Haiti

Haiti mourns loss of trial as ‘Baby Doc’ dies

Any Haitians with a progressive bone in their body regretted Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s Oct. 4 death. They would have preferred…

October 14, 2014

‘Defend President Aristide!’

An emergency demonstration was held in San Francisco on Sept. 30 in defense of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. About…

October 11, 2014

Haiti: A tenacious resistance arises

For over a month now, the residents of Petit Goâve, a small city on the southwest coast of Haiti, have…

September 27, 2014

Haitians protest Presidents Martelly and Clinton

The anger that burst out in the streets of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on June 5 and June 10 spilled over into…

June 25, 2014

Haiti: Protests hit 10 years of U.N. occupation

The United Nation’s Minustah force took over the occupation of Haiti 10 years ago, on June 1, 2004, after the…

June 14, 2014

Haiti marchers demand president’s ouster

President Michel Martelly of Haiti was chosen by the United States and has been maintained in power by the United…

April 24, 2014

Haiti news in brief

Ile à Vache resists land grab The Haitian government is pushing to turn Ile à Vache (Cow Island) — which…

April 21, 2014

What U.S. rulers owe Haiti

The United States supported repressive reactionaries in Haiti even before its independence in 1804. The first foreign aid granted by…

February 21, 2014

Four years after devastating earthquake, Haitians get nothing but imperialist occupation

The horrific Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti caused building collapses in Port-au-Prince and its suburbs that killed at least…

January 14, 2014

Haiti: Battle for $11 – a day – minimum wage

By the hundreds and thousands, Haitian workers marched and protested from Dec. 9 to Dec. 12, demanding that the Supreme…

December 19, 2013