Haiti

Cancel Haiti’s Debt

October 14, 2008

MARK SCHULLER Université d’État d’Haïti and the Université de Fondwa-2004 This article originally appeared in the Summer 2006 Jubilee USA Network “Drop the Debt” newsletter.   In April the World Bank announced that Haiti – the poorest country in the Americas – would be added to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank’s...
Read more »

Posted in Caribbean, Global Economic Justice, Haiti, Jubilee Debt Campaign | Comments Off

Rene Preval: Haiti’s President

October 14, 2008

  Text of speech by Haitian President Rene Garcia Preval during his inauguration at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince on 14 May; broadcast live by Haitian Signal FM radio   Haitian people, Haitian people, respect to you…. On behalf of the Haitian people, I greet the peoples of all other countries, especially our Dominican...
Read more »

Posted in Caribbean, Haiti | Comments Off

Sister Simone: Eulogy for a Haitian Heroine

October 14, 2008

BEVERLY BELL July 4, 2005 It was thanks to God and Sister Simone. I heard this over and over as I was interviewing rape survivors in Martissant, one of Port-au-Prince’s ubiquitous slums. The women were battling the devastating emotional and often physical effects of rape and beating at the hands of the soldiers and paramilitaries during...
Read more »

Posted in Caribbean, Haiti, Women & Gender Justice | Comments Off

Search SICSAL-USA

Search for Categories

Global News

RSS News from Latin America & the Caribbean

  • RIGHTS-CUBA: Dissident Group Reports Uptick in Arrests September 8, 2011
    The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation criticised the situation in this Caribbean island nation in a report released three days after government media warned that a new smear campaign was being organised against the country. […]
  • MEXICO: Traditional Maize Can Cope with Climate Change September 8, 2011
    Maize, Mexico's staple food as well as a symbol, has the potential to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects without any need for genetically modified seeds, according to agricultural scientists. […]
  • ARGENTINA: Against the Current in Nuclear Energy September 8, 2011
    While the tendency in the industrialised world in the wake of the Mar. 11 nuclear meltdown in Japan is to abandon plans for further nuclear energy development, in Argentina the capacity of existing plants is being strengthened, and new reactors are being built. […]
  • US-LATAM: Human Trafficking Scourge Needs More Than Policing September 7, 2011
    South American experts and officials met in Washington this week to discuss current policy initiatives to combat human trafficking in their respective countries, part of a broader U.S.-wide tour to share information and strategies to deal with the issue. […]
  • Nicaragua's Antidote to Violent Crime September 7, 2011
    The so-called "Northern Triangle" of Central America, plagued by poverty, violence and the legacy of civil war, is considered one of the most violent areas in the world. But neighbouring Nicaragua has largely escaped the spiralling violence, and many wonder how it has managed to do so. […]
  • Q&A: Mighty Maya Cities Succumbed to Environmental Crisis September 7, 2011
    The latest archeological findings in the Mirador Basin of Guatemala lend further credence to the theory that the Maya civilisation that once flourished there was brought down by environmental causes such as deforestation. […]
  • OP-ED-RIGHTS: "We Just Want to Know Where They Are" September 7, 2011
    The last time Supaya Serrano saw her sisters Erlinda and Ernestina, they were just three and seven years old, respectively. […]
  • ARGENTINA: Purging the Legal System of Dictatorship Accomplices September 6, 2011
    As human rights cases from Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship move ahead in the courts, cases of judges and prosecutors who were accomplices in the crimes are coming to light. […]
  • BOLIVIA: Rainforest Road Will Have Environmental and Cultural Impacts September 6, 2011
    A richly biodiverse rainforest the size of 3,000 soccer fields in central Bolivia will be the first victim of the road planned to run through the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS), say environmental activists. […]
  • CUBA: Catholic Church Takes the Pulse of Religious Sentiment September 6, 2011
    The Catholic Church seems to be expecting a rise in religious sentiment among the Cuban population as a result of the climate of dialogue and more relaxed relations with the government seen since the 1998 visit of Pope John Paul II. […]