Haiti News and Views

Assoc Press highlights Haitian artists group covered in trainee’s film

Apr 11, 2016

The Atis Rezistans (Artists' Resistance) is highlighted in the following Associated Press article. CSFilm's trainee Robenson Sanon produced Out of...

ON HAITI: As drought hammers countryside, many in Haiti go hungry

Feb 26, 2016

by David Mcfadden The Associated Press, 2 min read, original "We get a little bit to eat and drink each day, but it's never enough to get our...

ON HAITI: Haiti Rises-A Time for Solidarity

Feb 25, 2016

22 February 2016, Nia Imara and Robert Roth – Haiti Action Committee “Reflecting on struggles everywhere, we came to the conclusion that a people...

ON HAITI: Persistent drought threatens millions with hunger in Haiti – U.N.

Feb 19, 2016

news.trust.org, 1 min read, original By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA, Feb 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Around 3.6 million people in Haiti are...

ON HAITI: Haiti Has a President

Feb 18, 2016

newyorker.com, Feb. 17, 2016, 5 min read, original Jocelerme Privert has been appointed the interim President of Haiti, but an official successor to...

HAITI: For US in Haiti, black votes don’t matter

Jan 29, 2016

america.aljazeera.com, by Mark Weisbrot @Markweisbrot, 3 min read, original Journalists are taught in school to avoid euphemisms. When someone dies,...

HAITI: Haiti Since the Earthquake

Jan 27, 2016

newyorker.com, by Jon Lee Anderson, Feb. 1, 2016, original Before Michel Martelly was the President, he was Sweet Micky, a popular singer....

ON DEVELOPMENT: The Negative Effects on Haiti of Too Much Foreign Aid

Dec 24, 2015

dailysignal.com, Commentary: James M. Roberts, Dec. 18, 2015, original In Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, the wheels of...

HAITI: Will Washington Greenlight Another Coup in Haiti?

Dec 10, 2015

fpif.org, Dec. 8, 2015, original (Photo: Haiti Innovation / Flickr) In October, Haitians went to the polls in a critical election for nearly 5,000...

HAITI, DEVELOPMENT: Ignoring the plight of the poor in Haiti

Nov 20, 2015

bostonglobe.com, Commentary by Louise C. Ivers, Nov. 19, 2015, original Haitian human rights activists and victims of cholera rallied last month in...

HAITI, DEVELOPMENT: Could a Superfood Help Save Haiti’s Forests? [No!]

Nov 2, 2015

takepart.com, Oct. 30, 2015, original Haiti is the most impoverished country in the northern hemisphere, and trees, or the lack thereof, are part of...