Haiti

  • Haiti's broken school system is still buried under tons of rubble. But for some, the earthquake was a big opportunity. September 8, 2011

  • A new president has been installed in Haiti with the backing of the U.S., but the country's crisis remains as dire as ever. July 7, 2011

  • Jean-Bertrand Aristide's return to the country from which he was kidnapped seven years ago will transform Haitian politics. March 23, 2011

  • The return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Haiti, in the context of a shifting balance of power, has Washington on high alert. February 17, 2011

  • The return of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier brings the nightmare of Haiti’s past together with its terrible present. January 19, 2011

  • By every measure, the U.S. and other powers, the United Nations and NGOs have failed the Haitian people in the year since the catastrophic earthquake. January 13, 2011

  • People around the world donated to help victims of Haiti's devastating earthquake last year--but most of the money has yet to reach the Haitian people. January 12, 2011

  • A group of Haitian solidarity activists picketed United Nations headquarters in New York City to call for an end to the occupation. December 15, 2010

  • The announcement of preliminary results from Haiti's disputed November 28 election ignited demonstrations and barricades. December 13, 2010

  • If fraud and corruption are widely reported in Haiti, why are the U.S. and UN calling the elections a "step in the right direction"? December 6, 2010

  • Ten months after a devastating earthquake, Haiti has been left helpless against the threat of disease and hurricanes--both of which struck in the last month. November 12, 2010

  • Nineteen years after the Cédras military bandits resumed power in Haiti, a woman's group occupied the streets in Port-au-Prince to mark the occasion. October 5, 2010

  • France should pay back the 90 million gold francs extorted from Haiti 200 years ago as part of its "independence debt." August 18, 2010

  • Multimillionaire pop star Wyclef Jean is running for president of Haiti, but he's no friend of the country's popular movement. August 12, 2010

  • Bill Clinton is celebrated for his "good works" in Haiti, but ordinary Haitians have a different view of what he's been up to. August 5, 2010

  • Six months after Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, the promises of the world's most powerful governments to provide billions in aid are unfulfilled. August 2, 2010

  • Many Haitians who were injured or made homeless by the quake are now scattered all over the country, without access to medical care or aid. May 11, 2010

  • Since my family and I survived the earthquake in Haiti, I have returned home with unshakable thoughts of life and death. April 23, 2010

  • The plan unveiled at the UN donors conference for Haiti boils down to one thing: Washington's takeover of the "new" Haiti. April 5, 2010

  • Since the devastating earthquake in Haiti, familiar patterns of interference and neglect and by the major powers that dominate the country are still entrenched. March 16, 2010

  • A U.S. filmmaker describes what he saw on a trip to Haiti after the earthquake--and the kind of aid the country still needs. March 16, 2010

  • Much has been made of the differences between the disasters in Haiti and Chile, but the similarities in the way human need comes last are striking. March 12, 2010

  • Until Haitians are allowed to build a sustainable infrastructure, so-called aid becomes another weapon to exploit them. March 4, 2010

  • Sonia Pierre, a long-time human rights advocate, has sent response teams into the hardest-to-reach areas of Haiti. March 2, 2010

  • The failure of U.S. operations to help most Haitian survivors of the earthquake has also exposed some of the worst aspects of the NGO aid industry. February 24, 2010