Truthout
Haiti
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After Two Bans, Styrofoam Trash Still Plagues Haiti
Despite two decrees making their import and usage illegal, styrofoam cups and plates are used and littered all over the capital, as well as bought and sold, wholesale and …
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Haitian Grassroots Groups Wary of “Attractive” Mining Law
With more policies aimed to entice investors, Haitians are mobilizing and forming networks to resist mining in their country.
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Jobs and Justice: Raising the Floor on Workers Rights and Wages in Haiti
Beverly Bell takes a look at the economics behind third world sweatshops to propose how alternative pathways can be found.
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Haitian Sweatshop Workers Speak: Sub-Poverty Wages and Sexual Coercion
Harrowing tales of women forced to trade sex to keep employment in factories.
“Mrs. Clinton Can Have Her Factories”: A Haitian Sweatshop Worker Speaks
Marjorie Valcelat ran an embroidery machine in a factory from 2005 to 2008. She says the experience made her so sick and weak that she's not felt able to …
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A Hard Day’s Labor for $4.76: The Offshore Assembly Industry in Haiti
As we mourn the deaths of the Bangladesh factory collapse, we explore the implications of sweatshop labor as a model for development.
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Farmers and Consumers vs. Monsanto: David Meets Goliath
Thousands of farmers across the nation fight against Monsanto's GM crops and corporate mentality.
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Another Poor Black Boy Dead in Haiti
What country would they create?
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Struggling Haiti Signs Costly Private Deal
The Haitian government risks signing the state and the taxpayers up for a very costly deal.
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Haiti’s Duvalier Needs Company in the Dock
The enablers of human-rights-violating regimes are free to walk the streets of New York and Washington.