By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald A high-profile lawyer, constitutional scholar and head of the Port-au-Prince bar was gunned down Friday night in Haiti. Just hours before, he called for “another kind of country, another state” during a radio interview in which he addressed several controversial topics including constitutional reform, elections and the breakdown of Haitian […]
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U.N. Peacekeepers in Haiti Said to Have Fathered Hundreds of Children | The New York Times
Women and girls were left behind to face poverty, social stigma and single motherhood in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti fathered and left behind hundreds of children, researchers found in a newly released academic study, leaving mothers struggling with stigma, poverty and single parenthood after the men departed […]
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Haiti: People protest demanding President Moise’s resignation | Al Jazeera
Protesters accuse President Jovenel Moise of mismanaging the economy and call for an end to his rule.
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The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies | The Atlantic
The horror-movie trope owes its heritage to Haitian slaves, who imagined being imprisoned in their bodies forever.
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In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost | The New York Times
The U.N. says the country is now stable, and tourism is growing. But the former vacation paradise still has a faded beauty.
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Black Immigrant Alliance Fights to Stop Mass Deportations of 50,000 Haitians, 4,000 Somalis – Atlanta Black Star
Though largely seen as an issue affecting Latinos, Black immigrants are often faced with the threat of deportation, too.
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Haiti: 3 months after Hurricane Matthew, 7 years after the earthquake – Relief Web
Hurricane Matthew was the first Category 4 storm to landfall in Haiti in 52 years, creating the worst humanitarian crisis in the country since the 2010 earthquake. At least 546 people died and the lives of 2.2 million people were affected.
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Boy killed in Haiti amid protest over delay in Hurricane Aid
A teenage boy was fatally shot in Haiti on Tuesday amid protests over delays in aid distribution after a Category 4 hurricane pummeled the Caribbean country last month. It is the second such death reported in the past week.
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Haiti’s Jacobin – The Nation
A new biography explores the mysterious life and times of Toussaint Louverture.
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A Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti After Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew killed more than 500 people in Haiti when it struck two weeks ago, leaving more than 175,000 without homes, and more than a million more struggling to survive in what United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called “absolute devastation.”
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