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HaitiAnalysis.com - Home (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
by Kim Ives Slowed by political wrangling and mysterious bureaucratic deliberations, Haiti's elections have historically taken months and even years to organize. Suddenly, the electoral schedule, announced on Nov. 11, just two days after the new prime minister's record-fast ratification, is moving at warp speed. The new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), reconstituted in October, has set nationwide...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The dumping of the prime minister raises fears of drift FIVE years after the United Nations set out to build a nation in the poorest territory in the Americas, and after three years of relative political stability under President Rene Preval, outsiders have begun to express modest optimism about Haiti. Bill Clinton, a former American president and now a UN special envoy for the country, last month...
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Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
PORT AU PRINCE.- Haiti president René Préval yesterday provided Dominican Justice minister Radhamés Jiménez with the documents needed to support France’s extradition request for the Haitian alleged murderer Amaral Ducloná.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Haiti's President Rene Preval appointed planning minister Jean-Max Bellerive as the new prime minister Friday after Haitian lawmakers ousted the government of Michele Pierre-Louis.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian President Rene Preval on Friday designated Jean Max Bellerive to be prime minister of the Caribbean country, a ruling party senator said.
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HaitiAnalysis.com - Home (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
by Kim Ives On Oct. 17, thousands of Haitians gathered under a blazing sun in the square outside the Church of St. Clare of Assisi in the Artibonite town of Marchand Dessalines, about 50 miles north of Port-au-Prince, to mark the 203rd anniversary of the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's first leader and general of the indigenous army which defeated Napoleon's legions in 1803. The day...
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HaitiAnalysis.com - Home (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
By: Wadner Pierre - HaitiAnalysis It was 7:00 am on the 18th of June. Mourners filled the cathedral of Port-Au-Prince to honor the late priest, Gerard Jean-Juste. Most likely, none foresaw that the UN would bring its violent campaign against the Lavalas movement to the cathedral just after the service ended. A contingent of UN troops arrived outside the church to arrest one of the mourners. As they...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Bill Clinton aims to refocus international attention on this Caribbean country's deep economic problems and environmental decay during his first visit as the United Nations' special envoy to Haiti. The former U.S. president, who is expected to meet with Haitian President Rene Preval and visit hurricane-battered areas, is lending his prestige to the plight of the poorest...
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HaitiAnalysis.com - Home (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
by Kim Ives After years of campaigns cajoling them to do so, three international banks announced on June 30 that were annulling what Haiti owes them, thereby cancelling 63% of Haiti's $1.9 billion debt. The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are forgiving about $690 million of loans. The Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), Haiti's biggest creditor, followed suit the same day saying...
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Repeating Islands notes that “preliminary results from last week’s run-off elections in Haiti indicate that President René Preval’s party won five of 11 contests to fill open Senate seats”, but adds that “there have been…threats from other senators to block the seating…because of the extremely low voter turnout in the run-offs…”
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Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
The ruling Lespwa party of Haitian President Rene Preval has taken the lion share of the 11 seats up for grabs in Senate elections, preliminary results have indicated.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
President Rene Preval's party won five of 11 contests to fill open Senate seats, according to preliminary results released Monday by the provisional electoral council.
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
President Rene Preval's party won five of 11 contests to fill open Senate seats, according to preliminary results released Monday by the provisional electoral council.
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Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 05/13/2009
PORT-au-PRINCE. - After the protest in front of the Dominican embassy in Port-au-Prince for the beheading of a Haitian immigrant in Santo Domingo’s Herrera sector, Haiti president René Preval asked his citizens to be calm, because the homicide was something between individuals and doesn’t affect bilateral relation.
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