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Maître Mario Joseph delivers commencement address to Indiana University School of Law
Monday, May 13, 2013 Dear Friends, This past Saturday, our colleague Mario Joseph of the Bureau des Avocats...
Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaks out
Haiti's ex-President Aristide breaks silence By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, May 10, 2013 Former Haitian President Jean-...
Art exhibition in London: The Sculptors of Grand Rue (Haiti)
The Sculptors of Grand Rue (Haiti) Art exhibition at Riflemaker Gallery, London UK May 13 to July 29, 2013 Curated by Leah Gordon...
Former Guatemalan dictator convicted of genocide and jailed for 80 years
Efraín Ríos Montt held to account for abuses in campaign that killed an estimated 200,000 and led to 45,000 disappearances...
Haitian sweatshop workers speak: Sub-poverty wages and sexual coercion
By Beverly Bell, published on Truthout, May 9, 2013 Below, Haitian women workers tell of their experiences in sweatshops. These...
Physicians For Haiti report: UN fails to follow its own recommendations on cholera
Protecting Peacekeepers & Their Public: A report card on UN implementation of their recommendations for cholera in Haiti By...
"Mrs. Clinton can have her factories" A Haitian sweatshop worker speaks
By Beverly Bell,  published on Other Worlds, April 30, 2013 Marjorie Valcelat ran an embroidery machine in a factory from 2005 to...
Senate uncovers stupefying corruption in Haiti’s social security regime
By Yves Pierre-Louis, Haiti Liberté, May 1, 2013 Since President Michel Martelly’s accession to power two years ago,...
Canada Auditor General’s report: Conservative government must provide more clarity on foreign aid
Official development assistance is supposed to contribute to the reduction of poverty, take into account the perspectives of the poor...
Interview with Raoul Peck, director of 'Fatal Assistance,' a new film on Haiti earthquake aid
In Haiti, billions are spent while little gets done Interview with Raoul Peck, director of 'Fatal Assistance,' by Liam Lacey,...
Prime Minister Lamothe on tour: Lying to keep Haiti "Open for Business"
By Etant Dupain, published on Let Haiti Live, April 26, 2013 Last week, Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe traveled to United...
A hard day's labor for $4.76: The offshore assembly industry in Haiti
By Beverly Bell and Alexis Erkert, published on Other Worlds, April 25, 2013 As we mourn the deaths of nearly 200 people in yesterday...
Building democracy through education: The story of Haiti’s grassroots school SOPUDEP
By Ryan Sawatzky, April 24, 2013 Jean-Claude Duvalier fled into exile in 1986 and it marked a very special time in Haiti's history...
Aid shortfalls jeopardize Haiti's humanitarian programs
By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald,  April 22, 2013 For the first time since four back-to-back storms and hurricanes battered...
Report from Arcahaie published in Des Moines Register (Iowa)
A steady hand for Haiti: Good intentions and challenges Experts: Groups should work with government, which must learn to care for its...
New report by Amnesty International on forced evictions in Haiti's displacement camps
'Nowhere to go': Forced evictions in Haiti's displacement camps By Amesty International, 50 pages, published on April 23,...