Haiti: president gave reporters Xmas presents
US-backed President Martelly got caught passing out bribes to reporters in December. Unfortunately, the practice is nothing new in Haiti.
US-backed President Martelly got caught passing out bribes to reporters in December. Unfortunately, the practice is nothing new in Haiti.
Haiti's political class once again failed to end its paralysis, and now the country lacks a legislature. The "international community" seems OK with the situation.
A US court has ruled that the UN can't be sued for actions by its "peacekeepers"—even for starting a deadly epidemic—unless the UN decides to waive its immunity.
Under international pressure to get elections scheduled at last, Haiti's political class may have managed to put together an agreement and find a new prime minister.
After three exposés in one year about USAID "democracy promotion" programs in Cuba, the agency's head is out at last. His record in Haiti hasn't been that much better.
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.
Dropping his usual blustery tone, Haiti's president has appointed a generally conservative commission to help deal with the country's ongoing electoral impasse.
Government supporters attacked an opposition demonstration, wounding at least four. Meanwhile, a government minister calls his former Lavalas colleagues "roaches."
Haiti's government continues to carry out questionable arrests that seem to focus on activists who oppose the policies of President Martelly's government.
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.
There was no state funeral for ex-dictator "Baby Doc." Meanwhile, a judge's threats of police action against former president Aristide apparently proved empty.
President Martelly called Baby Doc's death a "sad occasion," but for others the sad part was that the ex-dictator would never face trial for corruption and rights abuses.