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Haiti: A basket to carry water In a well-ordered world, Gerard Latortue whould now be sitting quietly in a jail in The Hague, preparing to defend himself against charges of treason, terrorism, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and, possibly, genocide....
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 7:16am PST
BTL:New Haitian Pres.Preval Faces Economic & Political Pressure from Washington Interview with Bill Fletcher, president of the group TransAfrica Forum, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sat, Feb 25, 2006 9:04am PST
Haiti: "Democracy Project" working for the Elite in Washington DC. 
This is a letter to the USA Today....
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 6:34pm PST
New York Times Continues to Side With Haitian Elites Recent New York Times coverage of the long-delayed presidential election in Haiti has taken paternalistic arrogance to new highs, or lows....
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 2:34pm PST
Rene Preval: Haiti has voted for Change Havana, Feb 24.- Radio Havana Cuba journalist Ana Kovac interviewed Haitian president-elect, Rene Preval, on Wednesday. Next, Granma publishes a transcript of that interview....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 5:41pm PST
The system works in Haiti... and the U.S. doesn't like it How refreshing it is to see some criticism of US foreign policy in US media...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 8:30am PST
No more Lavalas, the fire next time? The Associated Press headline says it all: 'Haiti poll marred by ballot fraud protests'
The poll was marred not by fraud, but by the people's protests against the fraud....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 6:38am PST
Duclos Benissoit In Berkeley: Haiti Resistance, 2 Years After The Coup Saturday February 25, 2006 - 7:00 p.m.
St. Joseph the Worker Church
1640 Addison Street, Berkeley
Donation requested $5-10...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 6:37am PST
President Préval needs the backing of the world, and his opponents,to bring calm to Haiti Tuesday February 21, 2006 In his magisterial work The Black Jacobins, about the slave revolt in Haiti that led to the country's independence, CLR James concluded "that the new nation survived at all is for ever to its credit for if the Haitians thought that imperialism was finished with them, they were mistaken."...
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 4:08pm PST
Half-Hour for Haiti: Urge Fairness From the NY Times Last Wednesday, Rene Preval was declared the first-round victor of the Presidential elections....
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 3:34pm PST
Letter to Washington Times on IRI and Haiti Re: Lorne Craner's February 13th op-ed/editorial, "Copyright 2006 Gannett Company, "A false picture of Aristide," and Robert M. Holley's February 15th "reporting on the IRI in Haiti."...
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 3:27pm PST
Washington reluctantly concedes Préval is Haiti’s president-elect The attempt of Haiti’s traditional elite and elements in and around the Bush administration to prevent René Préval, the clear winner of the country’s February 7 presidential election, from being proclaimed president-elect has failed....
Posted: Tue, Feb 21, 2006 9:51am PST
Some background on LESPWA There was a media blackout on the Parliamentary elections in Haiti that took place on the same day as the Presidential election. Préval can't do much without the backing of the Parliament. The Haiti Support Group takes a look at Préval's new party coalition which is hoping for a big representation in the legislature....
Posted: Tue, Feb 21, 2006 4:04am PST
Haiti: Unofficial and partial Senate election results According to the Provisional Electoral Council web site, with between 80-90% of Senate votes tabulated in 8 of the 10 departments, the projections are that, out of 30 Senate seats, so far (potentially):
LESPWA has 6
Fusion has 2
LAAA has 1
RDNP has 1
OPL has 1...
Posted: Tue, Feb 21, 2006 3:46am PST
Stop interfering in nation's politics, OP-Ed, Miami Herald The election of Renè Prèval as president of Haiti can be a turning point in our
government's relationship to the Haitian people. Prèval clearly has a preference
to help Haiti's poor, and it was the poor who gave him an overwhelming electoral
victory that was four times larger than his closest rival....
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2006 6:31pm PST
No more Lavalas, the fire next time? The Associated Press headline says it all: 'Haiti poll marred by ballot fraud protests'. The poll was marred not by fraud, but by the people's protests against the fraud....
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2006 9:22am PST
Joy, but Most Likely Trepidation as well, Ahead for Haiti Feb. 16 2006
Press Release - Council On Hemispheric Affairs...
Posted: Sun, Feb 19, 2006 8:09am PST
Haiti’s Elections: Right result, for the wrong reason 
On February 7, Haitian voters went to the polls to elect a President for the fourth time since 1990. Through great patience and determination they overcame official disorganization, incompetence and discrimination, and for the fourth time since 1990 handed their chosen candidate a landslide victory. And for the fourth time Haitian elites, with support from the International Community, started immediately to undercut the victory, seeking at the negotiation table what they could not win at the ...
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 9:55am PST
US Propaganda in Haiti: NPR reporter Amelia Shaw is wearing two hats 
Haiti News Watch - In another dramatic infiltration of the mainstream press, Flashpoints has learned that Amelia Shaw, National Public Radio's current correspondent from Haiti, is also a reporter with the US government propaganda organization, Voice of America (VOA). By law, VOA is not allowed to broadcast on US frequencies. Shaw's reports have appeared both on Voice of America and National Public Radio in the same 48 hour period. Her reports - very much in line with the US State Department -...
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 9:54am PST
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