Student strikers at the University of Puerto Rico continued using mass civil disobedience to push their demand that the university drop an $800 tuition surcharge, with campuses occupied.
Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has announced its new schedule for the long-delayed runoffs for the presidency and for many legislative seats.
The US is planning for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to remain in the country through 2013, according to a confidential US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.
While media attention remains focused on the return of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier to Haiti, disputes over the Nov. 28 presidential and legislative elections continue.
At a Haiti press conference, ex-dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier expressed “profound sorrow” on behalf of his “compatriots who legitimately claim that they were victims” of his regime.
University of Puerto Rico (UPR) students and their supporters began a series of mass civil disobedience actions, blocking entrances to the RÃo Piedras campus in San Juan to escalate their protest against a $800 surcharge on tuition.
Photo: CMI-Puerto Rico
Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, returning to the country from French exile, was charged with corruption, theft, misappropriation of funds and other unnamed crimes.
Thousands of Haitians turned out for religious ceremonies in Port-au-Prince to mark the one-year anniversary of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that leveled much of the capital and surrounding area.
Students at the University of Puerto Rico renewed militant protests around economic issues as the school reopened following winter holidays.
Criticism of both the Haitian government and the international community continues to mount as the Jan. 12 anniversary of Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake approaches.
The group Haitian Women’s Solidarity demanded international charges against the UN “peacekeeping force” in Haiti for introducing cholera to the nation.
It was still unclear when or whether the second round of Haiti’s controversial Nov. 28 presidential and legislative elections would take place.
