Haiti

Biggest protest to date in Haiti

Most of them live without electricity. Or phone service. Their community groups and popular parties don’t have much of either.…

December 4, 2014

Haitian cops kill protesters – U.S. Embassy remains silent

November 18 is the anniversary of the 1803 battle of Vertière, the decisive battle of the Haitian revolution in which…

November 29, 2014

Haiti: Cancelled elections spark big protests

If you don’t hold elections, you can’t lose them. This maxim, which the Duvalierist dictatorships upheld for decades in Haiti…

November 7, 2014

Haiti mourns loss of trial as ‘Baby Doc’ dies

Any Haitians with a progressive bone in their body regretted Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s Oct. 4 death. They would have preferred…

October 14, 2014

‘Defend President Aristide!’

An emergency demonstration was held in San Francisco on Sept. 30 in defense of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. About…

October 11, 2014

Haiti: A tenacious resistance arises

For over a month now, the residents of Petit Goâve, a small city on the southwest coast of Haiti, have…

September 27, 2014

Haitians protest Presidents Martelly and Clinton

The anger that burst out in the streets of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on June 5 and June 10 spilled over into…

June 25, 2014

Haiti: Protests hit 10 years of U.N. occupation

The United Nation’s Minustah force took over the occupation of Haiti 10 years ago, on June 1, 2004, after the…

June 14, 2014

Haiti marchers demand president’s ouster

President Michel Martelly of Haiti was chosen by the United States and has been maintained in power by the United…

April 24, 2014

Haiti news in brief

Ile à Vache resists land grab The Haitian government is pushing to turn Ile à Vache (Cow Island) — which…

April 21, 2014