One Year After Earthquake, Haitian Population Treated as a Threat, Not an Asset Source: Democracy Now! January 12, 2011 On the anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, we speak with Ottawa-based Haitian writer and activist, Jean Saint-Vil. “One year after the earthquake, we are seeing the Haitian population being treated and seen as a threat, […]
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Million Plus Remain Homeless and Displaced in Haiti: One Year After Quake
Million Plus Remain Homeless and Displaced in Haiti: One Year After Quake By Bill Quigley and Jeena Shah. Bill is Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans and a long-time Haiti advocate. Jeena Shah is a lawyer serving in Port au Prince as a Lawyers” Earthquake […]
CEPR Examines OAS Report on Haiti’s Election, Finds It “Inconclusive, Statistically F...
CEPR Examines OAS Report on Haiti’s Election, Finds It “Inconclusive, Statistically Flawed, and Indefensible” Jan. 11, 2011, Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research (“CEPR”) For Immediate Release: January 11, 2011 Contact: Dan Beeton, 202-239-1460 Washington, D.C.– The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) has analyzed the Expert Verification Mission’s Final Report from the […]
Diplomat in Haiti to be dismissed for criticizing OAS, NGOs
Diplomat in Haiti to be dismissed for criticizing OAS, NGOs Source: lo-de-alla.org | News and views from Latin America, Dec. 29, 2010 Ricardo Seitenfus claims coup against Préval was suggested [Abridged translation of an interview by BBC Brazil as published in Folha for December 29. See original here and related article here.] By FabrÃcia Peixoto […]
Congratulations Joseph Makhandal Champagne, Jr – Mayor, South Toms River
Congratulations Joseph Makhandal Champagne, Jr – Mayor, South Toms River Re:January 1, 2011 – Historic Inauguration of HLLN’s Joseph Makhandal Champagne, Jr. as Mayor of the Borough of South Toms River Attorney Joseph Makhandal Champagne, a member of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network executive board, becomes the first elected Haitian-American Mayor in New Jersey’s History […]
OAS Removes Special Representative in Haiti from Post
OAS Removes Special Representative in Haiti from Post Source: Latin American Herald Tribune SANTO DOMINGO – The Organization of American States removed its special representative in Haiti, Ricardo Seitenfus, from his post, a diplomat said on condition of anonymity. The move came after the publication in a Swiss newspaper of remarks attributed to the diplomat […]
UN fires Ricardo Seitenfus for Advocating for Haiti
By Leogane Magazine on December 25, 2010 (See, Haïti est la preuve de l”échec de l”aide internationale by Arnaud Robert, Le Temps, Dec. 20, 2010 ) After an interview with the Swiss journal “Le Temps” where he pointed the finger at the international community as Haiti’s main progress stoppers, Ricardo Seitenfus, was relieved from his […]