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Haiti
Ten Years After the Coup in Haiti, Democracy Is Still Under Siege
Ten years after the coup d'etat that ousted the democratically-elected government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti, political persecution and repression continue.
Outta Sight, Outta Mind: What Producers Don’t Want You to Know About How Your Clothes Are Made
The most important resource for garment manufacture is a pool of cheap and often desperate labor. A corrupt government is also helpful.
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How the UN Can Ignore 8,000 Deaths in Haiti
Many more Haitians will die from cholera, a disease brought to their country by the very people who were supposed to be saving them from disaster.
On the Fourth Anniversary of the Haitian Earthquake My Family Survived: End the UN Occupation, End US Exploitation, and End Corporate Education Reform on Haiti!
Justice for Haiti will only begin to be achieved when US sweatshops are driven from the island and Haiti's wealth is used to meet the needs of Haitians, rather …
Questions About the Haitian Reconstruction’s Housing Projects
A government housing project in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti raises many questions.
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A Look at Abortion in Haiti
Despite the fact that it is illegal, abortion is common in Haiti.
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The Challenges of Reforestation
Reforestation and soil conservation programs costing many hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Petit-Gou00e2ve region have left some areas improving while other are disintegrating.
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Why Is Haiti Hungry?
With terrifying charts and dire warnings, officials continue to say that in 2013, twice as many Haitians as last year - some 1.5 million people - continue to face …
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“Jalousie in Colors” – Makeup for Misery
Suffering and dangers in Haiti are being ignored by the government, which is spending US $6 million on a massive makeup job.
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“Fault Lines” Author Discusses Rifts, Challenges of Haiti
In “Fault Lines,” author Beverly Bell discusses what shook Haiti more: the 2010 earthquake, pre-existing social and economic fractures or catastrophe profiteers like Monsanto.