Haiti after the Donors’ Conference A Way Forward

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Robert Maguire
Robert Maguire, a Haiti specialist, is an associate professor of international affairs at Trinity Washington University. He was a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in 2008–09 and currently serves as the chair of the Institute’s Haiti Working [...]

Playing politics in Haiti

Miami Herald
OUR OPINION: Haiti headed for disaster in effort to oust prime minister
As the end of the hurricane season nears, it appears Haiti may avoid getting hit by a natural disaster this year. Not so for man-made disasters, however.

In S. Florida, Haitian PM’s dismissal met with fears, little surprise

InterPress Service
The dismissal of Michele Pierre-Louis came as no surprise to many of South Florida’s Haitian leaders, while some feared the move could be a setback for the troubled nation.

Film marks new round in battle over sugar

National Catholic Reporter
A wealthy Catholic family in the Dominican Republic is attempting to block, in a U.S. court, commercial distribution of a documentary alleging that the family oversees what amounts to modern slavery of Haitians who work in its extensive sugar operations.
The complex tale has a
t its center the story of a controversial Spanish-born [...]

Victory for Haiti as Nation Secures $1.2 Billion in Debt Cancellation

Jubilee USA Network
 Extended Campaign to Win Relief for Haiti Finally Pays Off
 WASHINGTON – Jubilee USA Network today welcomed the news that Haiti reached “completion point” in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries program yesterday.

Bill Clinton to be UN Haiti envoy

BBC
Bill Clinton is to be the new UN special envoy to Haiti, a spokesman for the former US president said.
Mr Clinton was quoted by the Miami Herald newspaper as saying he would be honoured to accept the position.
He would work to help Haiti rebuild after last year’s tropical storms which claimed the lives of nearly [...]

Impoverished Haiti Slips Further as Remittances Dry Up

Washington Post
By Mary Beth Sheridan

Residents paint images depicting President Barack Obama, center, and Canada’s Governor General Michaelle Jean on a wall at the slum of Bel Air in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (Ramon Espinosa – AP)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, April 16 — The U.S. economic crisis touched down recently in the dusty [...]

ACTION: Urge Congress to Support Haiti

Jesuit Refugee Service
Take action today to urge your congressional representative to sign-on as a co-sponsor of H.R. 144, a bill that will temporarily halt deportations of Haitian nationals in the United States, allowing the Haitian government the time it needs to invest its limited resources into rebuilding the country and offering emergency relief to its [...]

ACTION: Stop Deportation of 30,000 Haitians!

International Action Center
Tell President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton, U.N. Secretary-General Ban, Caribbean Economic Community Chair Barrow, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, ICE director John P. Torres, Congress and members of the media: Stop the Deportation of 30,000 Haitians!
Please tell Homeland Security and ICE to STOP THE DEPORTATION OF 30,000 HAITIANS! YOUR EMERGENCY [...]

Anger and Hope: Haitian Families Furious Over School Collapse

Common Dreams
“The poorest ones in Haiti cannot continue to live in hazardous conditions, in abject poverty condemned to suffer and die inhumanly. This neighborhood where the school was, Nerrette, is one of the poor areas in the rich city of Petionville. With some sharing from the wealthy Haitians and good will from municipal authorities, the [...]