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Haiti: union and maquilas negotiate on pay
Union organizers say three apparel companies have finally agreed to pay the legal minimum wage and even to provide some of the retroactive pay owed to workers.
Tag: Haiti
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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.
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Haiti: deal fails, Martelly rules by decree
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.
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Haiti: US grants UN immunity in cholera suit
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.
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Haiti: Martelly names new prime minister
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.
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Cuba: USAID head quits after latest scandal
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.
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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.
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Haiti: Martelly pledges to resolve electoral crisis
Dropping his usual blustery tone, Haiti's president has appointed a generally conservative commission to help deal with the country's ongoing electoral impasse.
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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."
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Haiti: protest leaders arrested after marches
Haiti's government continues to carry out questionable arrests that seem to focus on activists who oppose the policies of President Martelly's government.
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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.
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Haiti: Duvalier protested, Aristide threatened
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.