Haiti

Haiti: Thousands march against new budget

Thousands of Haitians marched through Port-au-Prince on Sept. 12 chanting “Down with Jovenel!” “Down with the bourgeoisie!” and “Liberty or…

September 24, 2017

Thousands of Haitians flee U.S. to Canada

Thousands of Haitians are fleeing from the United States to Canada, fearing deportation back to Haiti once their temporary protected…

August 27, 2017

Haití y Día de la Bastilla

El 14 de julio es el Día de la Bastilla. Ese día en 1789, decenas de miles de pobres de…

July 18, 2017

Striking workers in Haiti win solidarity in U.S.

Confronting brutal heat, nasty cops and stubborn resistance from their bosses, workers in the Haitian textile trades came out by…

July 15, 2017

Haiti & Bastille Day

July 14 is Bastille Day. On that date in 1789 tens of thousands of poor people in Paris attacked a…

July 13, 2017

Haitian workers strike for $12.50 a day

For the past few years, workers in Haiti’s textile sector have been struggling to raise their minimum wage from 350…

July 2, 2017

Homeland Security threatens to expel Haitians

John Kelly, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has told the 58,000 Haitians living in the U.S. under Temporary…

June 2, 2017

U.S. threatens to expel 50,000 Haitians

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly will decide on May 23 whether to extend the “temporary protected status” of 50,000 Haitian…

May 6, 2017

Haitian presidential candidate welcomed in U.S.

April 23 — Five hundred people packed an Oakland, Calif., church today to welcome Dr. Maryse Narcisse, presidential candidate of…

April 29, 2017

U.S./U.N. move won’t end occupation of Haiti

After hundreds of demonstrations in Haiti and throughout the Haitian diaspora, U.N. military occupation of Haiti, which began June 1,…

April 29, 2017