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."
Tag: Haiti
The Caribbean
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.
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: 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.
The Caribbean
Haiti: ‘justice denied’ by Duvalier’s death?
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.
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.
The Caribbean
Haiti: Martelly opponents charged with murder
The government of Haiti's Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly faces still more accusations that it is using the criminal justice system to persecute opponents of its policies.
The Caribbean
Haiti: Aristide’s lawyers question inquiry
Even some of Aristide's opponents doubt the qualifications of the judge investigating charges of corruption during the former president's second term.
Southern Cone
Brazil: Haiti mission shaped Rio police unit
The UN mission in Haiti influenced the creation of special urban police units in Brazil—and helped the Brazilian military make up for shortfalls in its training budget.
The Caribbean
Haiti: opposition grows to mega-mining
The World Bank is pushing for the exploitation of northern Haiti's supposed $20 billion worth of gold, copper and silver. Activists are asking where the profits would go.
The Caribbean
Haiti: UN head makes cholera ‘pilgrimage’
The UN general secretary visited Haiti to insist that the world organization is fighting the cholera epidemic that it started; Haitians aren't buying it.