The Caribbean

Haiti: UN ‘peacekeepers’ fire on protesters

As President Martelly takes steps to calm protests down, UN troops seem to be escalating by intervening in a march—a video shows them firing in the direction of protesters.

The Caribbean

Haiti: marchers shot at battle commemoration

Government supporters attacked an opposition demonstration, wounding at least four. Meanwhile, a government minister calls his former Lavalas colleagues "roaches."

The Caribbean

Haiti: UN troop mandate renewed for one year

The UN has extended its military operation another year, but it still has to deal with the lawsuits and costs brought on by the cholera epidemic it introduced to Haiti.

The Caribbean

Haiti: women protest 1835 abortion law

Nearly a fifth of Haiti's maternal deaths follow clandestine abortions, but the government still hasn't released a May 2013 document recommending repeal of the abortion law.

The Caribbean

Haiti: UN mission reduced; opposition grows

The UN is thinking about reducing its "peacekeeping" force in Haiti to a few thousand soldiers and police agents; activists in Argentina want a reduction to zero.