
Puerto Rico Needs Help, But Not Like Haiti
FÈ ATENSYON. Haiti 2010 is not the intervention model you want for Puerto Rico. Last month, hurricanes Irma and Maria

The David Nicholls Memorial Trust Annual Lecture
The David Nicholls Memorial Trust Annual Lecture: ‘New’ Governors of the Dew – Professor Andrew Leak, University College London The

Haiti Will Not Perish – Panel & Screening
From Waterstones website. Original piece and tickets here. The world’s first independent black republic, Haiti was forged in the fire of

Raoul Peck Chronicles of an Exile Film Series
Our Raoul Peck Chronicles of an Exile Film Series continues at the Institut Français in Edinburgh. For more information, please

Akala Presents: Legacies of the Haitian Revolution
Black Studies at Birmingham City University to host the latest Malcolm X Study Circle in collaboration with the Harambee Organisation of

80 Years Onwards: the Haitian /Dominican Border
80 Years Onwards: Narratives of Reconciliation on the Haitian/Dominican Border This autumn marks 80 years since the devastating 1937 massacre on the

Scale of Lavalas Victory Questioned (HB39)
The May 21st elections returned a huge victory for Jean-Betrand Aristide’s new, populist Lavalas Family party. According to the official results, the Lavalas Family won

Chronicle of an Election Postponed (HB38)
Elections for every single elected office in Haiti, save the Presidency and a third of the Senate, have been due since the end of 1998.

Unwelcome, Unwanted: Haitian Migrant Workers (HB37)
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

Death and Confusion – who Controls the Police? (HB36)
The question of criminal and political violence in Haiti has raised a great deal of controversy since the resignation on 7 October of the Secretary

Doing the Election Dance (HB35)
In 1990, the majority of Haitians were enthusiastic voters, but then saw their elected candidate overthrown by a military coup. When, three years later, President

Sowing the Seeds for a Grassroots Revival (HB34)
These are dark days in Haiti. The promise of economic renewal funded by international development aid has come to nothing. Impunity for human rights violators