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Haiti: Shooting Incident Sparks Anger at U.N. Troops

Friday, November 20, 2009

Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rapid-firing a gun into the ground in front of him and made a 'tok-tok-tok-tok' sound. This is how the soldiers opened fire, he said.

Haiti: Clinton Revives Modest Optimism for Island's Economy

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Since his appointment last spring as United Nations special envoy to Haiti, former U.S. President Bill Clinton has been called, half-seriously, 'president of Haiti' and 'viceroy'.

Haiti: A Year After School Collapse, Parents Seek Justice

Monday, November 09, 2009

On the morning of Nov. 7, 2008 shortly after 10 a.m. as the second period was beginning, College La Promesse Evangelique, a three-storey cinderblock school in the Nerette neighbourhood of Petionville, fell in on itself.

Haiti: Calls Mount to Free Lavalas Activist

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Government authorities in Haiti face recent criticism over allegations that they continue to jail political dissidents.

Haiti: Export Workers Await Overdue Wage Increase

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Following the recommendation of President Rene Preval, the lower house of the Haitian Parliament voted Tuesday to raise the minimum wage in the assembly sector from 1.29 dollars (70 gourde) to only 3.20 dollars (125 gourde) per day, rather than the 5.12 dollars (200 gourde) which had been demanded and passed.

Haiti: Women 'More Protected' to Report Sexual Violence

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Shockingly high levels of violence against women in Haiti forced the U.N. to send peacekeepers to the Caribbean country in 2004.

Haiti: Town Still Grapples With 2004 Trauma

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Amazil Jean-Baptiste remembers when they came to kill her son.

Haiti: Deportees from U.S. Face Culture Shock, Retain Hope

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

In the shadow of the Eglise Sainte Claire in the Petite Place Cazeau neighbourhood of Haiti’s bustling capital, Frantz Saintil is visiting his daughter and reflecting on the more than two decades he spent abroad before finding himself back in his native country of Haiti seven years ago.

Haiti: Student Protests Rock State University

Monday, June 15, 2009

The National University of Haiti (UEH) has been gripped by crisis for the last two months, operating under the constant threat of student strikes staged to demand reinstatement of cancelled courses and an increase in the minimum wage.

Dominican Republic/haiti: Border Market Embodies Inequalities

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Elias Pina sits in a fertile high mountain valley on the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Twice weekly, the side streets fill with Haitians and Dominicans trading produce, used clothing, kitchen equipment and shoes.

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