Four Months after the Earthquake…
2010 Junio Haití
We experienced a terrible earthquake on January 12. A seismic movement of that intensity normally produces 20-30,000 victims. But the situation in...

For Suffering Haiti, The First Word...
2010 Enero Haití
Haiti is in pain. We had never seen a disaster so close and so terrifying as the earthquake of Tuesday, January 12. Never before had a Latin American...

Keys to Understanding a Great Tragedy
2004 Marzo Haití
FROM PRIEST OF THE POOR TO ABOMINABLE DICTATOR*Unlike other cases, the confused situation in Haiti does not allow us to distinguish between...

Lavalas: A Fork in the Road
1997 Noviembre Haití
In today's Haiti, political decisions have more influence than ever before on the continuity of the democratic process, the consolidation of institutions...

A Small Great Country That the North Doesn't Understand
1996 Octubre Haití
Several incidents of political violence and common crime during August sparked a perception within Haiti's population and among diverse political sectors...

A Population Still Unsatisfied
1996 Septiembre Haití
If Haitian President René Preval were to run again for election right now against the same opponents he had in December 1995, he would still win but...

The End of the Army: An Enormous Step
1996 Junio Haití
For a decade now, Haiti has been undergoing a true democratic revolution. It is an anti oligarchic revolution, one of broad popular participation, in...

The Fight Against Privatization
1996 Mayo Haití
During the last years of President Jean Bertrand Aristide's government, some of Haiti's pending problems began to show up, problems with which Aristide's...

Disarming: "It's Never Too Late"
1996 Febrero Haití
René Préval took office as Haiti's new President on February 7. A member of the Lavalas Platform Aristide's party Préval won 87% of the votes in...

One Year After Aristide's Return
1995 Diciembre Haití
One year after the constitutional government was restored by the United Nations forces, Haitians now have various concrete successes in their hands....

The Elections: Now We're Adults
1995 Octubre Haití
Haiti's population has survived terrible travails to go from dictatorship to democracy, to establish structures of local and national power responsible...

From Misery to Poverty With Dignity
1995 Julio Haití
Since the return of democracy to Haiti, significant gains have been made, despite all the obstacles. The systematic and brutal repression by the state...

Burning Questions, Pending Tasks
1995 Mayo Haití
On March 31, the multinational military force of over 20,000, largely US, soldiers that had occupied Haiti since September 1994, left the country. They...

Geoculture: The Key to Understanding Haiti?
1995 Enero Haití
Haiti is a small, but extremely complex country. What is happening and will happen in the country's nearly 28,000 square miles could well be transcendental....