France Urged to Pay $40 Billion to Haiti in Reparations for “Independence Debt”
Democracy Now! According to the UN-sponsored Haiti Reconstruction Fund, only two countries—Brazil and Estonia—have fully paid the pledged amount. The United States, France, Canada and many others have...
View ArticleHaiti: Leaked Cables Expose U.S. Suppression of Min. Wage, Election Doubts...
Aired on Democracy Now! June 24, 2011- Watch the interview: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/6/24/haiti_leaked_cables_expose_us_suppression Drawing on almost 2,000 classified U.S. diplomatic cables on...
View ArticleVideo of U.N. Peacekeepers’ Sexual Assault of Haitian Prompts Calls to Focus...
Interviewed by: Ansel Herz, Democracy Now The commander of the Uruguayan Navy’s United Nations mission in Haiti has been dismissed after the circulation of a video that allegedly shows Uruguayan...
View ArticleWatch Democracy Now’s Interview with IJDH Director Brian Concannon Speak...
Democracy Now! November 8, 2011 Exclusive: 5,000 Haitian Cholera Victims Sue U.N. After Deadly Epidemic Kills 6,000, Sickens 450,000 Attorneys file petition requesting reparations for negligent...
View ArticleHaiti: Hundreds March to Demand Cholera Reparations on International Women’s Day
Democracy Now! (Haiti/cholera is mentioned at 10:10) In Haiti, hundreds have marched in the capital Port-au-Prince calling on the United Nations to pay reparations for the cholera epidemic that’s...
View ArticleBeatrice Lindstrom Courthouse Interview on Cholera Hearing
In this brief interview, Beatrice Lindstrom, attorney for the plaintiffs, explains why the October 23 hearing took place. Democracy Now! also gives some brief background information. Part of the text...
View ArticleDominican Republic’s Mass Deportations May Set Dangerous Precedent
In September 2013, a Dominican Republic (DR) Constitutional Court issued a ruling that rendered hundreds of thousands of immigrant’s descendants stateless. The largest population affected by this...
View ArticleTPS Extension Is in Both Haitian and U.S. Interests
Marleine Bastien, the Executive Director of Haitian Women of Miami, discusses the importance of extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 50,000 legally residing in the U.S. In December...
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