On May 16, a group of massacre survivors from one of Haiti’s poorest neighborhoods gave the world a lesson in persistence. After…
[These are Brian Concannon Jr.’s remarks at the 2006 TransAfrica Forum Annual Foreign Policy Conference, Washington, DC. Panel: Haiti: From a Human…
[Note: This is an update of Concannon’s earlier election analysis, which was also posted to ZNet] On February 7, Haitian voters went…
[Note: Rene Preval was declared the winner on Feb 16, 2006, but thisĀ analysis remains an importantĀ record – ZNet]. HaitiĆ¢€ā¢s elections on February…
If HaitiĆ¢€ā¢s much awaited (and four times postponed) elections take place on February 7, many questions will be answered: are the reduced…
We have great news: Political prisoner Fr. Gerard-Jean-Juste, Ć¢€ÅFr. GerryĆ¢€Ā is right now on a plane in the air from Port-au-Prince to…
Haiti’s Judicial and Executive Branches are both getting what they deserve this holiday season- each other. After 22 months of close collaboration…
Haiti’s election dates have now been reset for the fourth time in the last five months. The Interim Government of Haiti (IGH)…
When Haitians say ‘an prensip’ (in principle) to explain how something should work, ‘an pratik,’ how it works in actual practice, is…
In the debate over Haiti’s events of February 29, we have heard from almost all angles. We have heard from opponents and…
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