Global IssuesHaitian Cholera Victims Seek Reparations From U.N.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
More than 5,000 Haitian cholera victims are seeking compensation, action and an apology from the U.N. and the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for the ongoing epidemic that has killed more than 6,600 Haitians and sickened more than 476,000 since October 2010.
Haiti: Nascent Union Charges Reprisals by Textile Factory Owners
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Workers in Haiti's apparel manufacturing sector charge that factory owners are repressing attempts to organise workers in the capital, after the dismissals of six of seven leading members of a new union within just two weeks of its formation.
Brazil Plans To Wind Down Peacekeeping Force In Haiti
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
At a time when the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti has once again been drawing attention for alleged abuses, Brazilians have begun to ask themselves whether their first experience in leading such a force has brought them more headaches than prestige.
Haiti: U.N. Troops Accused of Exploiting Local Women
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Seventeen-year-old Rose Mina Joseph says she is nine months pregnant. Her belly is swollen and she moves slowly, placing each step, as she walks around her family's dusty yard.
Haiti: Patchy Healthcare Adds to Miseries of Women and Girls
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
'I just gave birth on the ground...I had no drugs for pain during delivery,' one Haitian mother tells Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a report released Tuesday that says a year and a half after the country's devastating earthquake, women and girls are still facing gaps in access to available healthcare services necessary to stop preventable maternal and infant deaths.
Haiti’S Earthquake Victims: 'abandoned Like Stray Dogs'
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Eighty thousand tiny houses dot the countryside near this coastal city, located just west of the epicentre of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake that killed some 200,000 and displaced over one million.
Haiti: Martelly Still Unable to Appoint New PM
Monday, August 22, 2011
Almost three months since he was sworn in as the country’s president, Michel J. Martelly has already attempted to appoint two prime ministers to guide his government. Bernard Gousse, a minister of justice under the Gérard Latortue dictatorship (2004-2006) and businessman Daniel Rouzier, were both rejected by Haitian lawmakers.
Haitians Return To Africa, Bringing Solar Energy
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Jean Ronel Noël, a young Haitian engineer, stood in a centuries-old fort on a small island just off Dakar and looked out at the Atlantic through a portal that once led enslaved Africans to the ships of the Middle Passage.
Haiti's Reconstruction Still An Uphill Battle
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
As Haiti struggles to recover from the deadly January 2010 earthquake that killed over 200,000 people and forced nearly 1.5 million into camps, international funding is failing to keep pace with the generous pledges made last year, and in- fighting in Haiti's new government is hindering the disbursement of aid.
Colombia Asks Caribbean To Look South
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
The 15-member Caribbean Community's annual summit, which concluded here Monday, reflected here broader trends of south- south cooperation and integration, both within and beyond the region itself.
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