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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.
Tag: Haiti
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.