Haiti News News Haiti » Social: Haiti’s Choice is Social Revolution or Foreign Intervention
With long experience of chaos, violence, and dysfunctional governance, Haiti looks now to be on the verge of new crisis in the form of foreign military intervention. U.S. and United Nations ...
News Haiti » Social: Cannibalism in Haiti? Fact-checking the unfounded claims
Videos of people fleeing the sounds of gunshots, images of buildings on fire and headlines of political unrest in Haiti have increased over several weeks. Violence escalated after a coalition of gangs ...
News Haiti » Social: 47 Killed, Dozens Kidnapped In Gang Attack Near Haiti’s Capital
Gang violence has displaced a record 1.5 million people across Haiti, according to U.N. statistics released Tuesday.
News Haiti » Social: Haiti’s unelected prime minister ousted amid surging gang and state violence, increasing social misery
Haiti’s interim prime minister was ousted last week by the Transitional Council—the government “oversight mechanism” that the US, Canada and various factions of the country’s bourgeois elite put ...
News Haiti » Social: More than 50 kidnapped after violent gang attack in Haiti leaves 47 dead
It is believed to be one of the largest mass kidnappings in Haiti in recent years, and one gang leader is threatening to kill the hostages if authorities kill any gang members as they try to secure ...
News Haiti » Social: Only Henry can sign off on Haiti’s transitional council, embattled PM’s office tells CNN
Haiti’s embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry says his country’s constitution states that only he and his cabinet can appoint a council for the transition of power, Henry’s office told CNN exclusively ...
News Haiti » Social: Neighborhood social vulnerability and premature cardiovascular disease in Haiti
"In Haiti, the most impoverished country in the Western hemisphere, at the extreme end of these distributions globally, we saw gradient effects of poverty and social vulnerability associated with a ...
News Haiti » Social: Guest Editorial: Haiti, Fusing Commerce & Social Progress
The recent tragedies in Bangladeshi factories have heightened global attention onto the conditions of international garment workers. While well-meaning, the attention hasn’t always resulted in ...
News Haiti » Social: Rapping Gang Chief In Haiti Uses Social Media To Spread Terror
A notorious gang leader in Haiti is being called out for leveraging the popularity of TikTok to bolster his influence and recruit members. Johnson Andre, commonly known by his alias “Izo,” is ...
News Haiti » Social: Protests against political and social crisis continue in Haiti as imperialist powers consider military intervention
Mass protests escalated across Haiti after weeks of resistance to the conditions of poverty and oppression millions are facing. This is combined with political opposition to Prime Minister Ariel Henry ...
News Haiti » Social: Reclaiming Safe Abortion Access in Haiti
Don’t move. Those were the only words from the doctor who performed Samora Chalmers’ first abortion 15 years ago in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during her 30-minute appointment. Chalmers can’t tell you the ...