Haiti

2008

Haiti's Unnatural Disaster

Paul Farmer

Haiti has been beaten down by storms and abandoned by its neighbors, and its suffering will only increase unless the world community responds.
Haiti on the 'Death Plan'

Reed Lindsay : Globalization

Protesters decry high food prices--and the savage cost of "free trade" agreements.

A Free Man

Laurent Dubois : Biography

Madison Smartt Bell's new biography of Toussaint Louverture explores the complexities of the man who created modern Haiti.

The Fight for Haiti

Kathie Klarreich

Now that René Préval has been elected Haiti's new president, the question is whether he can move the country forward.

Undermining Haiti

Mark Weisbrot : US Foreign Policy

Democracy is being destroyed in Haiti, openly and with the support of the United States and United Nations. If the farce election set for December 27 by unelected government takes place, it will be a huge step backward.
Aristide in Exile

Naomi Klein : United Nations

Exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide attributes his falling-out with Washington to a disagreement over privatization.

Of Human Bondage

Robin Blackburn : Non-Fiction
Haiti's Occupation

Amy Wilentz : US Foreign Policy

The Haitian people have once again been excluded from their own governance.
Self-Determining Haiti

James Weldon Johnson

To know the reasons for the present political situation in Haiti, it is necessary to know that the National City Bank of New York is very much interested in Haiti. FROM 1920.
Coup in Haiti

Amy Wilentz : US Foreign Policy

What happened in Haiti was a coup, and it's almost funny to hear Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and Scott McClellan call that claim "absurd" and "nonsense."
Haiti's Collapse

Amy Wilentz

The future of Haiti hinges on support for a state based on law.

The Trials of Haiti

Tracy Kidder

Why has the US government abandoned a country it once sought to liberate?
The Legacy of Guantánamo

Lizzy Ratner : HIV & AIDS

The hard lessons of Guantánamo have yet to be learned, while many of the old mistakes are being repeated.