumul des échecs : plus grand mais pas mieux ...
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| Theme | Haiti Briefing (en français), Sweatshops & Labour |
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Caracol: None of Your Business (HB75)
Download PDF This Briefing analyses the situation at the Caracol Industrial Plant, a $424,000,000 assembly-plant "development" project that has created fewer than 2000 less-than-minimum wage jobs. Production may benefit foreign investors and consumers...
Download PDF This Briefing analyses the situation at the Caracol Industrial Plant, a $424,000,000 assembly-plant "development" project that has created fewer than 2000 less-than-minimum wage jobs. Production may benefit foreign investors and consumers...
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| Theme | Haiti Briefing (English), Sweatshops & Labour |
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Petrol Price Rise Fuels Discontent (HB48)
Download PDF In January, the cash-strapped Haitian government bowed to pressure from the International Monetary Fund and withdrew the state subsidy pegging petrol, diesel and kerosene prices at well below the world market rate. The price of vehicle fuel...
Download PDF In January, the cash-strapped Haitian government bowed to pressure from the International Monetary Fund and withdrew the state subsidy pegging petrol, diesel and kerosene prices at well below the world market rate. The price of vehicle fuel...
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| Theme | Haiti Briefing (English), Haitian Civil Society, Haitian History, Sweatshops & Labour |
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Long Hot Summer for Aristide (HB47)
Download PDF The government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which came to power with a landslide electoral victory only two years ago, is facing sliding popularity and mounting protest on all fronts. At root of the deepening disillusionment is the continued...
Download PDF The government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which came to power with a landslide electoral victory only two years ago, is facing sliding popularity and mounting protest on all fronts. At root of the deepening disillusionment is the continued...
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| Theme | Crime, Drugs & Security, Elections & Politics in Haiti, Haiti Briefing (English), Haitian History, Sport, Sweatshops & Labour |
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Feeling the Fallout from the attacks on the US (HB44)
Download PDF The United States' declaration of a "war on terrorism" following the 11 September attacks was met with some scepticism, if not cynicism, by those familiar with the case of Emmanuel 'Toto' Constant. Haiti's number one terrorist fled to the...
Download PDF The United States' declaration of a "war on terrorism" following the 11 September attacks was met with some scepticism, if not cynicism, by those familiar with the case of Emmanuel 'Toto' Constant. Haiti's number one terrorist fled to the...
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| Theme | Development Policy & NGOs, Elections & Politics in Haiti, Haiti Briefing (English), Sweatshops & Labour, Vodou & Religion |
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Time for the 'Politicians' to Step Aside (HB43)
Download PDF Diplomatic missions have come and gone. Eleventh hour meetings have been boycotted; others have been postponed. Shots have been fired, and stones have been thrown. Foreign development aid has been suspended, and dire warnings have been issued....
Download PDF Diplomatic missions have come and gone. Eleventh hour meetings have been boycotted; others have been postponed. Shots have been fired, and stones have been thrown. Foreign development aid has been suspended, and dire warnings have been issued....
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| Theme | Crime, Drugs & Security, Haiti Briefing (English), Haitian Civil Society, Sweatshops & Labour |
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Solidarity Boosts Union Action (HB40)
Download PDF After a year-long campaign, the labour union representing some 300 workers at the Marnier-Lapostelle orange plantation in northern Haiti has won wage increases and some improvements in conditions. In late July, the French company that imports...
Download PDF After a year-long campaign, the labour union representing some 300 workers at the Marnier-Lapostelle orange plantation in northern Haiti has won wage increases and some improvements in conditions. In late July, the French company that imports...
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| Theme | Development Policy & NGOs, Haiti Briefing (English), Haitian Civil Society, Sweatshops & Labour, Vodou & Religion |
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Unwelcome, Unwanted: Haitian Migrant Workers (HB37)
Download PDF When a boat carrying some 400 Haitians ran aground just two miles off the Florida coast on New Year's Day, the British media had its first Haiti headline story for several years. Haiti 'boat-people' is an old chestnut that is easy to roast...
Download PDF When a boat carrying some 400 Haitians ran aground just two miles off the Florida coast on New Year's Day, the British media had its first Haiti headline story for several years. Haiti 'boat-people' is an old chestnut that is easy to roast...
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| Theme | Development Policy & NGOs, Dominican Republic, Haiti Briefing (English), Haitian Civil Society, Haitian History, Sweatshops & Labour |
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Lavalas Splits, Violence Increases (HB23)
Download PDF The 'gran manjè' - literally the big eaters - are the 'fat cats', the corrupt politicians, the government bureaucrats and other Haitians officials who are getting rich off the backs of the poor. The anti-gran manjè theme sponteneously...
Download PDF The 'gran manjè' - literally the big eaters - are the 'fat cats', the corrupt politicians, the government bureaucrats and other Haitians officials who are getting rich off the backs of the poor. The anti-gran manjè theme sponteneously...
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| Theme | Crime, Drugs & Security, Elections & Politics in Haiti, Haiti Briefing (English), Sweatshops & Labour, Vodou & Religion |
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Protests Leave Lavalas Shaking (HB22)
Download PDF Roadblocks, demonstrations and strikes - during the month of January generalised discontent was channelled into action in a wave of protests against the government's economic policy. Towards the end of last year there were strikes by shopkeepers,...
Download PDF Roadblocks, demonstrations and strikes - during the month of January generalised discontent was channelled into action in a wave of protests against the government's economic policy. Towards the end of last year there were strikes by shopkeepers,...
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| Theme | Crime, Drugs & Security, Elections & Politics in Haiti, Haiti Briefing (English), Haitian History, Human Rights, Sweatshops & Labour |
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