Undermining accountability in the new gold rush: The Miners Next Door (HB77)
Haiti’s government heralds recent discoveries of gold and silver on its side of the island as the bootstrap the country needs to pull itself up from the devastation of the 2010 earthquake. Yet the mining industry’s record of forced displacement –...
Haiti’s government heralds recent discoveries of gold and silver on its side of the island as the bootstrap the country needs to pull itself up from the devastation of the 2010 earthquake. Yet the mining industry’s record of forced displacement –...
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| Theme | Haiti Briefing (English), Mining, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security, Sweatshops & Labour |
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Building Back Failure – Bigger But No Better Caracol: None of Your Business (HB75)
Bill and Hillary Clinton hyperbole aside, even its lead- ing cheerleaders never actually expected much of the Caracol Industrial Park (CIP) assembly plant complex, the flagship development project of post-earthquake reconstruction in Haiti. ...
Bill and Hillary Clinton hyperbole aside, even its lead- ing cheerleaders never actually expected much of the Caracol Industrial Park (CIP) assembly plant complex, the flagship development project of post-earthquake reconstruction in Haiti. ...
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| Theme | Haiti Briefing (English), Sweatshops & Labour |
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Caracol : c’est pas vos affaires (HB75)
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GDE Error: Error retrieving file - if necessary turn off error checking (404:Not Found) Le cumul des échecs : plus grand mais pas mieux ...
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| Theme | Haiti Briefing (en français), 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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