· March, 2009

Stories about Haiti from March, 2009

Haiti, U.S.A.: Immigration Reform

Haiti's jmc strategies is very interested in U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden's statements on immigration reform: “Biden did not specifically say that the Administration was backing away from a legalization program....

31 March 2009

Haiti: Responding with Love

“Who is to blame? To me that is an irrelevant question. The question should be, how can I respond with love?”: The Livesay [Haiti] Weblog is shocked by “how ignorant...

12 March 2009

Haiti: On the Agenda

“Countless visitors profess a desire to improve life for Haitians and to promote democracy but they seldom deliver. That does not excuse the Haitian authorities and Haiti's bourgeoisie class who...

10 March 2009

Haiti: Party Confusion

Wadner Pierre reports that as the election draws closer for twelve seats in the Haitian Senate, “the Fanmi Lavalas (FL) party (the electoral vehicle of the Lavalas movement) has divided...

9 March 2009

Haiti: A Necessary Practice?

My Life, an Open Book… says that the Haitian practice of Restavec is “not ALL bad”, but warns that despite the success stories, “we cannot ignore the fact that there...

6 March 2009

Haiti: Restavec

My Life, an Open Book… says that “the constant vie for power makes for a disastrous recipe” when it comes to Haiti's practice of Restavec.

4 March 2009

Haiti: Remembering the Coup

“In the early morning hours of Feb. 29, 2004, U.S. Special Forces took Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his wife Mildred from their home…the U.S. troops then flew Aristide into...

2 March 2009