The Nation: WikiLeaks Exposes U.S. Manipulation In Haiti
When René Préval took the oath of Haiti's presidential office in a ceremony at Haiti's National Palace on May 14, 2006, he was anxious to allay fear...
When René Préval took the oath of Haiti's presidential office in a ceremony at Haiti's National Palace on May 14, 2006, he was anxious to allay fear...
AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Protesters enraged by the results of Haiti's troubled presidential election set barricades and political offices ablaze,...
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011
As the infamous dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier returns to Haiti after 25 years in exile in the south of France, pressure is increasing on the impoverished, earthquake-destroyed, and cholera stricken country of Haiti.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011
When Brazilian diplomat Ricardo Seitenfus was abruptly ousted as special representative of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Haiti on Christmas day, timing proved to be everything.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011
It is clear that any information which sheds light on U.S. "diplomacy" is more than useful. It has the potential to help save millions of human lives.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011
What was Bill Clinton thinking when he told journalists in the Dominican Republic yesterday that Haiti needed "an objective" recount of ballots in the...
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011
The US has raised a gigantic red flag that now covers the results in doubt, the official numbers are contrary to all estimates, and many, many Haitians were disenfranchised to begin with.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011
During a forty-minute interview, Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly discussed the election, the results of which are to be announced today by the country's Permanent Electoral Council.
Emily Schmall | Posted 05.25.2011
Emily Schmall | Posted 05.25.2011
Port-au-Prince - The spectre of violence hung in the air like a storm cloud on the eve of Haiti's general elections, threatening to shatter an unusual...
Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011
There is a fundamental dichotomy in Haiti between Heaven and Hell. I chose to embrace its heaven while trying to eradicate its hell.
AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Singer Wyclef Jean is considering a run for president of Haiti but has not decided whether to seek a five-year term as l...
Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Returning from a recent post-disaster trip to Haiti, I was pleasantly surprised to bump into the American Ambassador, the Hon....
Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The film "Thirty-Five Long Seconds: Haiti's Deadly Earthquake" was screened recently as part of the recent Donor's Conference ...
Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011
It is a formidable task, with as much chance of failure as success, to rebuild a country under plans resembling Plato's Republic in the Caribbean. But first people have to be kept alive.
Dyane Jean François | Posted 05.25.2011
To use French in an emergency situation in Haiti is like shouting exit instructions in English during a fire in a Georgia plant where 90 percent of the workers speak Spanish.
Richard Morse | Posted 05.25.2011
Haitians aren't living in tent and bed sheet cities because there was an earthquake on January 12. This is the lifestyle one gets used to when elites and the Delatour/Preval lobby machine run the economy.
Adam Clark Estes | Posted 05.25.2011
Haiti is still there. And slowly, a rebuilt nation is rising from the rubble. During the next ten weeks, members of the Huffington Post Citizen Reporting unit will chronicle these efforts on this blog.
Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011
There is plenty of blame and criticism to go around, but that being said, the humanitarian situation in Haiti is so dire it seems as if there may be no comprehensive solution.
Mohammad Al-Kassim | Posted 05.25.2011
In the Haitian capital's first major opposition rally since the devastating January 12th earthquake, protesters demanded Monday that President Rene Preval step down.
Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011
"The U.N. simply does not have adequate support of the world powers," Juan E. Mendez told me. Coming from anyone, this might be less important. From...
Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011
The Hon. Kenneth H. Merten, American Ambassador to Haiti, has written the first "Diplomatic Viewpoint" for The Jim Luce Stewardship Report launched tw...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti,...
Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011
With both Chavez and the U.S. looking to reverse their political fortunes in Latin America, could Haiti become the setting for geopolitical tensions?
New York Times | MARC LACEY and IAN URBINA | Posted 05.25.2011
The police in El Salvador have begun an investigation into whether a man suspected of leading a trafficking ring involving Central American and Caribb...
The Nation | Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives | Posted 08.01.2011